London, 1955 vs 1959: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency	1955	1959	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Acton	Lab	Con gain	2.4%	−1.9
Barking	Lab	Lab	29.6%	−4.4
Barnet	Con	Con	25.3%	−1.9
Barons Court	Lab	Con gain	2.4%	−1.3
Battersea North	Lab	Lab	35.7%	−3.9
Battersea South	Con	Con	6.0%	−1.9
Beckenham	Con	Con	39.0%	−0.6
Bermondsey	Lab	Lab	53.7%	−3.9
Bethnal Green	Lab	Lab	44.2%	−4.3
Bexley	Con	Con	15.6%	−3.5
Brentford and Chiswick	Con	Con	8.9%	−1.4
Bromley	Con	Con	40.0%	−1.8
Camberwell Dulwich	Con	Con	4.2%	−0.4
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	Lab	30.4%	−2.5
Carshalton	Con	Con	23.5%	−1.2
Chelsea	Con	Con	47.4%	−0.3
Chislehurst	Con	Con	13.1%	−2.6
Cities of London and Westminster	Con	Con	40.7%	−0.1
Croydon North East	Con	Con	19.4%	−0.4
Croydon North West	Con	Con	22.8%	0
Croydon South	Con	Con	16.3%	−1.2
Dagenham	Lab	Lab	38.0%	−4.9
Deptford	Lab	Lab	23.9%	−3.8
Ealing North	Con	Con	8.5%	−4.0
Ealing South	Con	Con	30.6%	−0.9
East Ham North	Lab	Lab	13.6%	−2.3
East Ham South	Lab	Lab	23.0%	−2.6
Edmonton	Lab	Lab	0.9%	−6.1
Enfield East	Lab	Lab	9.9%	−5.9
Enfield West	Con	Con	38.4%	−1.5
Erith and Crayford	Lab	Lab	13.3%	−3.8
Feltham	Lab	Lab	5.2%	−1.6
Finchley	Con	Con	29.1%	−3.0
Fulham	Lab	Lab	7.3%	−1.4
Greenwich	Lab	Lab	12.3%	−2.7
Guildford	Con	Con	28.4%	−1.0
Hackney Central	Lab	Lab	23.0%	−2.0
Hammersmith North	Lab	Lab	18.7%	−1.8
Hampstead	Con	Con	25.1%	−0.5
Harrow Central	Con	Con	25.8%	−2.8
Harrow East	Con	Con	14.5%	−2.8
Harrow West	Con	Con	41.8%	−1.0
Hayes and Harlington	Lab	Lab	11.2%	−3.5
Hendon North	Con	Con	12.4%	−1.5
Hendon South	Con	Con	29.1%	−1.6
Heston and Isleworth	Con	Con	19.7%	−2.6
Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	Con gain	2.0%	−2.3
Hornchurch	Con	Con	10.0%	−3.9
Hornsey	Con	Con	22.6%	+0.2
Ilford North	Con	Con	25.5%	−2.6
Ilford South	Con	Con	15.5%	−1.0
Islington East	Lab	Lab	15.1%	−2.7
Islington North	Lab	Lab	11.6%	−4.5
Islington South West	Lab	Lab	30.3%	−3.0
Kensington North	Lab	Lab	2.5%	−2.7
Kensington South	Con	Con	61.3%	+1.7
Kingston upon Thames	Con	Con	34.5%	−1.4
Lambeth Brixton	Lab	Lab	6.2%	−3.9
Lambeth Norwood	Con	Con	16.0%	−2.4
Lambeth Vauxhall	Lab	Lab	24.0%	−2.7
Lewisham North	Con	Con	10.8%	−1.5
Lewisham South	Lab	Lab	7.3%	−3.8
Lewisham West	Con	Con	14.4%	−2.2
Leyton	Lab	Lab	7.4%	−3.7
Merton and Morden	Con	Con	19.0%	−2.3
Mitcham	Con	Con	17.1%	−2.0
Orpington	Con	Con	34.4%	−1.1
Paddington North	Lab	Lab	2.7%	−2.0
Paddington South	Con	Con	29.5%	−3.0
Poplar	Lab	Lab	54.5%	−4.3
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	Con	29.9%	−1.3
Romford	Lab	Lab	1.0%	−2.0
Ruislip Northwood	Con	Con	31.7%	−0.7
Shoreditch and Finsbury	Lab	Lab	34.1%	−6.4
Southall	Lab	Lab	5.5%	−4.5
Southgate	Con	Con	39.6%	−0.2
Southwark	Lab	Lab	31.5%	−5.7
St.Marylebone	Con	Con	40.9%	+0.2
St.Pancras North	Lab	Lab	15.3%	−0.5
Stepney	Lab	Lab	48.2%	−4.8
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	Lab	Lab	19.7%	−1.6
Surbiton	Con	Con	34.8%	−2.5
Sutton and Cheam	Con	Con	32.8%	−0.4
Tottenham	Lab	Lab	15.4%	−2.3
Twickenham	Con	Con	28.9%	−0.4
Uxbridge	Lab	Con gain	2.9%	−2.4
Walthamstow East	Con	Con	8.2%	−2.5
Walthamstow West	Lab	Lab	27.9%	−1.8
Wandsworth Central	Con	Con	4.0%	−0.9
Wandsworth Clapham	Lab	Con gain	4.4%	−2.5
Wandsworth Putney	Con	Con	8.9%	+2.6
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	Con	32.3%	−0.6
Wembley North	Con	Con	28.0%	−1.5
Wembley South	Con	Con	20.3%	−1.6
West Ham North	Lab	Lab	36.3%	−1.8
West Ham South	Lab	Lab	61.3%	−2.4
Willesden East	Lab	Con gain	5.1%	−3.3
Willesden West	Lab	Lab	17.2%	−3.2
Wimbledon	Con	Con	33.7%	−1.3
Wood Green	Lab	Lab	2.5%	−2.7
Woolwich East	Lab	Lab	27.8%	−0.4
Woolwich West	Con	Con	8.0%	−2.0

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