East of England, 1955 vs 1959: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in East of England compared between the 1955 and 1959 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1955	1959	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Bedford	Con	Con	14.7%	−1.8
Billericay	Con	Con	7.7%	+0.9
Bury St Edmunds	Con	Con	17.5%	−3.6
Cambridge	Con	Con	14.3%	+0.4
Cambridgeshire	Con	Con	15.8%	−3.6
Central Norfolk	Con	Con	15.6%	−0.5
Chelmsford	Con	Con	19.7%	−4.2
Chigwell	Con	Con	13.5%	−4.2
Colchester	Con	Con	15.7%	−2.4
East Hertfordshire	Con	Con	18.6%	−2.4
Epping	Con	Con	6.2%	0
Eye	Con	Con	5.2%	−1.7
Harwich	Con	Con	27.1%	−2.4
Hemel Hempstead	Con	Con	13.6%	−0.7
Hertford	Con	Con	15.9%	−1.2
Hitchin	Con	Con	6.8%	−2.5
Huntingdonshire	Con	Con	22.0%	−2.6
Ipswich	Lab	Lab	5.2%	−0.4
King'S Lynn	Con	Con	4.3%	−0.5
Lowestoft	Lab	Con gain	3.2%	−3.7
Luton	Con	Con	10.2%	−0.5
Maldon	Con	Con	5.0%	−1.9
Mid-Bedfordshire	Con	Con	11.4%	−1.0
North Norfolk	Lab	Lab	1.7%	−0.7
Norwich North	Lab	Lab	20.5%	−0.5
Norwich South	Con	Con	6.2%	−0.6
Saffron Waldon	Con	Con	17.2%	−0.2
South Bedfordshire	Con	Con	8.7%	−1.6
South East Essex	Con	Con	22.0%	−1.3
South Norfolk	Con	Con	7.6%	−1.8
South West Hertfordshire	Con	Con	17.5%	−1.9
South West Norfolk	Lab	Lab	0.2%	−0.2
Southend East	Con	Con	18.5%	−1.1
Southend West	Con	Con	35.9%	+2.3
St.Albans	Con	Con	19.4%	−2.2
Sudbury and Woodbridge	Con	Con	20.1%	−2.4
The Isle of Ely	Con	Con	14.1%	+0.4
Thurrock	Lab	Lab	23.0%	−4.6
Wanstead and Woodford	Con	Con	42.5%	+1.8
Watford	Con	Con	6.4%	−1.2
Yarmouth	Con	Con	8.5%	−3.2

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