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East of England, 1987 vs 1992: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in East of England compared between the 1987 and 1992 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency19871992MajorityCon–Lab swing
BasildonConCon2.8%+1.3
Bedfordshire MidConCon36.4%+2.3
Bedfordshire NorthConCon19.7%+4.9
Bedfordshire South WestConCon32.4%+3.7
BillericayConCon34.0%0
BraintreeConCon26.6%+4.1
Brentwood and OngarConCon27.2%+0.3
BroxbourneConCon41.6%+2.4
Bury St EdmundsConCon30.0%+6.0
CambridgeConLab gain1.2%+6.4
Cambridgeshire North EastConCon23.8%−0.9
Cambridgeshire South EastConCon37.6%+3.6
Cambridgeshire South WestConCon28.7%+0.7
Castle PointConCon31.6%+4.7
ChelmsfordConCon25.9%+2.0
Colchester NorthConCon24.1%+1.9
Colchester South and MaldonConCon31.9%+3.1
Epping ForestConCon37.1%+2.8
Great YarmouthConCon10.0%+5.3
HarlowConCon5.2%+2.7
HarwichConCon27.5%+2.8
Hertford and StortfordConCon34.2%−1.8
Hertfordshire NorthConCon24.5%+2.9
Hertfordshire South WestConCon33.9%+1.5
Hertfordshire WestConCon21.5%+2.1
HertsmereConCon33.1%+1.9
HuntingdonConCon49.3%+0.2
IpswichConLab gain0.5%+1.1
Luton NorthConCon20.8%+3.1
Luton SouthConCon1.4%+4.1
Norfolk MidConCon28.9%+5.0
Norfolk NorthConCon21.0%+4.2
Norfolk North WestConCon18.5%+7.3
Norfolk SouthConCon25.6%+3.1
Norfolk South WestConCon27.5%+4.6
Norwich NorthConCon0.5%+7.6
Norwich SouthLabLab12.1%+5.7
PeterboroughConCon8.2%+3.8
RochfordConCon40.8%+1.8
Saffron WaldenConCon28.0%+1.9
Southend EastConCon31.3%+4.4
Southend WestConCon23.8%+2.2
St AlbansConCon26.5%+3.8
StevenageConCon8.4%+4.1
Suffolk CentralConCon24.1%+4.0
Suffolk CoastalConCon29.8%+5.1
Suffolk SouthConCon24.9%+4.3
ThurrockConLab gain2.2%+1.8
WatfordConCon16.1%+2.2
WaveneyConCon9.7%+4.3
Welwyn HatfieldConCon13.9%+2.7

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