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London, 1966 vs 1970: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency19661970MajorityCon–Lab swing
ActonLabLab2.3%−6.6
BarkingLabLab38.8%−2.8
BarnetConCon16.9%−3.3
Barons CourtLabLab4.0%−3.3
Battersea NorthLabLab37.7%−4.8
Battersea SouthLabLab7.7%−3.5
BeckenhamConCon33.3%−4.3
BermondseyLabLab53.9%−3.7
Bethnal GreenLabLab41.1%−5.8
BexleyConCon15.8%−5.8
Brentford and ChiswickLabLab1.9%−0.1
BromleyConCon34.6%−4.5
Camberwell DulwichLabLab2.1%−5.6
Camberwell PeckhamLabLab34.9%−4.5
CarshaltonConCon20.6%−4.7
ChelseaConCon41.7%−4.9
ChislehurstLabCon gain6.7%−4.2
Cities of London and WestminsterConCon28.1%−4.3
Croydon North EastConCon9.7%−4.2
Croydon North WestConCon11.8%−2.6
Croydon SouthLabCon gain7.1%−3.6
DagenhamLabLab43.7%−4.3
DeptfordLabLab31.4%−4.5
Ealing NorthLabLab0.7%−2.3
Ealing SouthConCon20.7%−3.6
East Ham NorthLabLab19.8%−6.0
East Ham SouthLabLab23.8%−8.1
EdmontonLabLab5.1%−6.0
Enfield EastLabLab12.5%−4.8
Enfield WestConCon31.7%−2.6
Erith and CrayfordLabLab11.8%−4.7
FelthamLabLab13.5%−3.4
FinchleyConCon23.6%−2.6
FulhamLabLab11.8%−4.2
GreenwichLabLab21.0%−4.4
GuildfordConCon28.7%−5.6
Hackney CentralLabLab29.8%−5.9
Hammersmith NorthLabLab25.4%−6.1
HampsteadLabCon gain1.0%−2.8
Harrow CentralConCon12.1%−3.7
Harrow EastLabCon gain10.5%−5.7
Harrow WestConCon32.1%−3.9
Hayes and HarlingtonLabLab16.4%−5.1
Hendon NorthConCon8.6%−3.6
Hendon SouthConCon16.9%−3.1
Heston and IsleworthConCon11.9%−4.8
Holborn and St PancrasLabLab10.3%−4.3
HornchurchLabCon gain8.0%−6.1
HornseyConCon8.7%−3.7
Ilford NorthConCon16.3%−4.9
Ilford SouthLabCon gain3.2%−4.5
Islington EastLabLab23.5%−2.8
Islington NorthLabLab23.3%−2.7
Islington South WestLabLab29.7%−5.8
Kensington NorthLabLab13.6%−2.2
Kensington SouthConCon51.4%−3.1
Kingston upon ThamesConCon25.0%−3.6
Lambeth BrixtonLabLab14.6%−4.0
Lambeth NorwoodLabLab1.8%−2.0
Lambeth VauxhallLabLab27.1%−3.0
Lewisham NorthLabLab2.9%−1.6
Lewisham SouthLabLab16.5%−5.1
Lewisham WestLabCon gain2.0%−3.5
LeytonLabLab13.3%−2.1
Merton and MordenConCon9.5%−4.2
MitchamConCon10.4%−4.7
OrpingtonLibCon gain2.6%−3.1
Paddington NorthLabLab14.4%−5.9
Paddington SouthConCon13.2%−3.2
PoplarLabLab60.7%−4.1
Richmond (Surrey)ConCon19.6%−2.7
RomfordLabLab5.2%−4.8
Ruislip NorthwoodConCon31.8%−6.9
Shoreditch and FinsburyLabLab33.8%−6.5
SouthallLabLab11.7%−1.3
SouthgateConCon35.9%−3.5
SouthwarkLabLab39.2%−6.3
St.MaryleboneConCon32.8%−3.3
St.Pancras NorthLabLab21.0%−5.6
StepneyLabLab55.4%−2.0
Stoke Newington and Hackney NorthLabLab28.1%−5.4
SurbitonConCon20.5%−2.4
Sutton and CheamConCon30.8%−5.0
TottenhamLabLab22.6%−4.0
TwickenhamConCon22.1%−4.2
UxbridgeLabCon gain7.7%−4.8
Walthamstow EastLabCon gain1.7%−3.6
Walthamstow WestLabLab20.1%−8.2
Wandsworth CentralLabLab8.1%−2.9
Wandsworth ClaphamLabCon gain9.4%−10.2
Wandsworth PutneyLabLab2.6%−1.8
Wandsworth StreathamConCon15.8%−3.3
Wembley NorthConCon18.7%−3.6
Wembley SouthConCon7.3%−1.9
West Ham NorthLabLab37.7%−5.7
West Ham SouthLabLab55.4%−5.1
Willesden EastLabLab12.7%−2.5
Willesden WestLabLab36.1%−2.0
WimbledonConCon23.5%−2.4
Wood GreenLabLab14.2%−3.7
Woolwich EastLabLab30.9%−6.2
Woolwich WestLabLab1.5%−4.0

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