East Midlands, October 1974 vs 1979: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in East Midlands compared between the October 1974 and 1979 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	October 1974	1979	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Ashfield	Lab	Lab	12.4%	−14.3
Bassetlaw	Lab	Lab	12.3%	−5.3
Beeston	Con	Con	16.1%	−8.0
Belper	Lab	Con gain	1.4%	−5.6
Blaby	Con	Con	36.1%	−6.1
Bolsover	Lab	Lab	42.1%	−6.2
Bosworth	Con	Con	11.1%	−5.3
Carlton	Con	Con	21.1%	−6.4
Chesterfield	Lab	Lab	25.1%	−4.4
Daventry	Con	Con	29.4%	−7.6
Derby North	Lab	Lab	0.3%	−3.3
Derby South	Lab	Lab	11.3%	−3.4
Derbyshire West	Con	Con	25.0%	−4.6
Gainsborough	Con	Con	13.8%	−5.2
Grantham	Con	Con	27.5%	−6.8
Harborough	Con	Con	39.8%	−6.1
High Peak	Con	Con	9.8%	−2.7
Holland With Boston	Con	Con	27.5%	−6.3
Horncastle	Con	Con	27.2%	−5.4
Ilkeston	Lab	Lab	14.6%	−6.8
Kettering	Lab	Lab	2.1%	−7.8
Leicester East	Lab	Lab	5.6%	−1.3
Leicester South	Lab	Lab	3.8%	+0.8
Leicester West	Lab	Lab	18.2%	−2.2
Lincoln	Lab	Con gain	1.4%	−5.1
Loughborough	Lab	Con gain	8.4%	−6.3
Louth	Con	Con	11.7%	−6.8
Mansfield	Lab	Lab	20.4%	−6.9
Melton	Con	Con	35.5%	−6.5
Newark	Lab	Con gain	2.9%	−6.6
North East Derbyshire	Lab	Lab	9.4%	−5.4
Northampton North	Lab	Con gain	12.1%	−8.1
Northampton South	Con	Con	9.4%	−4.5
Nottingham East	Lab	Lab	10.6%	−3.9
Nottingham North	Lab	Lab	5.8%	−3.8
Nottingham West	Lab	Lab	4.4%	−6.2
Rushcliffe	Con	Con	40.9%	−5.4
Rutland and Stamford	Con	Con	31.9%	−7.5
South East Derbyshie	Con	Con	15.8%	−6.8
Wellingborough	Con	Con	17.3%	−7.4

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