East Midlands, 1983 vs 1987: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in East Midlands compared between the 1983 and 1987 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1983	1987	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Amber Valley	Con	Con	17.1%	−5.3
Ashfield	Lab	Lab	8.0%	−1.9
Bassetlaw	Lab	Lab	10.6%	+1.4
Blaby	Con	Con	35.6%	+0.2
Bolsover	Lab	Lab	27.9%	−0.8
Bosworth	Con	Con	27.1%	−0.7
Broxtowe	Con	Con	29.3%	+1.4
Chesterfield	Lab	Lab	15.9%	+2.4
Corby	Con	Con	3.4%	+1.5
Daventry	Con	Con	36.4%	−2.0
Derby North	Con	Con	11.6%	−2.4
Derby South	Lab	Lab	3.2%	+1.1
Derbyshire North East	Lab	Lab	6.7%	+1.4
Derbyshire South	Con	Con	15.9%	−0.6
Derbyshire West	Con	Con	17.9%	−1.3
Erewash	Con	Con	16.5%	+2.0
Gainsborough and Horncastle	Con	Con	18.1%	+0.7
Gedling	Con	Con	30.6%	+1.5
Grantham	Con	Con	35.8%	+0.8
Harborough	Con	Con	31.7%	+1.1
High Peak	Con	Con	16.9%	+1.7
Holland With Boston	Con	Con	37.2%	+1.3
Kettering	Con	Con	21.8%	−2.0
Leicester East	Con	Lab gain	3.7%	+2.8
Leicester South	Con	Lab gain	3.3%	+1.7
Leicester West	Lab	Lab	2.4%	−0.6
Leicestershire North West	Con	Con	13.4%	−0.7
Lincoln	Con	Con	12.8%	+3.0
Lindsey East	Con	Con	15.5%	+2.0
Loughborough	Con	Con	30.2%	−0.4
Mansfield	Lab	Lab	0.1%	−2.3
Newark	Con	Con	25.8%	+1.7
Northampton North	Con	Con	17.9%	+1.1
Northampton South	Con	Con	31.1%	−0.3
Nottingham East	Con	Con	1.0%	+1.2
Nottingham North	Con	Lab gain	3.3%	+2.0
Nottingham South	Con	Con	4.2%	+3.8
Rushcliffe	Con	Con	35.8%	+2.9
Rutland and Melton	Con	Con	38.5%	+0.6
Sherwood	Con	Con	7.7%	−3.2
Stamford and Spalding	Con	Con	25.5%	+0.8
Wellingborough	Con	Con	25.6%	−1.3

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