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Elections in The 1970s

General Election October 1979: Eccles
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 24,280 53.6 +0.3
Conservative J Reid 16,221 35.8 +4.6
Liberal G Knight 4,448 9.8 -4.9
Communist T Keenan 368 0.8 0.0
Majority 8,059 17.8 -4.3
Labour hold
General Election October 1974: Eccles
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 22,328 53.3 +3.9
Conservative R J Dunn 13,062 31.2 -1.1
Liberal A M Collier 6,170 14.7 -2.8
Communist T Keenan 348 0.8 -0.1
Majority 9,266 22.1 +5.0
Labour hold
General Election February 1974: Eccles
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 22,538 49.4 -6.2
Conservative R Dunn 14,752 32.3 -10.6
Liberal A M Collier 7,966 17.5 N/A
Communist T Keenan 404 0.9 -0.6
Majority 7,786 17.1 +4.4
Labour hold
General Election 1970: Eccles
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 23,913 55.6 -3.9
Conservative Rhodes Boyson 18,458 42.9 +5.4
Communist T Keenan 643 1.5 -1.5
Majority 5,455 12.7 -9.3
Labour hold

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