East of England, October 1974 vs 1979: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in East of England 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
Basildon	Lab	Con gain	6.4%	−11.0
Bedford	Con	Con	20.4%	−6.6
Braintree	Con	Con	20.6%	−9.3
Brentwood and Ongar	Con	Con	35.1%	−8.8
Bury St Edmunds	Con	Con	27.8%	−5.2
Cambridge	Con	Con	8.6%	−1.7
Cambridgeshire	Con	Con	31.9%	−6.1
Chelmsford	Con	Con	8.0%	−11.2
Colchester	Con	Con	20.0%	−5.6
East Hertfordshire	Con	Con	28.6%	−8.0
Epping	Con	Con	30.3%	−7.9
Eye	Con	Con	27.2%	−5.3
Harlow	Lab	Lab	2.6%	−12.9
Harwich	Con	Con	29.8%	−6.5
Hemel Hempstead	Lab	Con gain	6.4%	−3.6
Hertford Stevenage	Lab	Con gain	1.8%	−8.1
Hertfordshire South	Con	Con	22.9%	−9.2
Hitchin	Con	Con	21.0%	−7.7
Huntingdonshire	Con	Con	29.7%	−7.1
Ipswich	Lab	Lab	5.2%	+1.4
Lowestoft	Con	Con	11.8%	−4.2
Luton East	Lab	Con gain	2.1%	−5.7
Luton West	Lab	Con gain	0.5%	−7.6
Maldon	Con	Con	32.7%	−9.6
Mid-Bedfordshire	Con	Con	31.0%	−7.6
Norfolk North West	Con	Con	12.0%	−4.9
North Norfolk	Con	Con	28.3%	−6.1
Norwich North	Lab	Lab	15.8%	−6.4
Norwich South	Lab	Lab	3.3%	−3.2
Peterborough	Lab	Con gain	9.0%	−6.4
Saffron Waldon	Con	Con	28.9%	−8.1
South Bedfordshire	Con	Con	28.2%	−9.7
South East Essex	Con	Con	38.7%	−11.6
South Norfolk	Con	Con	24.2%	−5.8
South West Hertfordshire	Con	Con	27.0%	−8.5
South West Norfolk	Con	Con	23.7%	−5.9
Southend East	Con	Con	27.0%	−7.6
Southend West	Con	Con	33.0%	−6.5
St.Albans	Con	Con	29.2%	−6.6
Sudbury and Woodbridge	Con	Con	28.6%	−4.8
The Isle of Ely	Lib	Lib	5.9%	−6.6
Thurrock	Lab	Lab	9.3%	−10.9
Watford	Lab	Con gain	7.4%	−8.3
Welwyn and Hatfield	Lab	Con gain	5.8%	−3.4
Yarmouth	Con	Con	13.0%	−4.3

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