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East of England, 1983 vs 1987: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency19831987MajorityCon–Lab swing
BasildonConCon5.3%−1.1
Bedfordshire MidConCon36.0%−0.1
Bedfordshire NorthConCon29.1%+0.8
Bedfordshire South WestConCon35.9%−1.0
BillericayConCon29.3%−0.4
BraintreeConCon27.7%−0.6
Brentwood and OngarConCon35.5%−0.1
BroxbourneConCon43.3%−1.9
Bury St EdmundsConCon37.8%+2.2
CambridgeConCon9.4%+0.8
Cambridgeshire North EastAllianceCon gain2.5%−3.2
Cambridgeshire South EastConCon31.3%0
Cambridgeshire South WestConCon28.8%+0.1
Castle PointConCon38.9%+0.5
ChelmsfordConCon11.4%−1.3
Colchester NorthConCon21.8%−0.3
Colchester South and MaldonConCon24.4%−0.2
Epping ForestConCon41.6%−1.6
Great YarmouthConCon20.6%+2.3
HarlowConCon10.7%−1.9
HarwichConCon21.3%+1.8
Hertford and StortfordConCon29.2%−0.4
Hertfordshire NorthConCon17.9%−0.4
Hertfordshire South WestConCon26.9%−0.4
Hertfordshire WestConCon23.4%−0.7
HertsmereConCon32.8%−1.5
HuntingdonConCon42.4%+0.6
IpswichLabCon gain1.7%−1.9
Luton NorthConCon27.0%−2.4
Luton SouthConCon9.6%−0.5
Norfolk MidConCon31.2%−0.1
Norfolk NorthConCon28.3%+0.7
Norfolk North WestConCon18.6%−4.2
Norfolk SouthConCon19.6%+0.2
Norfolk South WestConCon36.2%+0.7
Norwich NorthConCon15.7%−1.7
Norwich SouthConLab gain0.7%+2.1
PeterboroughConCon15.8%+1.1
RochfordConCon33.2%−0.1
Saffron WaldenConCon28.7%+0.2
Southend EastConCon33.8%−0.1
Southend WestConCon16.3%+0.1
St AlbansConCon18.0%0
StevenageConCon9.5%−0.6
Suffolk CentralConCon27.0%0
Suffolk CoastalConCon25.9%+1.4
Suffolk SouthConCon25.6%−1.1
ThurrockLabCon gain1.4%−2.6
WatfordConCon20.5%+0.7
WaveneyConCon18.4%+3.0
Welwyn HatfieldConCon18.3%+1.3

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