Dagenham (UK Parliament Constituency) - Election Results - Elections in The 1970s

Elections in The 1970s

General Election 1979: Dagenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert John Harvey Parker 24,707 52.57
Conservative G Hyams 14,600 31.07
Liberal M Long 5,583 11.88
National Front J Roberts 1,553 3.3
Communist D Connor 553 1.18
Majority 10,107 21.51
Turnout 46,994 69.12
General Election, October 1974: Dagenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert John Harvey Parker 29,678 65.23
Conservative Archibald Gavin Hamilton 7,684 16.89
Liberal G Poole 7,564 16.63
Communist GC Wake 569 1.25
Majority 21,994 48.34
Turnout 45,495 64.99
General Election February 1974: Dagenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert John Harvey Parker 35,765 72.68
Conservative Archibald Gavin Hamilton 12,275 24.94
Communist GC Wake 1,169 2.38
Majority 23,490 47.74
Turnout 49,209 71.02
General Election 1970: Dagenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert John Harvey Parker 31,335 70.74
Conservative H McLancy 11,976 27.04
Communist GC Wake 982 2.22
Majority 19,359 43.71
Turnout 44,290 59.05

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