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

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

Constituency19661970MajorityCon–Lab swing
AbingdonConCon19.7%−7.1
AldershotConCon24.3%−3.7
Arundel and ShorehamConCon37.9%−5.4
AshfordConCon26.0%−3.5
AylesburyConCon18.2%−5.4
BanburyConCon16.8%−4.8
BasingstokeConCon13.7%−3.7
Bournemouth East and ChristchurchConCon41.1%−5.6
Bournemouth WestConCon28.6%−5.2
Brighton KemptownLabCon gain6.3%−4.0
Brighton PavilionConCon26.9%−5.3
BuckinghamLabCon gain4.3%−4.3
CanterburyConCon30.1%−4.2
ChertseyConCon24.1%−5.2
ChichesterConCon42.0%−5.0
DartfordLabCon gain0.9%−6.3
DorkingConCon34.6%−4.6
DoverLabCon gain2.8%−4.3
East GrinsteadConCon41.5%−3.8
East SurreyConCon41.6%−3.2
EastbourneConCon11.3%−5.7
EastleighConCon13.6%−6.1
EpsomConCon39.4%−4.4
EsherConCon38.2%−4.1
Eton and SloughLabLab5.5%−2.1
FarnhamConCon33.9%−5.7
FavershamLabCon gain6.8%−5.9
Folkestone and HytheConCon31.6%−6.2
GillinghamConCon17.7%−5.0
Gosport and FarehamConCon24.9%−3.7
GravesendLabCon gain1.9%−4.9
HastingsConCon16.9%−5.4
HenleyConCon22.6%−5.9
HorshamConCon18.3%−4.8
HoveConCon37.4%−2.9
Isle of ThanetConCon18.2%−5.1
Isle of WightConCon29.9%−5.1
LewesConCon32.5%−3.6
MaidstoneConCon21.1%−5.9
New ForestConCon37.5%−6.5
NewburyConCon18.8%−5.8
OxfordLabCon gain3.6%−4.1
PetersfieldConCon40.0%−5.7
Portsmouth LangstonConCon21.4%−4.9
Portsmouth SouthConCon26.8%−2.7
Portsmouth WestLabLab2.8%−0.3
ReadingLabCon gain2.5%−5.4
ReigateConCon24.7%−5.0
Rochester and ChathamLabCon gain9.7%−6.9
RyeConCon46.3%−3.8
SevenoaksConCon28.6%−5.2
South BuckinghamshireConCon34.5%−4.5
Southampton TestLabCon gain3.5%−4.1
SouthamptonitchenOthOth—0
SpelthorneConCon18.0%−6.4
TonbridgeConCon23.3%−5.7
WinchesterConCon29.4%−4.1
WindsorConCon29.3%−6.6
WokingConCon28.3%−3.8
WokinghamConCon26.2%−6.3
WorthingConCon47.8%−4.3
WycombeConCon23.4%−6.2

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