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Brentford and Chiswick — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Brentford and Chiswick was won by Labour at the 1970 general election, with a majority of 513 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Brentford and Chiswick from 1918 to 1970.

Full Election History, 1918–1970

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Walter Grant Peterson Morden (Unionist) 9,077 70.0% William Haywood (Labour) 6,457 (49.8 pts) 49.1%
1922 Walter Grant Morden (Unionist) 10,150 56.5% Rachel Strachey (Independent) 2,346 (13.1 pts) 64.2%
1923 Walter Grant Morden (Unionist) 9,648 54.5% Ray Strachey (Independent) 4,820 (27.2 pts) 62.6%
1924 Walter Grant Morden (Unionist) 12,098 58.3% William Haywood (Labour) 5,984 (28.8 pts) 72.5%
1929 Walter Grant Morden (Unionist) 14,025 48.5% Stella Churchill (Labour) 3,107 (10.8 pts) 72.1%
1931 Harold Paton Mitchell (Conservative) 22,667 75.0% George Edward Gordon Catlin (Labour) 15,095 (49.9 pts) 71.8%
1935 Harold Paton Mitchell (Conservative) 17,568 65.4% Frederick Wilson Temple (Labour) 8,272 (30.8 pts) 64.2%
1945 Francis Edward Noel-Bakee (Labour) 17,693 57.6% Harold Paton Mitchell (Conservative) 4,687 (15.3 pts) 75.8%
1950 Percy Belgrave Lucas (Conservative) 18,408 47.9% Francis Edward Noel-Baker (Labour) 857 (2.2 pts) 87.7%
1951 Percy Belgrave Lucas (Conservative) 19,612 52.0% Isaiah Leonard Lewis (Labour) 1,510 (4.0 pts) 86.2%
1955 Percy Belgrave Lucas (Conservative) 18,489 53.0% Alexander Warnock Filson (Labour) 2,105 (6.0 pts) 82.0%
1959 Dudley George Smith (Conservative) 17,869 54.4% Hugh Bruce Oliphant Cardew (Labour) 2,919 (8.9 pts) 82.3%
1964 Dudley Gordon Smith (Conservative) 14,019 46.0% David W Chalkley (Labour) 544 (1.8 pts) 79.1%
1966 Michael Barnes (Labour) 14,638 47.6% Dudley Smith (Conservative) 607 (2.0 pts) 82.1%
1970 Michael Barnes (Labour) 14,051 50.9% Oliver Cecil Wright (Conservative) 513 (1.9 pts) 73.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Grant Peterson Morden Unionist 9,07770.0% Yes
William Haywood Labour 2,62020.2% No
Ray Strachey Independent 1,2639.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Grant Morden Unionist 10,15056.5% Yes
Rachel Strachey Independent 7,80443.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Grant Morden Unionist 9,64854.5% Yes
Ray Strachey Independent 4,82827.3% No
William Haywood Labour 3,21618.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Grant Morden Unionist 12,09858.3% Yes
William Haywood Labour 6,11429.5% No
John Collings Squire Liberal 2,54012.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Grant Morden Unionist 14,02548.5% Yes
Stella Churchill Labour 10,91837.8% No
John Stevenson Liberal 3,95713.7% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Paton Mitchell Conservative 22,66775.0% Yes
George Edward Gordon Catlin Labour 7,57225.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Paton Mitchell Conservative 17,56865.4% Yes
Frederick Wilson Temple Labour 9,29634.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Edward Noel-Bakee Labour 17,69357.6% Yes
Harold Paton Mitchell Conservative 13,00642.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Belgrave Lucas Conservative 18,40847.9% Yes
Francis Edward Noel-Baker Labour 17,55145.7% No
Denis Faulkner Horne Liberal 2,0865.4% No
Joseph Henry Parker Communist 4011.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Belgrave Lucas Conservative 19,61252.0% Yes
Isaiah Leonard Lewis Labour 18,10248.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Belgrave Lucas Conservative 18,48953.0% Yes
Alexander Warnock Filson Labour 16,38447.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dudley George Smith Conservative 17,86954.4% Yes
Hugh Bruce Oliphant Cardew Labour 14,95045.6% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dudley Gordon Smith Conservative 14,01946.0% Yes
David W Chalkley Labour 13,47544.3% No
Meurig D Jones Liberal 2,9519.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Barnes Labour 14,63847.6% Yes
Dudley Smith Conservative 14,03145.7% No
Geoffrey Roy King Liberal 2,0636.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Barnes Labour 14,05150.9% Yes
Oliver Cecil Wright Conservative 13,53849.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 49.8 pts 1922: Unionist margin 13.1 pts 1923: Unionist margin 27.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 28.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 10.8 pts 1931: Conservative margin 49.9 pts 1935: Conservative margin 30.8 pts 1945: Labour margin 15.3 pts 1950: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1951: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1955: Conservative margin 6.0 pts 1959: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1964: Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1966: Labour margin 2.0 pts 1970: Labour margin 1.9 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970

Trend

Brentford and Chiswick has been contested at 15 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Brentford and Chiswick in the 1970 general election?

Labour won Brentford and Chiswick in 1970 with 14,051 votes (50.9%), a majority of 513 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Brentford and Chiswick since 1918?

Since 1918, Brentford and Chiswick has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Brentford and Chiswick?

The closest result on record for Brentford and Chiswick was 1964, when Conservative beat Labour by just 544 votes (1.8 percentage points).

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