Huddersfield East Constituency (BCon) : Political Parties

Election of 23rd Feb, 1950
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22296 Elected
Conservative 17063

More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 25th Oct, 1951
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22368 Elected
Conservative 17799

More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 26th May, 1955
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22835 Elected
Conservative 18611

More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 8th Oct, 1959
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 22474 Elected
Conservative 19389

More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 15th Oct, 1964
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20501 Elected
Conservative 12232
Liberal 7494

More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 31st Mar, 1966
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 21960 Elected
Conservative 11081
Liberal 6303

More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 18th Jun, 1970
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20629 Elected
Conservative 15632
Liberal 4569
Communist Party of Great Britain 308

More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election



Election of 28th Feb, 1974
Party Votes Outcome
Labour 20224 Elected
Conservative 12920
Liberal 8530
National Front 796
Communist Party 246

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 19522 Elected
Conservative 11108
Liberal 7326
National Front 764

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 Party/Co-operative Party 19040 Elected
Conservative 15945
Liberal 4890
Independent 243

More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election




This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Huddersfield East Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12747986/cube/POL_PARTY

Date accessed: 10th April 2026