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Ince — UK General Election Results

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

Ince was won by Labour at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 14,336 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Ince from 1885 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1885–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (Conservative) 4,271 53.4% Cornelius McLeod Percy (Liberal) 546 (6.8 pts) 87.3%
1886 Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (Conservative) 4,308 57.2% George Paul Taylor (Liberal) 1,080 (14.3 pts) 82.3%
1892 Sam Woods (Liberal-Labour) 4,579 51.3% Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (Conservative) 227 (2.5 pts) 88.8%
1895 Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (Conservative) 5,235 52.2% Sam Woods (Liberal-Labour) 445 (4.4 pts) 91.7%
1900 Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Stephen Walsh (Labour) 8,046 70.2% Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (Conservative) 4,636 (40.5 pts) 88.2%
Jan 1910 Stephen Walsh (Labour) 7,723 60.6% Walter Greaves-Lord (Conservative) 2,694 (21.1 pts) 90.4%
Dec 1910 Stephen Walsh (Labour) 7,117 57.2% Walter Greaves-Lord (Conservative) 1,785 (14.3 pts) 88.2%
1918 Stephen Walsh (Labour) 14,882 87.0% William Paul (Socialist Labour) 12,651 (73.9 pts) 55.7%
1922 Stephen Walsh (Labour) 17,332 67.7% Edward Lascelles Fleming (Unionist) 9,075 (35.5 pts) 80.0%
1923 Stephen Walsh (Labour) 17,365 73.5% Rachel Mary Parsons (Unionist) 11,103 (47.0 pts) 72.2%
1924 Stephen Walsh (Labour) 18,272 70.0% Edmund Vivian Gabriel (Unionist) 10,452 (40.1 pts) 78.5%
1929 Gordon Macdonald (Labour) 26,091 73.8% John Bankes Walmsley (Unionist) 16,831 (47.6 pts) 82.2%
1931 Gordon Macdonald (Labour) 23,237 63.4% Robert Catterall (Conservative) 9,797 (26.7 pts) 82.5%
1935 Gordon Macdonald (Labour) 26,334 72.6% Herbert Felix Ryan (Conservative) 16,406 (45.2 pts) 77.3%
1945 Thomas James Brown (Labour) 28,702 74.4% Robert Edward Peter Cecil (Conservative) 18,827 (48.8 pts) 78.9%
1950 Thomas James Brown (Labour) 32,145 71.8% John George Scott (Conservative) 19,533 (43.6 pts) 88.7%
1951 Thomas James Brown (Labour) 32,148 72.3% James Porter (Conservative) 19,843 (44.6 pts) 87.0%
1955 Thomas James Brown (Labour) 29,830 72.7% Geoffrey Beaman (Conservative) 18,647 (45.5 pts) 81.0%
1959 Thomas James Brown (Labour) 30,752 72.3% Walter Clegg (Conservative) 18,957 (44.6 pts) 83.0%
1964 Michael McGuire (Labour) 31,042 72.0% Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart (Conservative) 18,965 (44.0 pts) 79.6%
1966 Michael McGuire (Labour) 30,915 73.6% John Birch (Conservative) 19,840 (47.2 pts) 75.4%
1970 Michael McGuire (Labour) 32,295 68.5% Alan Russell Coupe (Conservative) 17,418 (36.9 pts) 70.7%
Feb 1974 Michael McGuire (Labour) 39,822 70.0% John Dyson (Conservative) 22,759 (40.0 pts) 74.4%
Oct 1974 Michael McGuire (Labour) 35,453 63.5% John Dyson (Conservative) 23,530 (42.2 pts) 72.4%
1979 Michael McGuire (Labour) 34,599 56.2% Peter Brown (Conservative) 14,336 (23.3 pts) 74.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell Conservative 4,27153.4% Yes
Cornelius McLeod Percy Liberal 3,72546.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell Conservative 4,30857.2% Yes
George Paul Taylor Liberal 3,22842.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sam Woods Liberal-Labour 4,57951.3% Yes
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell Conservative 4,35248.7% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell Conservative 5,23552.2% Yes
Sam Woods Liberal-Labour 4,79047.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Walsh Labour 8,04670.2% Yes
Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell Conservative 3,41029.8% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Walsh Labour 7,72360.6% Yes
Walter Greaves-Lord Conservative 5,02939.4% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Walsh Labour 7,11757.2% Yes
Walter Greaves-Lord Conservative 5,33242.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Walsh Labour 14,88287.0% Yes
William Paul Socialist Labour 2,23113.0% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Walsh Labour 17,33267.7% Yes
Edward Lascelles Fleming Unionist 8,25732.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Walsh Labour 17,36573.5% Yes
Rachel Mary Parsons Unionist 6,26226.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Walsh Labour 18,27270.0% Yes
Edmund Vivian Gabriel Unionist 7,82030.0% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gordon Macdonald Labour 26,09173.8% Yes
John Bankes Walmsley Unionist 9,26026.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gordon Macdonald Labour 23,23763.4% Yes
Robert Catterall Conservative 13,44036.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gordon Macdonald Labour 26,33472.6% Yes
Herbert Felix Ryan Conservative 9,92827.4% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas James Brown Labour 28,70274.4% Yes
Robert Edward Peter Cecil Conservative 9,87525.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas James Brown Labour 32,14571.8% Yes
John George Scott Conservative 12,61228.2% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas James Brown Labour 32,14872.3% Yes
James Porter Conservative 12,30527.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas James Brown Labour 29,83072.7% Yes
Geoffrey Beaman Conservative 11,18327.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas James Brown Labour 30,75272.3% Yes
Walter Clegg Conservative 11,79527.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McGuire Labour 31,04272.0% Yes
Francis Henry Gerard Heron Goodhart Conservative 12,07728.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McGuire Labour 30,91573.6% Yes
John Birch Conservative 11,07526.4% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McGuire Labour 32,29568.5% Yes
Alan Russell Coupe Conservative 14,87731.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McGuire Labour 39,82270.0% Yes
John Dyson Conservative 17,06330.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McGuire Labour 35,45363.5% Yes
John Dyson Conservative 11,92321.4% No
John Gibb Liberal 8,43615.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McGuire Labour 34,59956.2% Yes
Peter Brown Conservative 20,26332.9% No
John Kenneth Gibb Liberal 6,29410.2% No
John Simons Workers Revolutionary 4420.7% No

Margin Over Time

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

1885: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 14.3 pts 1892: Liberal-Labour margin 2.5 pts 1895: Conservative margin 4.4 pts 1906: Labour margin 40.5 pts Jan 1910: Labour margin 21.1 pts Dec 1910: Labour margin 14.3 pts 1918: Labour margin 73.9 pts 1922: Labour margin 35.5 pts 1923: Labour margin 47.0 pts 1924: Labour margin 40.1 pts 1929: Labour margin 47.6 pts 1931: Labour margin 26.7 pts 1935: Labour margin 45.2 pts 1945: Labour margin 48.8 pts 1950: Labour margin 43.6 pts 1951: Labour margin 44.6 pts 1955: Labour margin 45.5 pts 1959: Labour margin 44.6 pts 1964: Labour margin 44.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 47.2 pts 1970: Labour margin 36.9 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 40.0 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 42.2 pts 1979: Labour margin 23.3 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979

Trend

Ince has been contested at 26 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal-Labour, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ince in the 1979 general election?

Labour won Ince in 1979 with 34,599 votes (56.2%), a majority of 14,336 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Ince since 1885?

Since 1885, Ince has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal-Labour.

What was the closest result in Ince?

The closest result on record for Ince was 1892, when Liberal-Labour beat Conservative by just 227 votes (2.5 percentage points).

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