Insights
Biggest majorities at the 1923 general election
The safest wins: constituencies won by the largest share of the vote in each general election.
| # | Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Majority | % |
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| 1 | West Ham Silvertown | Lab | Con | 9,829 | 62.51 |
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| 2 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Normanton | Lab | Con | 11,090 | 55.95 |
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| 3 | Durham Chester Le Street | Lab | Con | 13,697 | 49.40 |
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| 4 | West Ham Plaistow | Lab | Con | 8,995 | 49.20 |
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| 5 | Lancashire Ince | Lab | Con | 11,103 | 46.99 |
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| 6 | Birmingham Edgbaston | Con | Lib | 9,497 | 44.33 |
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| 7 | Rhondda East | Lab | Con | 12,992 | 43.77 |
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| 8 | Paddington South | Con | Lib | 6,032 | 43.36 |
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| 9 | Durham Seaham | Lab | Con | 12,735 | 42.70 |
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| 10 | Birmingham Moseley | Con | Lib | 11,724 | 42.58 |
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| 11 | Surrey Epsom | Con | Lab | 8,423 | 42.04 |
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| 12 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Hemsworth | Lab | Lib | 7,535 | 40.12 |
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| 13 | Glasgow Bridgeton | Lab | Con | 9,634 | 39.68 |
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| 14 | Wimbledon | Con | Lab | 8,778 | 39.52 |
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| 15 | Middlesbrough West | Lib | Lab | 9,424 | 38.86 |
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| 16 | Hampshire Fareham | Con | Lab | 8,261 | 38.76 |
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| 17 | Poplar Bow and Bromley | Lab | Con | 8,395 | 37.68 |
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| 18 | Sussex (East) East Grinstead | Con | Lab | 7,764 | 37.57 |
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| 19 | Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr | Lab | Lib | 12,108 | 37.30 |
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| 20 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Rother Valley | Lab | Con | 8,644 | 37.11 |
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| 21 | Stepney Limehouse | Lab | Con | 6,185 | 36.90 |
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| 22 | Edinburgh East | Lib | Con | 5,831 | 36.62 |
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| 23 | Surrey Farnham | Con | Lib | 7,555 | 35.92 |
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| 24 | Edinburgh Central | Lab | Lib | 6,961 | 35.86 |
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| 25 | Durham Blaydon | Lab | Con | 7,949 | 35.81 |
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| 26 | Glamorganshire Caerphilly | Lab | Con | 10,042 | 35.64 |
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| 27 | Exeter | Con | Lab | 7,785 | 35.34 |
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| 28 | Monmouthshire Bedwellty | Lab | Lib | 9,128 | 35.11 |
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| 29 | Worcestershire Bewdley | Con | Lib | 6,369 | 34.57 |
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| 30 | Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | Con | 8,819 | 34.45 |
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| 31 | Glasgow Pollok | Con | Lab | 7,177 | 34.42 |
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| 32 | Holborn | Con | Lib | 4,543 | 34.20 |
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| 33 | Sussex (West) Horsham and Worthing | Con | Lab | 9,033 | 33.68 |
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| 34 | Derbyshire Clay Cross | Lab | Con | 7,058 | 33.12 |
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| 35 | St Marylebone | Con | Lab | 8,339 | 33.11 |
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| 36 | Middlesex Spelthorne | Con | Lab | 5,736 | 32.83 |
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| 37 | Glasgow Govan | Lab | Lib | 6,892 | 32.69 |
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| 38 | Gloucestershire Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Con | Lab | 7,557 | 32.50 |
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| 39 | Sheffield Attercliffe | Lab | Con | 7,475 | 32.32 |
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| 40 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Rothwell | Lab | Lib | 7,327 | 31.99 |
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| 41 | Birmingham Erdington | Con | Lab | 7,109 | 31.94 |
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| 42 | Middlesex Twickenham | Con | Lab | 7,394 | 31.77 |
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| 43 | Durham Spennymoor | Lab | Con | 7,451 | 31.46 |
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| 44 | Birmingham Sparkbrook | Con | Lab | 7,575 | 31.37 |
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| 45 | Newcastle under Lyme | Lab | Con | 6,135 | 31.26 |
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| 46 | Monmouthshire Ebbw Vale | Lab | Lib | 7,853 | 31.25 |
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| 47 | Hampshire Petersfield | Con | Lab | 5,792 | 31.14 |
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| 48 | Portsmouth South | Con | Lab | 9,237 | 31.09 |
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| 49 | Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness | Lib | Lab | 4,809 | 30.87 |
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| 50 | Fife Western | Lab | Oth | 5,745 | 30.78 |
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Single-member seats with a recorded contest. Percentages are of valid votes.
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