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

Every constituency in South 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
Bath	Con	Con	18.4%	−7.2
Bodmin	Con	Con	19.7%	−6.5
Bridgwater	Con	Con	25.0%	−6.8
Bristol North East	Lab	Lab	15.1%	−4.1
Bristol North West	Lab	Con gain	8.8%	−5.0
Bristol South	Lab	Lab	25.9%	−4.8
Bristol South East	Lab	Lab	3.5%	−7.1
Bristol West	Con	Con	29.7%	−3.2
Cheltenham	Con	Con	21.0%	−6.2
Chippenham	Con	Con	7.9%	−7.8
Christchurch	Con	Con	49.1%	−6.2
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	Con	Con	29.1%	−7.3
Devizes	Con	Con	25.3%	−6.6
Devon North	Lib	Con gain	13.3%	−8.2
Devon West	Con	Con	35.6%	−5.6
Dorset West	Con	Con	36.9%	−7.0
Exeter	Con	Con	14.3%	−5.0
Falmouth and Camborne	Con	Con	30.8%	−9.6
Gloucester	Con	Con	12.4%	−2.6
Gloucestershire West	Lab	Con gain	7.1%	−3.9
Honiton	Con	Con	41.6%	−5.3
Kingswood	Lab	Con gain	0.6%	−3.0
North Cornwall	Lib	Con gain	7.9%	−6.4
North Somerset	Con	Con	26.5%	−6.6
Plymouth Devonport	Lab	Lab	2.9%	−1.6
Plymouth Drake	Con	Con	9.9%	−4.9
Plymouth Sutton	Con	Con	21.4%	−5.1
Poole	Con	Con	34.6%	−7.2
Salisbury	Con	Con	12.5%	−7.6
South Dorset	Con	Con	26.2%	−6.8
South Gloucestershire	Con	Con	21.8%	−7.5
St.Ives	Con	Con	33.2%	−6.3
Stroud	Con	Con	25.0%	−6.2
Swindon	Lab	Lab	11.7%	−5.2
Taunton	Con	Con	23.8%	−5.1
Tiverton	Con	Con	27.5%	−6.3
Torbay	Con	Con	31.6%	−4.9
Totnes	Con	Con	15.7%	−7.8
Truro	Lib	Lib	13.7%	−6.6
Wells	Con	Con	20.6%	−8.0
Westbury	Con	Con	22.0%	−6.3
Weston Super Mare	Con	Con	34.1%	−5.0
Yeovil	Con	Con	17.4%	−7.0

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