North West, 1966 vs 1970: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency	1966	1970	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Accrington	Lab	Lab	1.5%	−7.8
Altrincham and Sale	Con	Con	21.4%	−4.1
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	Lab	9.0%	−4.2
Barrow in Furness	Lab	Lab	12.2%	−4.2
Bebington	Lab	Con gain	1.2%	−2.6
Birkenhead	Lab	Lab	14.1%	−3.8
Blackburn	Lab	Lab	6.5%	−5.1
Blackpool North	Con	Con	22.9%	−4.9
Blackpool South	Con	Con	19.9%	−5.7
Bolton East	Lab	Con gain	1.1%	−9.7
Bolton West	Lab	Con gain	3.3%	−8.1
Bootle	Lab	Lab	27.3%	+0.3
Burnley	Lab	Lab	22.0%	−5.4
Bury and Radcliffe	Lab	Con gain	5.7%	−7.0
Carlisle	Lab	Lab	6.4%	−2.9
Cheadle	Lib	Con gain	2.1%	−5.8
Chorley	Lab	Con gain	3.0%	−6.2
City of Chester	Con	Con	14.1%	−4.1
Clitheroe	Con	Con	15.9%	−5.0
Crewe	Lab	Lab	8.5%	−6.8
Crosby	Con	Con	13.4%	−2.6
Darwen	Con	Con	17.8%	−7.1
Eccles	Lab	Lab	12.7%	−4.7
Farnworth	Lab	Lab	17.0%	−7.7
Heywood and Royton	Lab	Lab	1.7%	−4.8
Huyton	Lab	Lab	29.2%	−2.3
Ince	Lab	Lab	36.9%	−5.2
Knutsford	Con	Con	38.9%	−5.5
Lancaster	Lab	Con gain	4.6%	−4.9
Leigh	Lab	Lab	24.7%	−6.3
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	Lab	15.5%	−5.3
Liverpool Exchange	Lab	Lab	45.4%	−1.1
Liverpool Garston	Con	Con	13.9%	−2.6
Liverpool Kirkdale	Lab	Lab	13.0%	−2.8
Liverpool Scotland	Lab	Lab	49.5%	+0.7
Liverpool Toxteth	Lab	Lab	8.7%	−2.2
Liverpool Walton	Lab	Lab	12.0%	−1.3
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	Con	18.2%	−3.7
Liverpool West Derby	Lab	Lab	14.7%	+0.4
Macclesfield	Con	Con	18.8%	−5.4
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	Lab	12.3%	−8.5
Manchester Blackley	Lab	Lab	6.5%	−4.4
Manchester Cheetham	Lab	Lab	28.2%	−6.7
Manchester Exchange	Lab	Lab	40.7%	−3.1
Manchester Gorton	Lab	Lab	13.7%	−3.2
Manchester Moss Side	Con	Con	5.8%	−1.1
Manchester Openshaw	Lab	Lab	22.0%	−6.1
Manchester Withington	Con	Con	9.0%	−3.7
Manchester Wythenshawe	Lab	Lab	10.5%	−3.4
Middleton and Prestwick	Lab	Con gain	1.8%	−4.5
Morecambe and Lonsdale	Con	Con	28.1%	−3.0
Nantwich	Con	Con	12.0%	−3.0
Nelson and Colne	Lab	Con gain	3.7%	−8.0
Newton	Lab	Lab	13.6%	−6.0
North Fylde	Con	Con	37.7%	−7.6
Northwich	Con	Con	11.6%	−4.9
Oldham East	Lab	Lab	2.3%	−6.6
Oldham West	Lab	Lab	5.0%	−8.7
Ormskirk	Con	Con	22.8%	−2.6
Penrith and the Borders	Con	Con	33.6%	−5.6
Preston North	Lab	Con gain	7.5%	−6.7
Preston South	Lab	Con gain	3.4%	−5.3
Rochdale	Lab	Lab	11.2%	−5.3
Rossendale	Lab	Con gain	4.8%	−7.8
Runcorn	Con	Con	19.2%	−3.8
Salford East	Lab	Lab	22.1%	−6.1
Salford West	Lab	Lab	8.6%	−4.9
South Fylde	Con	Con	42.1%	−6.1
Southport	Con	Con	20.0%	−4.4
St.Helens	Lab	Lab	31.4%	−5.1
Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	Lab	6.1%	−3.9
Stockport North	Lab	Con gain	2.2%	−5.3
Stockport South	Lab	Lab	5.7%	−3.0
Stretford	Lab	Con gain	7.5%	−7.0
Wallasey	Con	Con	5.8%	−2.3
Warrington	Lab	Lab	28.6%	−4.9
Westhoughton	Lab	Lab	10.9%	−9.5
Westmorland	Con	Con	30.8%	−4.2
Whitehaven	Lab	Lab	16.6%	−3.7
Widnes	Lab	Lab	15.3%	−3.0
Wigan	Lab	Lab	36.5%	−5.6
Wirral	Con	Con	23.5%	−4.2
Workington	Lab	Lab	23.3%	−1.7

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