East Midlands, 1966 vs 1970: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in East Midlands compared between the 1966 and 1970 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1966	1970	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Ashfield	Lab	Lab	36.4%	−5.4
Bassetlaw	Lab	Lab	15.7%	−3.8
Belper	Lab	Con gain	3.1%	−4.8
Bolsover	Lab	Lab	55.0%	−4.5
Bosworth	Lab	Con gain	1.8%	−8.0
Carlton	Con	Con	19.1%	−6.4
Chesterfield	Lab	Lab	27.5%	−3.9
Derby North	Lab	Lab	9.5%	−7.1
Derby South	Lab	Lab	8.8%	−8.4
Gainsborough	Con	Con	17.5%	−3.9
Grantham	Con	Con	17.3%	−6.6
Harborough	Con	Con	24.1%	−7.1
High Peak	Lab	Con gain	3.4%	−2.7
Holland With Boston	Con	Con	16.2%	−7.8
Horncastle	Con	Con	29.9%	−6.7
Ilkeston	Lab	Lab	31.1%	−4.6
Kettering	Lab	Lab	5.8%	−5.6
Leicester North East	Lab	Lab	2.9%	−8.5
Leicester North West	Lab	Lab	7.0%	−7.4
Leicestersouth East	Con	Con	25.3%	−2.8
Leicestersouth West	Lab	Con gain	0.3%	−8.8
Lincoln	Lab	Lab	12.1%	−2.3
Loughborough	Lab	Lab	1.1%	−6.1
Louth	Con	Con	19.2%	−4.8
Mansfield	Lab	Lab	33.6%	−4.2
Melton	Con	Con	25.9%	−7.0
Newark	Lab	Lab	2.4%	−5.5
North East Derbyshire	Lab	Lab	21.7%	−6.1
Northampton	Lab	Lab	2.3%	−5.6
Nottingham Central	Lab	Lab	11.2%	−3.3
Nottingham North	Lab	Lab	14.9%	−4.4
Nottingham South	Lab	Con gain	7.5%	−4.1
Nottingham West	Lab	Lab	5.6%	−5.2
Peterborough	Con	Con	8.2%	−4.1
Rushcliffe	Lab	Con gain	10.3%	−5.5
Rutland and Stamford	Con	Con	20.2%	−6.7
South East Derbyshire	Lab	Con gain	4.4%	−6.8
South Northamptonshire	Con	Con	14.0%	−4.2
Wellingborough	Lab	Con gain	4.5%	−4.6
West Derbyshire	Con	Con	23.8%	−5.7

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