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

Every constituency in West 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
Bilston	Lab	Lab	1.9%	−6.0
Birmingham All Saints	Lab	Lab	19.4%	+1.2
Birmingham Aston	Lab	Lab	12.7%	−4.5
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	Con	28.4%	−3.5
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	Con	20.8%	−6.5
Birmingham Handsworth	Con	Con	6.0%	−1.0
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	Lab	8.4%	−9.9
Birmingham Northfield	Lab	Lab	1.8%	−8.6
Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	Con gain	3.6%	−6.8
Birmingham Selly Oak	Con	Con	4.4%	−1.1
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	Lab	30.4%	−5.2
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Lab	Lab	11.9%	−4.6
Birmingham Stechford	Lab	Lab	16.7%	−7.1
Birmingham Yardley	Lab	Con gain	0.3%	−6.5
Brierley Hill	Con	Con	21.3%	−9.5
Bromsgrove	Con	Con	16.9%	−5.5
Burton	Con	Con	8.7%	−4.0
Cannock	Lab	Con gain	2.4%	−11.0
Coventry East	Lab	Lab	20.1%	−5.4
Coventry North	Lab	Lab	13.4%	−2.6
Coventry South	Lab	Lab	3.8%	−3.0
Dudley	Lab	Lab	0.6%	−8.8
Hereford	Con	Con	18.4%	−5.7
Kidderminster	Con	Con	17.5%	−5.4
Leek	Lab	Con gain	2.6%	−7.4
Leominster	Con	Con	36.7%	−4.0
Lichfield and Tamworth	Lab	Con gain	3.3%	−5.6
Ludlow	Con	Con	23.1%	−6.7
Meriden	Lab	Con gain	6.3%	−6.8
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	Lab	4.6%	−9.5
Nuneaton	Lab	Lab	24.7%	+1.1
Oldbury and Halesowen	Lab	Con gain	5.2%	−5.8
Oswestry	Con	Con	23.8%	−5.5
Rowley Regis and Tipton	Lab	Lab	23.4%	−4.1
Rugby	Lab	Lab	6.2%	+2.7
Shrewsbury	Con	Con	21.9%	−7.2
Smethwick	Lab	Lab	6.9%	−1.7
Solihull	Con	Con	41.8%	−5.2
South Worcestershire	Con	Con	35.1%	−5.7
Stafford and Stone	Con	Con	17.7%	−3.9
Stoke on Trent Central	Lab	Lab	25.1%	−5.5
Stoke on Trent North	Lab	Lab	32.4%	−5.3
Stoke on Trent South	Lab	Lab	21.6%	−3.4
Stratford	Con	Con	34.5%	−6.5
Sutton Coldfield	Con	Con	29.1%	−0.6
The Wrekin	Lab	Con gain	1.0%	−1.4
Walsall North	Lab	Lab	15.4%	−7.4
Walsall South	Con	Con	19.0%	−6.1
Warwick and Leamington	Con	Con	26.8%	−5.6
Wednesbury	Lab	Lab	7.6%	−5.1
West Bromwich	Lab	Lab	10.5%	−2.6
Wolverhampton North East	Lab	Lab	5.5%	−9.1
Wolverhampton South West	Con	Con	35.5%	−8.7
Worcester	Con	Con	16.6%	−4.8

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