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Elections in The 1970s

General Election 1979: Birmingham, Selly Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Beaumont-Dark 23,175 48.7 +8.4
Labour Tom Litterick 18,400 38.6 −2.4
Liberal P. Clifford 5,452 11.4 −7.2
National Front G. Bassett 401 0.8 N/A
Child and Family Protection Group P.J. Crome 190 0.4 N/A
Majority 4,775 3.7 −1.2
Turnout 47,618 73.7 +3.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 4.3
General Election October 1974: Birmingham, Selly Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Litterick 17,320 41.1 +4.7
Conservative Harold Gurden 16,994 40.3 −2.3
Liberal R.A. Grant 7,850 18.6 −2.4
Majority 326 0.8 −1.2
Turnout 42,164 67.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.0
General Election February 1974: Birmingham, Selly Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Gurden 19,705 42.6 −9.6
Labour Tom Litterick 16,823 36.4 −11.5
Liberal R.A. Grant 9,718 21.0 N/A
Majority 2,882 6.2
Turnout 46,246 74.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General Election 1970: Birmingham, Selly Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Gurden 18,281 52.2 +7.0
Labour Michael John Hartley-Brewer 16,758 47.8 +4.8
Majority 1,523 4.4
Turnout 35,039 64.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.1

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