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Leek — UK General Election Results

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Leek was won by Conservative at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 10,571 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Leek from 1885 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1885–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Charles Crompton (Liberal) 4,225 51.0% Harry Tichborne Davenport (Conservative) 162 (1.9 pts) 81.0%
1886 Harry Tichborne Davenport (Conservative) 4,324 54.1% Charles Crompton (Liberal) 655 (8.2 pts) 78.1%
1892 Charles Bill (Conservative) 4,576 52.1% Joshua Oldfield Nicholson (Liberal) 363 (4.1 pts) 80.2%
1895 Charles Bill (Conservative) 4,705 53.5% Robert Pearce (Liberal) 614 (7.0 pts) 78.7%
1900 Charles Bill (Conservative) 4,800 54.3% Robert Pearce (Liberal) 759 (8.6 pts) 80.3%
1906 Robert Pearce (Liberal) 5,749 57.4% Charles Bill (Conservative) 1,474 (14.7 pts) 86.8%
Jan 1910 Arthur Howard Heath (Conservative) 5,463 50.0% Robert Pearce (Liberal) 10 (0.1 pts) 90.4%
Dec 1910 Robert Pearce (Liberal) 5,742 52.7% William Bromley-Davenport (Conservative) 590 (5.4 pts) 90.2%
1918 William Bromfield (Labour) 10,510 51.7% Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt (Liberal) 678 (3.3 pts) 67.7%
1922 William Bromfield (Labour) 12,857 50.8% Enoch Hill (Unionist) 384 (1.5 pts) 78.7%
1923 William Bromfield (Labour) 13,913 53.6% Enoch Hill (Unionist) 1,847 (7.1 pts) 77.3%
1924 William Bromfield (Labour) 14,256 51.7% Thomas Pitt Hamiltom Cholmondeley (Unionist) 951 (3.5 pts) 79.5%
1929 William Bromfield (Labour) 22,458 58.5% Edward George Warris Hulton (Unionist) 6,505 (16.9 pts) 82.4%
1931 Arthur Ratcliffe (Conservative) 20,067 51.4% William Bromfield (Labour) 1,088 (2.8 pts) 80.3%
1935 William Bromfield (Labour) 23,432 57.4% Leslie Montagu Thomas (National Labour) 6,013 (14.7 pts) 75.1%
1945 Harold Davies (Labour) 32,567 67.2% Thomson William Grimson (Conservative) 16,663 (34.4 pts) 76.7%
1950 Harold Davies (Labour) 30,444 54.1% Rupert Malise Speir (Conservative) 4,624 (8.2 pts) 86.0%
1951 Harold Davies (Labour) 29,502 51.7% Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body (Conservative) 1,910 (3.4 pts) 86.2%
1955 Harold Davies (Labour) 28,273 51.0% Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike (Conservative) 1,059 (1.9 pts) 81.5%
1959 Harold Davies (Labour) 31,096 50.9% Sir John Hamilton Wedgwood (Conservative) 1,149 (1.9 pts) 83.9%
1964 Harold Davies (Labour) 33,558 53.3% Harry Goodwin (Conservative) 4,149 (6.6 pts) 81.3%
1966 Harold Davies (Labour) 35,334 56.2% Frank Swinnerton (Conservative) 7,761 (12.3 pts) 78.8%
1970 David Knox (Conservative) 27,899 46.1% Harold Davies (Labour) 1,540 (2.5 pts) 67.5%
Feb 1974 David Knox (Conservative) 31,526 45.6% Roy Delville Byers (Labour) 5,732 (8.3 pts) 83.1%
Oct 1974 David Knox (Conservative) 30,796 46.7% Brian Whittam (Labour) 4,324 (6.6 pts) 78.5%
1979 David Knox (Conservative) 36,508 51.9% Mark Fisher (Labour) 10,571 (15.0 pts) 80.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Crompton Liberal 4,22551.0% Yes
Harry Tichborne Davenport Conservative 4,06349.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harry Tichborne Davenport Conservative 4,32454.1% Yes
Charles Crompton Liberal 3,66945.9% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Bill Conservative 4,57652.1% Yes
Joshua Oldfield Nicholson Liberal 4,21347.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Bill Conservative 4,70553.5% Yes
Robert Pearce Liberal 4,09146.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Bill Conservative 4,80054.3% Yes
Robert Pearce Liberal 4,04145.7% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Pearce Liberal 5,74957.4% Yes
Charles Bill Conservative 4,27542.6% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Howard Heath Conservative 5,46350.0% Yes
Robert Pearce Liberal 5,45350.0% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Pearce Liberal 5,74252.7% Yes
William Bromley-Davenport Conservative 5,15247.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromfield Labour 10,51051.7% Yes
Guy Reginald Archer Gaunt Liberal 9,83248.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromfield Labour 12,85750.8% Yes
Enoch Hill Unionist 12,47349.2% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromfield Labour 13,91353.6% Yes
Enoch Hill Unionist 12,06646.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromfield Labour 14,25651.7% Yes
Thomas Pitt Hamiltom Cholmondeley Unionist 13,30548.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromfield Labour 22,45858.5% Yes
Edward George Warris Hulton Unionist 15,95341.5% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Ratcliffe Conservative 20,06751.4% Yes
William Bromfield Labour 18,97948.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bromfield Labour 23,43257.4% Yes
Leslie Montagu Thomas National Labour 17,41942.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Davies Labour 32,56767.2% Yes
Thomson William Grimson Conservative 15,90432.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Davies Labour 30,44454.1% Yes
Rupert Malise Speir Conservative 25,82045.9% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Davies Labour 29,50251.7% Yes
Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body Conservative 27,59248.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Davies Labour 28,27351.0% Yes
Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike Conservative 27,21449.0% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Davies Labour 31,09650.9% Yes
Sir John Hamilton Wedgwood Conservative 29,94749.1% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Davies Labour 33,55853.3% Yes
Harry Goodwin Conservative 29,40946.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Davies Labour 35,33456.2% Yes
Frank Swinnerton Conservative 27,57343.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Knox Conservative 27,89946.1% Yes
Harold Davies Labour 26,35943.6% No
Richard Burman Liberal 6,21910.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Knox Conservative 31,52645.6% Yes
Roy Delville Byers Labour 25,79437.3% No
Richard Burman Liberal 11,86017.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Knox Conservative 30,79646.7% Yes
Brian Whittam Labour 26,47240.2% No
Michael John Holden Liberal 8,61513.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Knox Conservative 36,50851.9% Yes
Mark Fisher Labour 25,93736.9% No
Megan Conway Liberal 6,4749.2% No
Charles Ivan Bailey Ratepayer 1,4512.1% No

Margin Over Time

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

1885: Liberal margin 1.9 pts 1886: Conservative margin 8.2 pts 1892: Conservative margin 4.1 pts 1895: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1900: Conservative margin 8.6 pts 1906: Liberal margin 14.7 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 0.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1918: Labour margin 3.3 pts 1922: Labour margin 1.5 pts 1923: Labour margin 7.1 pts 1924: Labour margin 3.5 pts 1929: Labour margin 16.9 pts 1931: Conservative margin 2.8 pts 1935: Labour margin 14.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 34.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 8.2 pts 1951: Labour margin 3.4 pts 1955: Labour margin 1.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 1.9 pts 1964: Labour margin 6.6 pts 1966: Labour margin 12.3 pts 1970: Conservative margin 2.5 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 8.3 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 6.6 pts 1979: Conservative margin 15.0 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Leek in the 1979 general election?

Conservative won Leek in 1979 with 36,508 votes (51.9%), a majority of 10,571 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Leek since 1885?

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

What was the closest result in Leek?

The closest result on record for Leek was Jan 1910, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 10 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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