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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22533 | Elected |
| Conservative | 17740 | |
| Liberal | 6635 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 438 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23712 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19517 | |
| Liberal | 3823 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 23164 | Elected |
| Conservative | 19265 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22624 | Elected |
| Conservative | 18505 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21588 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15152 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20648 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13076 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 13th Jun, 1968 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 11904 | Elected |
| Labour | 8593 | |
| All Party Alliance | 3389 | |
| Liberal | 1707 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16062 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14387 | |
| Liberal | 2944 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17933 | Elected |
| Conservative | 11628 | |
| Liberal | 7505 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18444 | Elected |
| Conservative | 10407 | |
| Liberal | 5838 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17802 | Elected |
| Conservative | 12025 | |
| Liberal | 3604 | |
| National Front | 515 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Jun, 1983 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17690 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14510 | |
| Liberal | 7745 | |
| Independent | 180 | |
More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 11th Jun, 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20291 | Elected |
| Conservative | 14324 | |
| Liberal | 6478 | |
More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 9th Apr, 1992 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 21580 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13247 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5525 | |
| Natural Law | 551 | |
More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
This Industrial Classifiction is used in the 2001 Census's Small Area Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Oldham West Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12746714/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 02nd June 2026