North West, 1950 vs 1951: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in North West compared between the 1950 and 1951 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1950	1951	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Accrington	Lab	Lab	4.6%	−2.2
Altrincham and Sale	Con	Con	32.1%	−2.8
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	Lab	4.1%	+0.9
Barrow in Furness	Lab	Lab	13.8%	−3.3
Bebington	Con	Con	14.7%	−4.6
Birkenhead	Lab	Lab	10.0%	−0.8
Blackburn East	Lab	Lab	7.2%	−2.9
Blackburn West	Con	Con	7.4%	−1.1
Blackpool North	Con	Con	40.4%	−2.8
Blackpool South	Con	Con	34.4%	−3.6
Bolton East	Lab	Con gain	0.7%	−3.7
Bolton West	Lab	Lib gain	5.5%	+18.8
Bootle	Lab	Lab	8.1%	+0.1
Burnley	Lab	Lab	13.1%	+0.1
Bury and Radcliffe	Con	Con	3.3%	−1.0
Carlisle	Lab	Lab	7.6%	−2.5
Cheshire Cheadle	Con	Con	37.7%	−2.4
Cheshire City of Chester	Con	Con	17.0%	−0.2
Cheshire Crewe	Lab	Lab	4.5%	−1.1
Cheshire Knutsford	Con	Con	39.9%	−3.1
Cheshire Macclesfield	Con	Con	18.1%	−2.6
Cheshire Northwich	Con	Con	13.7%	−1.8
Cheshire Runcorn	Con	Con	24.7%	−2.5
Cheshire Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	Lab	0.6%	−1.5
Cheshire Wirral	Con	Con	30.5%	−2.3
Crosby	Con	Con	41.9%	−3.5
Cumberland Penrith and the Border	Con	Con	29.1%	−2.3
Cumberland Whitehaven	Lab	Lab	18.4%	−0.8
Cumberland Workington	Lab	Lab	20.0%	−2.7
Droylsden	Lab	Lab	3.6%	−2.2
Eccles	Lab	Lab	4.9%	−2.4
Lancashire Chorley	Lab	Lab	1.2%	−23.2
Lancashire Clitheroe	Con	Con	10.6%	−2.4
Lancashire Darwen	Con	Con	8.7%	+1.9
Lancashire Farnworth	Lab	Lab	18.4%	−3.2
Lancashire Heywood and Royton	Con	Con	7.7%	−1.9
Lancashire Huyton	Lab	Lab	2.6%	+0.4
Lancashire Ince	Lab	Lab	44.6%	+0.5
Lancashire Lancaster	Con	Con	6.4%	+0.9
Lancashire Middleton and Prestwich	Con	Con	20.3%	−2.1
Lancashire Morecombe and Lonsdale	Con	Con	38.9%	−3.0
Lancashire Newton	Lab	Lab	16.5%	−0.8
Lancashire North Fylde	Con	Con	38.5%	−2.4
Lancashire Ormskirk	Con	Con	34.9%	−1.2
Lancashire South Fylde	Con	Con	48.0%	−1.9
Lancashire West Houghton	Lab	Lab	22.3%	−1.1
Lancashire Widnes	Lab	Lab	8.4%	+0.1
Leigh	Lab	Lab	26.7%	−0.1
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	Lab	7.9%	+0.4
Liverpool Exchange	Lab	Lab	20.8%	+2.5
Liverpool Garston	Con	Con	30.4%	−2.2
Liverpool Kirkdale	Lab	Lab	2.0%	+0.2
Liverpool Scotland	Lab	Lab	36.3%	+2.0
Liverpool Toxteth	Con	Con	8.5%	−1.2
Liverpool Walton	Con	Con	7.2%	+0.4
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	Con	17.7%	−1.3
Liverpool West Derby	Con	Con	3.2%	+0.3
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	Lab	11.1%	−0.3
Manchester Blackley	Lab	Con gain	4.4%	−2.3
Manchester Cheetham	Lab	Lab	24.6%	−0.6
Manchester Clayton	Lab	Lab	26.9%	−2.1
Manchester Exchange	Lab	Lab	10.8%	−1.4
Manchester Gorton	Lab	Lab	16.0%	−1.3
Manchester Moss Side	Con	Con	24.4%	−2.6
Manchester Withington	Con	Con	29.5%	−4.9
Manchester Wythenshawe	Con	Con	13.0%	−0.4
Nelson and Colne	Lab	Lab	9.4%	+0.1
Oldham East	Lab	Con gain	4.4%	−2.6
Oldham West	Lab	Lab	8.9%	−0.6
Preston North	Con	Con	2.4%	−0.2
Preston South	Lab	Lab	0.0%	−0.1
Rochdale	Lab	Con gain	0.8%	−4.1
Rossendale	Lab	Lab	3.5%	−0.5
Salford East	Lab	Lab	13.9%	−1.4
Salford West	Lab	Lab	6.8%	−1.6
Southport	Con	Con	35.4%	−2.9
St Helens	Lab	Lab	26.6%	−1.7
Stockport North	Con	Con	10.3%	−1.3
Stockport South	Con	Con	8.3%	−1.6
Stretford	Con	Con	15.9%	−3.5
Wallasey	Con	Con	26.6%	−0.7
Warrington	Lab	Lab	19.0%	+0.1
Westmorland	Con	Con	35.4%	−1.3
Wigan	Lab	Lab	33.8%	+0.7

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