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Warrington — UK General Election Results

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

Warrington was won by Labour at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 10,274 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Warrington from 1832 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1832–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Edmund George Hornby (Whig) 203 53.6% John Ireland Blackburne (Conservative) 27 (7.1 pts) 83.1%
1835 John Ireland Blackburne (Conservative) 148 53.2% Charles Hindley (Radical) 18 (6.5 pts) 49.9%
1837 John Ireland Blackburne (Conservative) 278 52.3% Edward Davies Davenport (Whig) 24 (4.5 pts) 83.8%
1841 John Ireland Blackburne (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) 327 52.3% William Allcard (Whig) 29 (4.6 pts) 89.4%
1852 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 Peter Rylands (Liberal) 1,984 50.3% Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) 27 (0.7 pts) 88.2%
1874 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) 2,381 52.0% Peter Rylands (Liberal) 180 (3.9 pts) 91.2%
1880 John Gordon McMinnies (Liberal) 3,002 54.8% Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) 529 (9.7 pts) 92.5%
1885 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) 4,010 55.4% William Crosfield (Liberal) 776 (10.7 pts) 93.7%
1886 Gilbert Greenall (Conservative) 3,717 53.6% John Crosfield (Liberal) 501 (7.2 pts) 89.7%
1892 Robert Pierpoint (Conservative) 3,843 54.1% Arthur Houston (Liberal) 585 (8.2 pts) 89.8%
1895 Robert Pierpoint (Conservative) 4,001 54.6% Percival Brown Scott (Liberal) 675 (9.2 pts) 86.7%
1900 Robert Pierpoint (Conservative) 4,468 57.5% Arthur Henry Crosfield (Liberal) 1,165 (15.0 pts) 83.0%
1906 Arthur Henry Crosfield (Liberal) 5,599 57.7% Robert Pierpoint (Conservative) 1,500 (15.5 pts) 93.6%
Jan 1910 Arthur Henry Crosfield (Liberal) 5,256 50.7% Ribert Pierpoint (Conservative) 153 (1.5 pts) 95.8%
Dec 1910 Harold Smith (Conservative) 5,162 51.2% Arthur Henry Crosfield (Liberal) 246 (2.4 pts) 93.2%
1918 Harold Smith (Unionist) 10,403 43.7% Peter Peacock (Liberal) 2,392 (10.1 pts) 70.2%
1922 Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid (Unionist) 15,394 53.1% James Gregory (Labour) 1,824 (6.3 pts) 84.7%
1923 Charles Dukes (Labour) 12,984 43.6% Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid (Unionist) 670 (2.2 pts) 86.1%
1924 Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid (Unionist) 16,788 52.4% Charles Dukes (Labour) 1,537 (4.8 pts) 91.0%
1929 Charles Dukes (Labour) 21,610 50.6% Noel Barré Goldie (Unionist) 3,585 (8.4 pts) 89.3%
1931 Noel Barré Goldie (Conservative) 24,400 56.2% Charles Dukes (Labour) 5,345 (12.3 pts) 88.5%
1935 Noel Barré Goldie (Conservative) 21,324 50.7% Edward Porter (Labour) 604 (1.4 pts) 84.8%
1945 Edward Porter (Labour) 22,265 62.9% Noel Barré Goldie (Conservative) 9,155 (25.9 pts) 73.7%
1950 Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan (Labour) 26,482 56.8% Francis Leslie Neep (Conservative) 8,752 (18.8 pts) 86.0%
1951 Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan (Labour) 26,225 57.8% Joan Crowther (Conservative) 8,602 (18.9 pts) 82.7%
1955 Edith Clara Summerskill (Labour) 22,721 57.1% Herbert Davies (Conservative) 5,646 (14.2 pts) 73.9%
1959 Edith Clara Summerskill (Labour) 22,890 56.3% Frank O Stansfield (Conservative) 5,099 (12.5 pts) 76.9%
1964 William Thomas Williams (Labour) 20,551 57.1% William A Lowe (Conservative) 9,254 (25.7 pts) 71.4%
1966 Thomas Williams (Labour) 21,930 64.7% Peter Adshead (Conservative) 13,012 (38.4 pts) 68.9%
1970 Thomas Williams (Labour) 20,970 64.3% Alfred Gooch (Conservative) 9,323 (28.6 pts) 65.2%
Feb 1974 Thomas Williams (Labour) 19,550 57.2% Joseph William Hayton (Conservative) 11,106 (32.5 pts) 73.9%
Oct 1974 Thomas Williams (Labour) 19,882 62.8% Joseph William Heaton (Conservative) 12,261 (38.7 pts) 68.0%
1979 Thomas Williams (Labour) 19,306 61.6% George Edward Povey (Conservative) 10,274 (32.8 pts) 71.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund George Hornby Whig 20353.6% Yes
John Ireland Blackburne Conservative 17646.4% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ireland Blackburne Conservative 14853.2% Yes
Charles Hindley Radical 13046.8% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ireland Blackburne Conservative 27852.3% Yes
Edward Davies Davenport Whig 25447.7% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Ireland Blackburne Conservative Unopposed Yes

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative 32752.3% Yes
William Allcard Whig 29847.7% No

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative Unopposed Yes

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative Unopposed Yes

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative Unopposed Yes

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Rylands Liberal 1,98450.3% Yes
Gilbert Greenall Conservative 1,95749.7% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative 2,38152.0% Yes
Peter Rylands Liberal 2,20148.0% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Gordon McMinnies Liberal 3,00254.8% Yes
Gilbert Greenall Conservative 2,47345.2% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative 4,01055.4% Yes
William Crosfield Liberal 3,23444.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Greenall Conservative 3,71753.6% Yes
John Crosfield Liberal 3,21646.4% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Pierpoint Conservative 3,84354.1% Yes
Arthur Houston Liberal 3,25845.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Pierpoint Conservative 4,00154.6% Yes
Percival Brown Scott Liberal 3,32645.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Pierpoint Conservative 4,46857.5% Yes
Arthur Henry Crosfield Liberal 3,30342.5% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Henry Crosfield Liberal 5,59957.7% Yes
Robert Pierpoint Conservative 4,09942.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Henry Crosfield Liberal 5,25650.7% Yes
Ribert Pierpoint Conservative 5,10349.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Smith Conservative 5,16251.2% Yes
Arthur Henry Crosfield Liberal 4,91648.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Smith Unionist 10,40343.7% Yes
Peter Peacock Liberal 8,01133.7% No
Isaac Brassington Labour 5,37722.6% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid Unionist 15,39453.1% Yes
James Gregory Labour 13,57046.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Dukes Labour 12,98443.6% Yes
Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid Unionist 12,31441.3% No
John Francis Crowley Liberal 4,51115.1% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid Unionist 16,78852.4% Yes
Charles Dukes Labour 15,25147.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Dukes Labour 21,61050.6% Yes
Noel Barré Goldie Unionist 18,02542.2% No
Alison Vickers Garland Liberal 3,0707.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Noel Barré Goldie Conservative 24,40056.2% Yes
Charles Dukes Labour 19,05543.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Noel Barré Goldie Conservative 21,32450.7% Yes
Edward Porter Labour 20,72049.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Porter Labour 22,26562.9% Yes
Noel Barré Goldie Conservative 13,11037.1% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan Labour 26,48256.8% Yes
Francis Leslie Neep Conservative 17,73038.0% No
James Campbell Park Liberal 1,8994.1% No
James Joseph Grady Communist 4961.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hyacinth Bernard Wenceslaus Morgan Labour 26,22557.8% Yes
Joan Crowther Conservative 17,62338.8% No
James Campbell Park Liberal 1,5373.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edith Clara Summerskill Labour 22,72157.1% Yes
Herbert Davies Conservative 17,07542.9% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edith Clara Summerskill Labour 22,89056.3% Yes
Frank O Stansfield Conservative 17,79143.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Williams Labour 20,55157.1% Yes
William A Lowe Conservative 11,29731.4% No
Michael Ford Pitts Liberal 4,11911.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Williams Labour 21,93064.7% Yes
Peter Adshead Conservative 8,91826.3% No
Edward Woods Liberal 3,0709.1% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Williams Labour 20,97064.3% Yes
Alfred Gooch Conservative 11,64735.7% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Williams Labour 19,55057.2% Yes
Joseph William Hayton Conservative 8,44424.7% No
Frederick John Deakin Liberal 6,18718.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Williams Labour 19,88262.8% Yes
Joseph William Heaton Conservative 7,62124.1% No
Frederick John Deakin Liberal 4,15813.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Williams Labour 19,30661.6% Yes
George Edward Povey Conservative 9,03228.8% No
Iain Browne Liberal 2,8839.2% No
Colin Leeming Campbell Social Democrat 1440.5% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 7.1 pts 1835: Conservative margin 6.5 pts 1837: Conservative margin 4.5 pts 1847: Conservative margin 4.6 pts 1868: Liberal margin 0.7 pts 1874: Conservative margin 3.9 pts 1880: Liberal margin 9.7 pts 1885: Conservative margin 10.7 pts 1886: Conservative margin 7.2 pts 1892: Conservative margin 8.2 pts 1895: Conservative margin 9.2 pts 1900: Conservative margin 15.0 pts 1906: Liberal margin 15.5 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 1.5 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 10.1 pts 1922: Unionist margin 6.3 pts 1923: Labour margin 2.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 4.8 pts 1929: Labour margin 8.4 pts 1931: Conservative margin 12.3 pts 1935: Conservative margin 1.4 pts 1945: Labour margin 25.9 pts 1950: Labour margin 18.8 pts 1951: Labour margin 18.9 pts 1955: Labour margin 14.2 pts 1959: Labour margin 12.5 pts 1964: Labour margin 25.7 pts 1966: Labour margin 38.4 pts 1970: Labour margin 28.6 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 32.5 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 38.7 pts 1979: Labour margin 32.8 pts 1832 1835 1837 1847 1868 1874 1880 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

Warrington has been contested at 38 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Warrington in the 1979 general election?

Labour won Warrington in 1979 with 19,306 votes (61.6%), a majority of 10,274 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Warrington since 1832?

Since 1832, Warrington has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Warrington?

The closest result on record for Warrington was 1868, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 27 votes (0.7 percentage points).

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