London, 1950 vs 1951: seat-by-seat change
Every constituency in London compared between the 1950 and 1951 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.
| Constituency | 1950 | 1951 | Majority | Con–Lab swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | Lab | Lab | 4.5% | −0.7 |
| Barking | Lab | Lab | 42.4% | −0.7 |
| Battersea North | Lab | Lab | 45.1% | +0.5 |
| Battersea South | Lab | Con gain | 1.4% | −1.2 |
| Beckenham | Con | Con | 34.8% | −2.2 |
| Bermondsey | Lab | Lab | 63.1% | +1.9 |
| Bethnal Green | Lab | Lab | 49.1% | +0.9 |
| Bexley | Con | Con | 2.9% | −1.3 |
| Brentford and Chiswick | Con | Con | 4.0% | −0.9 |
| Bromley | Con | Con | 30.9% | −2.2 |
| Camberwell Dulwich | Lab | Con gain | 1.2% | −1.8 |
| Camberwell Peckham | Lab | Lab | 39.7% | +0.2 |
| Chelsea | Con | Con | 39.8% | −1.5 |
| Cities of London and Westminster | Con | Con | 33.6% | 0 |
| Croydon East | Con | Con | 17.6% | −1.0 |
| Croydon North | Con | Con | 19.0% | −1.0 |
| Croydon West | Con | Con | 4.3% | −1.1 |
| Dagenham | Lab | Lab | 52.2% | −0.5 |
| Deptford | Lab | Lab | 30.4% | −1.5 |
| Ealing North | Lab | Lab | 0.2% | −2.3 |
| Ealing South | Con | Con | 24.9% | −1.2 |
| East Ham North | Lab | Lab | 20.7% | −1.7 |
| East Ham South | Lab | Lab | 29.8% | −1.4 |
| Edmonton | Lab | Lab | 16.9% | −0.7 |
| Enfield East | Lab | Lab | 26.8% | 0 |
| Enfield West | Con | Con | 29.7% | −1.9 |
| Finchley | Con | Con | 21.1% | −0.2 |
| Fulham East | Lab | Lab | 6.5% | −0.4 |
| Fulham West | Lab | Lab | 6.6% | +22.2 |
| Greenwich | Lab | Lab | 20.8% | −0.6 |
| Hackney South | Lab | Lab | 36.0% | +0.4 |
| Hammersmith North | Lab | Lab | 32.3% | +11.8 |
| Hammersmith South | Lab | Lab | 9.2% | +0.9 |
| Hampstead | Con | Con | 21.3% | +0.3 |
| Harrow Central | Con | Con | 18.6% | −1.9 |
| Harrow East | Con | Con | 5.9% | −1.6 |
| Harrow West | Con | Con | 34.9% | −3.0 |
| Hayes and Harlington | Lab | Lab | 29.6% | −0.3 |
| Hendon North | Con | Con | 5.5% | −0.3 |
| Hendon South | Con | Con | 21.3% | −0.7 |
| Hertfordshire Barnet | Con | Con | 21.1% | −2.0 |
| Heston and Isleworth | Con | Con | 8.4% | −1.0 |
| Holborn and St Pancras South | Lab | Lab | 4.3% | +0.6 |
| Hornchurch | Lab | Lab | 1.6% | −0.6 |
| Hornsey | Con | Con | 17.4% | +0.1 |
| Ilford North | Con | Con | 17.5% | −1.3 |
| Ilford South | Con | Con | 9.5% | −0.8 |
| Islington East | Lab | Lab | 19.8% | −0.2 |
| Islington North | Lab | Lab | 19.3% | −0.7 |
| Islington South-West | Lab | Lab | 36.4% | −0.2 |
| Kensington North | Lab | Lab | 9.7% | +0.6 |
| Kensington South | Con | Con | 59.1% | −1.9 |
| Kent Chislehurst | Con | Con | 1.6% | −0.6 |
| Kent Orpington | Con | Con | 25.3% | −0.7 |
| Kingston upon Thames | Con | Con | 27.1% | −1.0 |
| Lambeth Brixton | Lab | Lab | 12.1% | +0.5 |
| Lambeth Norwood | Con | Con | 5.7% | −0.8 |
| Lambeth Vauxhall | Lab | Lab | 31.7% | −1.6 |
| Lewisham North | Con | Con | 6.9% | −0.7 |
| Lewisham South | Lab | Lab | 14.4% | −0.8 |
| Lewisham West | Con | Con | 5.5% | −0.4 |
| Leyton | Lab | Lab | 15.6% | −1.1 |
| Merton and Morden | Con | Con | 9.1% | −1.7 |
| Middlesex Uxbridge | Lab | Lab | 3.6% | −1.1 |
| Mitcham | Con | Con | 9.4% | −0.9 |
| Paddington North | Lab | Lab | 11.3% | +0.3 |
| Paddington South | Con | Con | 19.6% | −0.2 |
| Poplar | Lab | Lab | 64.1% | +0.7 |
| Richmond | Con | Con | 26.8% | −0.7 |
| Romford | Con | Con | 2.0% | +0.1 |
| Ruislip Northwood | Con | Con | 27.2% | −1.7 |
| Shoreditch and Finsbury | Lab | Lab | 45.2% | +5.3 |
| Southall | Lab | Lab | 15.8% | −0.8 |
| Southgate | Con | Con | 39.6% | −0.4 |
| Southwark | Lab | Lab | 44.6% | +0.5 |
| St Marylebone | Con | Lab gain | 34.7% | +32.8 |
| St Pancras North | Lab | Lab | 21.0% | +0.8 |
| Stepney | Lab | Lab | 60.3% | +1.7 |
| Stoke Newington and Hackney North | Lab | Lab | 25.3% | +1.0 |
| Surrey Carshalton | Con | Con | 17.5% | −1.6 |
| Sutton and Cheam | Con | Con | 25.5% | −1.6 |
| Tottenham | Lab | Lab | 24.8% | −0.5 |
| Twickenham | Con | Con | 24.2% | −1.7 |
| Walthamstow East | Lab | Lab | 2.6% | −2.9 |
| Walthamstow West | Lab | Lab | 33.6% | −0.6 |
| Wandsworth Central | Lab | Lab | 2.1% | −0.8 |
| Wandsworth Clapham | Lab | Lab | 2.7% | +0.1 |
| Wandsworth Putney | Con | Con | 11.7% | −0.6 |
| Wandsworth Streatham | Con | Con | 27.2% | −1.4 |
| Wembley North | Con | Con | 20.2% | −1.5 |
| Wembley South | Con | Con | 11.5% | −1.5 |
| West Ham North | Lab | Lab | 40.9% | −1.0 |
| West Ham South | Lab | Lab | 69.9% | −0.2 |
| Willesden East | Lab | Lab | 3.6% | −1.4 |
| Willesden West | Lab | Lab | 28.5% | −0.2 |
| Wimbledon | Con | Con | 32.7% | −1.1 |
| Wood Green | Lab | Lab | 11.6% | −2.0 |
| Woolwich East | Lab | Lab | 27.3% | −0.7 |
| Woolwich West | Con | Con | 2.8% | −1.3 |
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