London, October 1974 vs 1979: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in London 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
Acton	Con	Con	14.3%	−6.1
Barking	Lab	Lab	20.4%	−14.0
Battersea North	Lab	Lab	23.0%	−8.7
Battersea South	Lab	Lab	1.1%	−4.2
Beckenham	Con	Con	31.8%	−5.5
Bermondsey	Lab	Lab	38.7%	−10.5
Bethnal Green	Lab	Lab	26.5%	−14.0
Bexley Heath	Con	Con	21.0%	−8.0
Brent East	Lab	Lab	16.6%	−3.5
Brent North	Con	Con	19.8%	−2.9
Brent South	Lab	Lab	28.6%	−0.5
Brentford and Isleworth	Con	Con	9.0%	−4.3
Camberwell Dulwich	Lab	Lab	0.3%	−8.3
Camberwell Peckham	Lab	Lab	31.8%	−11.5
Carshalton	Con	Con	20.1%	−6.3
Chelsea	Con	Con	47.6%	−3.4
Chingford	Con	Con	28.2%	−8.5
Chipping Barnet	Con	Con	31.8%	−6.4
Chislehurst	Con	Con	22.9%	−6.7
Cities of London and Westminster	Con	Con	35.2%	−7.2
Croydon Central	Con	Con	15.8%	−7.7
Croydon North East	Con	Con	16.0%	−5.4
Croydon North West	Con	Con	9.4%	−2.7
Croydon South	Con	Con	43.8%	−5.0
Dagenham	Lab	Lab	21.5%	−13.4
Deptford	Lab	Lab	21.7%	−7.3
Ealing North	Lab	Con gain	2.5%	−3.9
Edmonton	Lab	Lab	4.5%	−6.0
Enfield North	Lab	Con gain	6.7%	−8.4
Erith and Crayford	Lab	Lab	5.8%	−6.7
Feltham and Heston	Lab	Lab	6.9%	−5.1
Finchley	Con	Con	19.8%	−4.7
Fulham	Lab	Con gain	3.5%	−8.2
Greenwich	Lab	Lab	18.8%	−5.0
Hackney Central	Lab	Lab	31.4%	−9.4
Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	Lab	25.9%	−11.6
Hammersmith North	Lab	Lab	9.8%	−7.1
Hampstead	Con	Con	8.5%	−2.1
Harrow Central	Con	Con	13.3%	−3.5
Harrow East	Con	Con	20.5%	−5.5
Harrow West	Con	Con	34.0%	−3.3
Hayes and Harlington	Lab	Lab	7.8%	−8.2
Hendon North	Con	Con	16.0%	−5.6
Hendon South	Con	Con	23.1%	−4.7
Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	Lab	9.5%	−8.2
Hornchurch	Lab	Con gain	1.6%	−8.5
Hornsey	Con	Con	9.9%	−4.0
Ilford North	Lab	Con gain	14.0%	−7.8
Ilford South	Lab	Con gain	4.1%	−4.3
Islington Central	Lab	Lab	15.9%	−10.8
Islington North	Lab	Lab	19.0%	−5.7
Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	Lab	18.0%	−11.3
Kensington	Con	Con	16.1%	−5.3
Kingston upon Thames	Con	Con	31.4%	−5.8
Lambeth Central	Lab	Lab	21.7%	−6.1
Lambeth Norwood	Lab	Lab	5.6%	−4.5
Lambeth Vauxhall	Lab	Lab	18.9%	−10.5
Lewisham East	Lab	Lab	3.2%	−7.8
Lewisham West	Lab	Lab	2.3%	−5.2
Leyton	Lab	Lab	14.0%	−7.3
Mitcham and Morden	Lab	Lab	1.3%	−6.0
Newham North East	Lab	Lab	24.0%	−5.4
Newham South	Lab	Lab	41.9%	−8.1
Orpington	Con	Con	29.0%	−7.4
Paddington	Lab	Con gain	0.3%	−3.4
Ravensbourne	Con	Con	41.7%	−5.7
Richmond (Surrey)	Con	Con	6.1%	−6.9
Romford	Con	Con	20.9%	−7.1
Ruislip Northwood	Con	Con	39.4%	−7.0
Sidcup	Con	Con	34.0%	−7.0
Southall	Lab	Lab	21.5%	−0.3
Southgate	Con	Con	39.1%	−4.0
St.Marylebone	Con	Con	33.4%	−3.6
St.Pancras North	Lab	Lab	20.3%	−5.5
Stepney and Poplar	Lab	Lab	41.6%	−12.9
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	Lab	Lab	18.3%	−9.7
Surbiton	Con	Con	30.5%	−6.3
Sutton and Cheam	Con	Con	31.6%	−5.7
Tooting	Lab	Lab	14.5%	−4.3
Tottenham	Lab	Lab	24.9%	−4.8
Twickenham	Con	Con	22.4%	−8.9
Upminster	Con	Con	17.1%	−7.8
Uxbridge	Con	Con	16.8%	−6.0
Walthamstow	Lab	Lab	12.5%	−9.1
Wandsworth Putney	Lab	Con gain	5.4%	−5.6
Wandsworth Streatham	Con	Con	14.4%	−3.3
Wanstead and Woodfod	Con	Con	42.1%	−7.4
Wimbledon	Con	Con	26.6%	−4.4
Wood Green	Lab	Lab	7.2%	−9.1
Woolwich East	Lab	Lab	28.4%	−4.7
Woolwich West	Lab	Con gain	5.8%	−7.2

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