London, 1983 vs 1987: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency	1983	1987	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Barking	Lab	Lab	9.9%	−0.9
Battersea	Lab	Con gain	1.8%	−4.6
Beckenham	Con	Con	30.4%	+1.7
Bethnal Green and Stepney	Lab	Lab	16.5%	−4.0
Bexleyheath	Con	Con	25.3%	0
Bow and Poplar	Lab	Lab	13.6%	−3.6
Brent East	Lab	Lab	4.2%	−4.1
Brent North	Con	Con	35.1%	−0.9
Brent South	Lab	Lab	19.5%	−3.4
Brentford and Isleworth	Con	Con	14.5%	+1.8
Carshalton and Wallington	Con	Con	27.8%	−1.0
Chelsea	Con	Con	46.6%	+0.6
Chingford	Con	Con	41.2%	−4.8
Chipping Barnet	Con	Con	34.9%	+0.6
Chislehurst	Con	Con	34.6%	−0.5
City of London and Westminster South	Con	Con	36.0%	+2.3
Croydon Central	Con	Con	32.3%	−0.9
Croydon North East	Con	Con	28.5%	+0.8
Croydon North West	Con	Con	10.0%	+4.0
Croydon South	Con	Con	39.7%	+1.5
Dagenham	Lab	Lab	6.0%	−0.8
Dulwich	Con	Con	0.5%	+2.2
Ealing Acton	Con	Con	25.7%	−1.6
Ealing North	Con	Con	28.2%	−8.0
Ealing Southall	Lab	Lab	15.3%	−3.3
Edmonton	Con	Con	15.2%	−6.3
Eltham	Con	Con	15.5%	+1.5
Enfield North	Con	Con	27.1%	−1.6
Enfield Southgate	Con	Con	37.9%	+0.1
Erith and Crayford	Con	Con	15.6%	−2.9
Feltham and Heston	Con	Con	9.1%	−2.6
Finchley	Con	Con	22.3%	+1.0
Fulham	Con	Con	15.1%	−1.5
Greenwich	Lab	Alliance gain	5.7%	+4.0
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab	Lab	19.8%	−1.8
Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	Lab	19.1%	−0.4
Hammersmith	Lab	Lab	6.9%	+0.5
Hampstead and Highgate	Con	Con	4.9%	+1.3
Harrow East	Con	Con	30.7%	−1.6
Harrow West	Con	Con	28.0%	+0.3
Hayes and Harlington	Con	Con	13.8%	−1.7
Hendon North	Con	Con	30.2%	−2.0
Hendon South	Con	Con	32.0%	−3.6
Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	Lab	19.5%	+1.3
Hornchurch	Con	Con	22.8%	−1.3
Hornsey and Wood Green	Con	Con	3.0%	+2.2
Ilford North	Con	Con	27.6%	−0.7
Ilford South	Con	Con	10.9%	+0.1
Islington North	Lab	Lab	24.6%	+4.7
Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	Lab	2.0%	+4.9
Kensington	Con	Con	14.3%	+1.1
Kingston upon Thames	Con	Con	26.0%	−0.5
Lewisham Deptford	Lab	Lab	17.9%	+0.6
Lewisham East	Con	Con	10.9%	−3.2
Lewisham West	Con	Con	8.3%	−1.3
Leyton	Lab	Lab	11.6%	+0.1
Mitcham and Morden	Con	Con	13.0%	+0.5
Newham North East	Lab	Lab	21.1%	−0.4
Newham North West	Lab	Lab	30.1%	+2.7
Newham South	Lab	Lab	9.3%	−9.0
Norwood	Lab	Lab	12.5%	+2.3
Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con	Con	41.5%	+0.8
Orpington	Con	Con	27.2%	+1.0
Peckham	Lab	Lab	28.8%	+0.7
Putney	Con	Con	14.4%	−1.9
Ravensbourne	Con	Con	37.7%	+1.0
Richmond and Barnes	Con	Con	3.9%	−0.6
Romford	Con	Con	33.2%	+0.5
Ruislip Northwood	Con	Con	38.8%	−1.0
Southwark and Bermondsey	Alliance	Alliance	7.7%	+2.6
Streatham	Con	Con	5.7%	+4.7
Surbiton	Con	Con	27.4%	−1.2
Sutton and Cheam	Con	Con	32.1%	−0.3
Tooting	Lab	Lab	3.0%	−1.4
Tottenham	Lab	Lab	8.2%	−6.8
Twickenham	Con	Con	13.5%	−0.3
Upminster	Con	Con	33.6%	−0.8
Uxbridge	Con	Con	33.1%	−0.5
Vauxhall	Lab	Lab	21.2%	+0.7
Walthamstow	Lab	Con gain	4.3%	−4.1
Wanstead and Woodfod	Con	Con	39.1%	+1.0
Westminster North	Con	Con	7.9%	−2.0
Wimbledon	Con	Con	23.4%	+1.9
Woolwich	Alliance	Alliance	4.7%	+3.8

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