North West, October 1974 vs 1979: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in North West 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
Accrington	Lab	Lab	8.2%	−3.6
Altrincham and Sale	Con	Con	26.3%	−7.0
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	Lab	18.7%	−3.0
Barrow in Furness	Lab	Lab	18.2%	+0.3
Bebington and Ellesmere Port	Lab	Con gain	0.7%	−5.1
Birkenhead	Lab	Lab	14.2%	−4.1
Blackburn	Lab	Lab	14.2%	−2.6
Blackpool North	Con	Con	23.7%	−5.3
Blackpool South	Con	Con	20.9%	−4.0
Bolton East	Lab	Lab	4.0%	−2.4
Bolton West	Lab	Lab	1.5%	−0.4
Bootle	Lab	Lab	34.4%	−2.4
Burnley	Lab	Lab	15.4%	−7.3
Bury and Radcliffe	Lab	Lab	0.1%	−0.3
Carlisle	Lab	Lab	10.6%	−2.3
Cheadle	Con	Con	31.1%	−5.8
Chorley	Lab	Con gain	3.9%	−4.1
City of Chester	Con	Con	16.7%	−3.9
Clitheroe	Con	Con	26.4%	−4.8
Crewe	Lab	Lab	9.2%	−3.8
Crosby	Con	Con	31.6%	−5.3
Darwen	Con	Con	22.3%	−5.9
Eccles	Lab	Lab	17.8%	−2.2
Farnworth	Lab	Lab	14.5%	−6.7
Hazel Grove	Con	Con	26.1%	−5.4
Heywood and Royton	Lab	Lab	3.6%	−4.8
Huyton	Lab	Lab	14.2%	−8.4
Ince	Lab	Lab	23.3%	−9.4
Knutsford	Con	Con	39.6%	−5.6
Lancaster	Con	Con	10.4%	−3.4
Leigh	Lab	Lab	17.6%	−6.4
Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	Lib gain	17.4%	−4.6
Liverpool Garston	Lab	Con gain	4.8%	−5.2
Liverpool Kirkdale	Lab	Lab	25.4%	−3.8
Liverpool Scotland	Lab	Lab	62.9%	−2.8
Liverpool Toxteth	Lab	Lab	22.7%	−2.1
Liverpool Walton	Lab	Lab	20.6%	−3.6
Liverpool Wavertree	Con	Con	16.0%	−4.7
Liverpool West Derby	Lab	Lab	20.2%	−5.7
Macclesfield	Con	Con	34.0%	−6.6
Manchester Ardwick	Lab	Lab	23.9%	−0.1
Manchester Blackley	Lab	Lab	11.2%	−3.6
Manchester Central	Lab	Lab	48.7%	−0.6
Manchester Gorton	Lab	Lab	15.1%	−3.6
Manchester Moss Side	Lab	Lab	13.3%	+0.3
Manchester Openshaw	Lab	Lab	26.0%	−2.2
Manchester Withington	Con	Con	8.4%	−1.7
Manchester Wythenshawe	Lab	Lab	26.7%	−2.5
Middleton and Prestwick	Lab	Lab	1.8%	−2.3
Morecambe and Lonsdale	Con	Con	30.1%	−2.8
Nantwich	Con	Con	15.1%	−4.0
Nelson and Colne	Lab	Con gain	1.1%	−1.4
Newton	Lab	Lab	14.1%	−4.2
North Fylde	Con	Con	35.7%	−1.8
Northwich	Con	Con	19.9%	−4.4
Oldham East	Lab	Lab	12.9%	−4.8
Oldham West	Lab	Lab	17.0%	−3.1
Ormskirk	Lab	Lab	1.2%	−5.7
Penrith and the Borders	Con	Con	38.8%	−2.5
Preston North	Lab	Con gain	0.1%	−2.3
Preston South	Lab	Lab	1.6%	−4.0
Rochdale	Lib	Lib	10.8%	−2.7
Rossendale	Lab	Con gain	4.4%	−2.5
Runcorn	Con	Con	16.7%	−3.3
Salford East	Lab	Lab	27.8%	−2.5
Salford West	Lab	Lab	24.2%	−2.2
South Fylde	Con	Con	44.5%	−4.3
Southport	Con	Con	12.8%	−4.7
St.Helens	Lab	Lab	28.6%	−7.4
Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	Lab	12.6%	−3.7
Stockport North	Lab	Lab	0.8%	−1.8
Stockport South	Lab	Lab	3.0%	−4.4
Stretford	Con	Con	8.4%	−3.0
Wallasey	Con	Con	10.1%	−3.2
Warrington	Lab	Lab	32.8%	−3.0
Westhoughton	Lab	Lab	8.6%	−7.8
Westmorland	Con	Con	27.8%	−4.3
Whitehaven	Lab	Lab	12.6%	−6.3
Widnes	Lab	Lab	17.7%	−7.0
Wigan	Lab	Lab	29.7%	−7.5
Wirral	Con	Con	30.9%	−5.9
Workington	Lab	Lab	12.5%	−5.6

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