Election Results
| General Election 1979: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edwin Wainwright | 31,783 | 68.8 | ||
| Conservative | J. R. Pattman | 9,048 | 19.6 | ||
| Liberal | P. Hargreaves | 5,352 | 11.6 | ||
| Majority | 22,735 | 49.2 | |||
| Turnout | 72.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edwin Wainwright | 33,315 | 74.1 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Irwin | 6,046 | 13.5 | ||
| Liberal | P. Hargreaves | 5,588 | 12.4 | ||
| Majority | 27,269 | 60.7 | |||
| Turnout | 71.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edwin Wainwright | 34,727 | 68.8 | ||
| Liberal | P. Hargreaves | 7,873 | 15.6 | ||
| Conservative | Lord Irwin | 6,950 | 13.8 | ||
| Independent | A. E. Wilson | 906 | 1.8 | ||
| Majority | 26,854 | 53.2 | |||
| Turnout | 80.5 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1970: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edwin Wainwright | 33,966 | 75.1 | ||
| Conservative | A. B. Cowl | 6,848 | 15.1 | ||
| Liberal | P. Hargreaves | 4,426 | 9.8 | ||
| Majority | 27,118 | 59.9 | |||
| Turnout | 71.8 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1966: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edwin Wainwright | 36,735 | 81.6 | ||
| Conservative | J. W. Roberts | 6,121 | 13.6 | ||
| Independent | P. Hargreaves | 2,170 | 4.8 | ||
| Majority | 30,614 | 68.0 | |||
| Turnout | 76.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1964: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edwin Wainwright | 38,101 | 80.7 | ||
| Conservative | B. Bligh | 9,069 | 19.2 | ||
| Majority | 29,032 | 61.6 | |||
| Turnout | 79.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1959: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edwin Wainwright | 39,088 | 77.7 | ||
| Conservative | D. S. W. Blacker | 11,205 | 22.3 | ||
| Majority | 27,883 | 55.4 | |||
| Turnout | 84.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1955: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Wilfred Paling | 36,718 | 77.9 | ||
| Conservative | R. Winn | 10,402 | 22.1 | ||
| Majority | 26,316 | 55.9 | |||
| Turnout | 80.6 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1951: Dearne Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Wilfred Paling | 39,782 | 79.6 | ||
| Conservative | J. Sizer | 10,197 | 20.4 | ||
| Majority | 29,585 | 59.2 | |||
| Turnout | 85.9 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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