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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.

Constituency19501951MajorityCon–Lab swing
ActonLabLab4.5%−0.7
BarkingLabLab42.4%−0.7
Battersea NorthLabLab45.1%+0.5
Battersea SouthLabCon gain1.4%−1.2
BeckenhamConCon34.8%−2.2
BermondseyLabLab63.1%+1.9
Bethnal GreenLabLab49.1%+0.9
BexleyConCon2.9%−1.3
Brentford and ChiswickConCon4.0%−0.9
BromleyConCon30.9%−2.2
Camberwell DulwichLabCon gain1.2%−1.8
Camberwell PeckhamLabLab39.7%+0.2
ChelseaConCon39.8%−1.5
Cities of London and WestminsterConCon33.6%0
Croydon EastConCon17.6%−1.0
Croydon NorthConCon19.0%−1.0
Croydon WestConCon4.3%−1.1
DagenhamLabLab52.2%−0.5
DeptfordLabLab30.4%−1.5
Ealing NorthLabLab0.2%−2.3
Ealing SouthConCon24.9%−1.2
East Ham NorthLabLab20.7%−1.7
East Ham SouthLabLab29.8%−1.4
EdmontonLabLab16.9%−0.7
Enfield EastLabLab26.8%0
Enfield WestConCon29.7%−1.9
FinchleyConCon21.1%−0.2
Fulham EastLabLab6.5%−0.4
Fulham WestLabLab6.6%+22.2
GreenwichLabLab20.8%−0.6
Hackney SouthLabLab36.0%+0.4
Hammersmith NorthLabLab32.3%+11.8
Hammersmith SouthLabLab9.2%+0.9
HampsteadConCon21.3%+0.3
Harrow CentralConCon18.6%−1.9
Harrow EastConCon5.9%−1.6
Harrow WestConCon34.9%−3.0
Hayes and HarlingtonLabLab29.6%−0.3
Hendon NorthConCon5.5%−0.3
Hendon SouthConCon21.3%−0.7
Hertfordshire BarnetConCon21.1%−2.0
Heston and IsleworthConCon8.4%−1.0
Holborn and St Pancras SouthLabLab4.3%+0.6
HornchurchLabLab1.6%−0.6
HornseyConCon17.4%+0.1
Ilford NorthConCon17.5%−1.3
Ilford SouthConCon9.5%−0.8
Islington EastLabLab19.8%−0.2
Islington NorthLabLab19.3%−0.7
Islington South-WestLabLab36.4%−0.2
Kensington NorthLabLab9.7%+0.6
Kensington SouthConCon59.1%−1.9
Kent ChislehurstConCon1.6%−0.6
Kent OrpingtonConCon25.3%−0.7
Kingston upon ThamesConCon27.1%−1.0
Lambeth BrixtonLabLab12.1%+0.5
Lambeth NorwoodConCon5.7%−0.8
Lambeth VauxhallLabLab31.7%−1.6
Lewisham NorthConCon6.9%−0.7
Lewisham SouthLabLab14.4%−0.8
Lewisham WestConCon5.5%−0.4
LeytonLabLab15.6%−1.1
Merton and MordenConCon9.1%−1.7
Middlesex UxbridgeLabLab3.6%−1.1
MitchamConCon9.4%−0.9
Paddington NorthLabLab11.3%+0.3
Paddington SouthConCon19.6%−0.2
PoplarLabLab64.1%+0.7
RichmondConCon26.8%−0.7
RomfordConCon2.0%+0.1
Ruislip NorthwoodConCon27.2%−1.7
Shoreditch and FinsburyLabLab45.2%+5.3
SouthallLabLab15.8%−0.8
SouthgateConCon39.6%−0.4
SouthwarkLabLab44.6%+0.5
St MaryleboneConLab gain34.7%+32.8
St Pancras NorthLabLab21.0%+0.8
StepneyLabLab60.3%+1.7
Stoke Newington and Hackney NorthLabLab25.3%+1.0
Surrey CarshaltonConCon17.5%−1.6
Sutton and CheamConCon25.5%−1.6
TottenhamLabLab24.8%−0.5
TwickenhamConCon24.2%−1.7
Walthamstow EastLabLab2.6%−2.9
Walthamstow WestLabLab33.6%−0.6
Wandsworth CentralLabLab2.1%−0.8
Wandsworth ClaphamLabLab2.7%+0.1
Wandsworth PutneyConCon11.7%−0.6
Wandsworth StreathamConCon27.2%−1.4
Wembley NorthConCon20.2%−1.5
Wembley SouthConCon11.5%−1.5
West Ham NorthLabLab40.9%−1.0
West Ham SouthLabLab69.9%−0.2
Willesden EastLabLab3.6%−1.4
Willesden WestLabLab28.5%−0.2
WimbledonConCon32.7%−1.1
Wood GreenLabLab11.6%−2.0
Woolwich EastLabLab27.3%−0.7
Woolwich WestConCon2.8%−1.3

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