UK General Election Results, 1955-1970 and Associated Information

Variables Results of U.K. parliamentary general elections between 1955 and 1970 arranged by constituency and accompanied by certain other information. The results for Conservative, Labour, Liberal and Nationalist (SNP/PC) candidates are coded separately; all remaining votes are aggregated as 'Other'. The electorate at each election is included along with two variables identifying the winning and second-placed party in each constituency. In addition the following information is available:- 1953 electorate (E & W only), 1954 electorate (GB only); 1969 electorate (GB only); regional coding (as used in the Nuffield election studies up to and including 1966); regional coding (as used in the Nuffield election studies in 1970, and based on the Registrar-General's standard regions); county; area (in hectares) (GB only); extent of post-1970 constituency boundary alteration.

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Geographic Coverage:

GB

Resource Type:

dataset

Available in Data Catalogs:

UK Data Service