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South East, 1955 vs 1959: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency19551959MajorityCon–Lab swing
AbingdonConCon21.3%−1.4
AldershotConCon29.9%−3.0
Arundel and ShorehamConCon42.0%−1.1
AshfordConCon25.8%−2.4
AylesburyConCon20.4%−3.1
BanburyConCon12.9%−2.1
BasingstokeConCon23.2%−4.4
Bournemouth East and ChristchurchConCon42.5%−0.2
Bournemouth WestConCon35.6%0
Brighton KemptownConCon12.8%0
Brighton PavilionConCon40.0%−1.9
BuckinghamConCon3.7%−0.6
CanterburyConCon32.4%+0.3
ChertseyConCon24.2%−1.0
ChichesterConCon44.9%−1.7
DartfordLabLab2.3%−3.2
DorkingConCon36.7%−1.2
DoverConCon6.2%−0.2
East GrinsteadConCon42.5%−3.2
East SurreyConCon45.7%+1.7
EastbourneConCon33.0%−0.8
EastleighConCon7.0%−2.8
EpsomConCon43.3%−0.2
EsherConCon41.2%−1.1
Eton and SloughLabLab0.2%−3.1
FarnhamConCon34.5%−2.3
FavershamLabLab0.5%+0.2
Folkestone and HytheConCon32.2%−1.1
GillinghamConCon18.7%−3.9
Gosport and FarehamConCon29.1%−1.9
GravesendConCon4.2%+1.0
HastingsConCon24.7%−0.7
HenleyConCon20.6%−1.7
HorshamConCon21.6%+1.8
HoveConCon49.5%−0.6
Isle of ThanetConCon22.0%+1.2
Isle of WightConCon25.9%−0.3
LewesConCon38.8%−2.6
MaidstoneConCon21.0%−2.7
New ForestConCon37.3%+0.1
NewburyConCon20.0%−2.0
OxfordConCon16.1%−0.7
PetersfieldConCon39.6%0
Portsmouth LangstonConCon30.8%−1.2
Portsmouth SouthConCon39.9%−2.7
Portsmouth WestConCon15.3%−3.5
ReadingLabCon gain8.1%−4.3
ReigateConCon25.2%−0.9
Rochester and ChathamLabCon gain2.0%−3.4
RyeConCon47.0%−0.8
SevenoaksConCon27.7%−2.0
South BuckinghamshireConCon36.5%+0.8
Southampton TestConCon12.6%−2.6
SouthamptonitchenLabLab6.9%−2.1
SpelthorneConCon19.1%−1.2
TonbridgeConCon19.9%+0.5
WinchesterConCon34.5%−1.8
WindsorConCon30.7%−2.0
WokingConCon34.8%−3.0
WokinghamConCon29.8%0
WorthingConCon51.6%+1.3
WycombeConCon18.8%−1.7

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