October 1974 General Election - Basildon

Year	1974
General election	October 1974 General Election
Constituency	Basildon
Turnout	73.8%

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes
Moonman, Eric	Labour	32,298
Atkinson, David	Conservative	21,747
Fortune, Edward	Liberal	12,816
Chaplin, Robert	Independent Labour Party	599