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South East, 1959 vs 1964: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in South East compared between the 1959 and 1964 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency19591964MajorityCon–Lab swing
AbingdonConCon11.5%+4.9
AldershotConCon24.4%+2.8
Arundel and ShorehamConCon33.2%+4.4
AshfordConCon21.2%+2.3
AylesburyConCon14.6%+2.9
BanburyConCon8.9%+2.0
BasingstokeConCon14.9%+4.2
Bournemouth East and ChristchurchConCon34.5%+4.0
Bournemouth WestConCon23.5%+6.1
Brighton KemptownConLab gain0.0%+6.4
Brighton PavilionConCon24.9%+7.5
BuckinghamConLab gain3.0%+3.3
CanterburyConCon22.5%+5.0
ChertseyConCon17.4%+3.4
ChichesterConCon35.0%+3.3
DartfordLabLab8.3%+3.0
DorkingConCon32.8%+2.0
DoverConLab gain0.8%+3.5
East GrinsteadConCon26.2%+4.6
East SurreyConCon27.7%+3.0
EastbourneConCon20.4%+3.1
EastleighConCon4.1%+1.5
EpsomConCon31.0%+4.6
EsherConCon33.1%+4.0
Eton and SloughLabCon gain0.0%−0.1
FarnhamConCon22.8%+1.8
FavershamLabLab8.0%+3.8
Folkestone and HytheConCon24.5%+3.9
GillinghamConCon14.3%+2.2
Gosport and FarehamConCon22.5%+3.3
GravesendConLab gain1.3%+2.7
HastingsConCon14.7%+5.0
HenleyConCon16.4%+2.1
HorshamConCon14.5%+3.6
HoveConCon36.8%+6.4
Isle of ThanetConCon12.6%+4.7
Isle of WightConCon21.9%+2.0
LewesConCon29.0%+4.9
MaidstoneConCon14.8%+3.1
New ForestConCon28.6%+4.4
NewburyConCon10.9%+4.6
OxfordConCon2.8%+6.7
PetersfieldConCon28.1%+2.5
Portsmouth LangstonConCon14.3%+8.2
Portsmouth SouthConCon27.4%+6.3
Portsmouth WestConCon1.3%+7.0
ReadingConCon0.0%+4.0
ReigateConCon18.6%+3.3
Rochester and ChathamConLab gain2.0%+2.0
RyeConCon37.3%+2.6
SevenoaksConCon24.9%+1.4
South BuckinghamshireConCon27.6%+2.9
Southampton TestConCon0.7%+6.0
SouthamptonitchenLabLab18.2%+5.7
SpelthorneConCon11.5%+3.8
TonbridgeConCon15.5%+2.2
WinchesterConCon22.2%+6.1
WindsorConCon23.2%+3.8
WokingConCon22.1%+6.3
WokinghamConCon22.7%+3.5
WorthingConCon38.2%+3.4
WycombeConCon15.1%+1.8

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