CLEAR MAJORITY IS FOUR

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30575, 19 October 1964, Page 13

CLEAR MAJORITY IS FOUR

(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) LONDON, October 18. The new Labour Government’s majority in the House of Commons last night officially became four.

The last result declared in the 1964 General Election showed that the Conservatives retained their hold of Argyll, a Scottish constituency. A Conservative candidate, Mr M. A. C. Noble, held Argyll with a majority of 5157. This put Labour’s final overall lead in the 630-seat House of Commons at four.

The state of the parties: Labour, 317.

Conservative, 304. Liberal, 9. Others, nil. Party gains and losses in the election are:

Conservative gains 5, losses 61. Labour gains 61, losses 5. Liberal gains 4, losses 2.

Other gains nil, losses 2. Aggregate votes for main parties and others with percentages of total votes cast were:

Conservative 12,002,407 votes, 43.4 per cent. Labour 12,205,576 votes, 44.1 per cent. Liberal 3.093,316 votes, 11.2 per cent.

Others 348,914 votes, 1.3 per cent.

For the same constituencies in the 1959 General Election total and percentages were: Conservative 13,750,875 votes, 49.4 per cent. Labour 12,216,172 votes, 43.8 per cent. Liberal 1,640,760 votes, 5.8 per cent. Others 254,845 votes, 1 per cent. Poll 77 Per Cent Total of electorates and votes cast, and percentage eral Election: electorates 35,894,307, votes 27,650,213, poll 77 per cent. This compares with the following for the same constituencies at the 1959 General election: electores 35,397,304, votes 27,862,652, poll 78.7 per cent.

In the 626 constituencies contested by both Conservative and Labour in this and the 1959 General Election, percentages of aggregate votes cast represent a swing compared with 1959 of 3.1 per cent from Conservative to Labour.