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

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

Constituency19831987MajorityCon–Lab swing
AldershotConCon29.7%−1.2
ArundelConCon33.7%+0.5
AshfordConCon29.2%+1.0
AylesburyConCon28.9%+1.1
BanburyConCon32.8%−0.7
BasingstokeConCon29.8%−3.1
BeaconsfieldConCon42.3%−1.3
Berkshire EastConCon34.9%−1.2
Bexhill and BattleConCon40.6%+0.3
Brighton KemptownConCon20.6%+0.5
Brighton PavilionConCon21.1%+3.3
BuckinghamConCon33.8%−0.1
CanterburyConCon26.5%+2.1
Chertsy and WaltonConCon32.4%−0.7
Chesham and AmershamConCon35.0%+0.2
ChichesterConCon33.5%+1.3
CrawleyConCon20.6%+0.7
DartfordConCon26.0%−0.6
DoverConCon11.9%+2.8
EastbourneConCon30.2%+0.4
EastleighConCon19.2%−1.0
Epsom and EwellConCon39.0%−0.1
EsherConCon39.9%−0.3
FarehamConCon31.2%+1.3
FavershamConCon23.0%+1.5
Folkestone and HytheConCon18.1%−0.4
GillinghamConCon23.2%−1.1
GosportConCon26.9%+1.4
GraveshamConCon15.2%+0.1
GuildfordConCon21.5%−0.3
Hampshire EastConCon35.6%−0.3
Hampshire North WestConCon24.7%−0.7
Hastings and RyeConCon14.1%+0.5
HavantConCon29.0%+0.1
HenleyConCon34.8%+0.9
HorshamConCon38.3%0
HoveConCon37.0%+3.1
Isle of WightAllianceCon gain8.2%−0.7
Kent MidConCon28.4%−1.2
LewesConCon24.2%+1.0
MaidstoneConCon18.7%−0.6
MedwayConCon21.2%−1.2
Milton KeynesConCon18.5%−0.1
Mole ValleyConCon30.8%+0.4
New ForestConCon37.8%+1.1
NewburyConCon28.4%+0.8
Oxford EastConLab gain2.6%+2.7
Oxford West and AbingdonConCon9.0%−0.3
Portsmouth NorthConCon30.6%−0.6
Portsmouth SouthConCon0.4%−1.4
Reading EastConCon30.6%−0.1
Reading WestConCon32.9%−0.6
ReigateConCon34.8%+1.0
Romsey and WatersideConCon24.4%−0.3
SevenoaksConCon31.0%+0.2
ShorehamConCon30.9%+1.3
SloughConCon7.3%−0.7
Southampton ItchenConCon12.2%+1.1
Southampton TestConCon12.3%+2.4
SpelthorneConCon37.1%−3.0
Surrey EastConCon39.5%+0.1
Surrey North WestConCon39.1%+0.7
Surrey South WestConCon25.1%−1.1
Sussex MidConCon29.6%+0.8
Thanet NorthConCon34.7%+1.5
Thanet SouthConCon29.6%+1.8
Tonbridge and MallingConCon27.5%−0.2
Tunbridge WellsConCon28.5%+0.1
WantageConCon23.5%0
WealdenConCon36.7%+1.1
WinchesterConCon12.2%+1.8
Windsor and MaidenheadConCon29.8%+0.5
WitneyConCon31.7%+0.4
WokingConCon26.7%−0.5
WokinghamConCon31.4%−0.2
WorthingConCon33.0%+1.5
WycombeConCon26.4%+0.9

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