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London, 1987 vs 1992: seat-by-seat change

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

Constituency19871992MajorityCon–Lab swing
BarkingLabLab17.8%+3.9
BatterseaConCon9.3%−3.7
BeckenhamConCon33.0%+2.7
Bethnal Green and StepneyLabLab33.6%+4.5
BexleyheathConCon29.7%+3.1
Bow and PoplarLabLab22.5%+2.4
Brent EastLabLab16.3%+6.0
Brent NorthConCon24.4%+5.4
Brent SouthLabLab27.0%+3.8
Brentford and IsleworthConCon3.9%+5.3
Carshalton and WallingtonConCon18.9%+1.9
ChelseaConCon47.7%+0.7
ChingfordConCon34.4%+6.3
Chipping BarnetConCon31.1%+3.9
ChislehurstConCon36.0%+1.1
City of London and Westminster SouthConCon36.9%+0.2
Croydon CentralConCon24.1%+4.1
Croydon North EastConCon16.1%+6.2
Croydon North WestConLab gain3.8%+6.9
Croydon SouthConCon40.7%+1.7
DagenhamLabLab16.0%+5.0
DulwichConLab gain5.5%+3.0
Ealing ActonConCon15.7%+5.0
Ealing NorthConCon11.9%+8.1
Ealing SouthallLabLab13.9%−0.7
EdmontonConCon1.2%+7.0
ElthamConCon4.1%+5.7
Enfield NorthConCon18.0%+4.6
Enfield SouthgateConCon31.7%+4.1
Erith and CrayfordConCon5.0%+5.3
Feltham and HestonConLab gain3.3%+6.2
FinchleyConCon15.6%+3.3
FulhamConCon16.4%−0.7
GreenwichAllianceLab gain3.8%+5.0
Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabLab30.9%+5.6
Hackney South and ShoreditchLabLab24.4%+2.6
HammersmithLabLab14.0%+3.6
Hampstead and HighgateConLab gain3.4%+4.2
Harrow EastConCon19.1%+5.8
Harrow WestConCon32.7%+2.5
Hayes and HarlingtonConCon0.1%+6.8
Hendon NorthConCon18.4%+5.9
Hendon SouthConCon34.4%+0.2
Holborn and St PancrasLabLab26.7%+3.6
HornchurchConCon19.0%+1.9
Hornsey and Wood GreenConLab gain9.3%+6.2
Ilford NorthConCon19.8%+3.9
Ilford SouthConLab gain0.9%+5.9
Islington NorthLabLab33.8%+4.6
Islington South and FinsburyLabLab26.4%+3.5
KensingtonConCon11.5%+1.4
Kingston upon ThamesConCon25.4%+5.4
Lewisham DeptfordLabLab33.0%+7.5
Lewisham EastConLab gain2.5%+6.7
Lewisham WestConLab gain4.2%+6.2
LeytonLabLab29.8%+8.8
Mitcham and MordenConCon3.4%+4.8
Newham North EastLabLab27.8%+3.3
Newham North WestLabLab35.2%+2.6
Newham SouthLabLab8.1%−0.6
NorwoodLabLab20.9%+4.2
Old Bexley and SidcupConCon38.7%+3.1
OrpingtonConCon27.0%+0.9
PeckhamLabLab38.2%+4.7
PutneyConCon15.6%−0.6
RavensbourneConCon42.4%+0.8
Richmond and BarnesConCon8.6%−2.1
RomfordConCon27.1%+3.0
Ruislip NorthwoodConCon44.6%+2.3
Southwark and BermondseyAllianceLD gain26.1%−3.2
StreathamConLab gain5.9%+5.8
SurbitonConCon27.6%+2.7
Sutton and CheamConCon21.4%+2.4
TootingLabLab8.0%+2.5
TottenhamLabLab26.7%+9.2
TwickenhamConCon10.7%+1.2
UpminsterConCon26.8%+3.5
UxbridgeConCon27.1%+3.0
VauxhallLabLab26.9%+2.9
WalthamstowConLab gain7.8%+6.1
Wanstead and WoodfodConCon38.6%+3.0
Westminster NorthConCon8.4%−0.3
WimbledonConCon29.7%−0.2
WoolwichAllianceLab gain5.6%+5.9

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