Insights
Biggest majorities at the 1929 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 | 19,548 | 71.46 |
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| 2 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Normanton | Lab | Con | 20,732 | 66.27 |
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| 3 | Derbyshire Clay Cross | Lab | Con | 18,425 | 60.34 |
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| 4 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Hemsworth | Lab | Con | 19,497 | 59.71 |
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| 5 | Durham Seaham | Lab | Con | 28,794 | 58.60 |
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| 6 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Wentworth | Lab | Lib | 27,321 | 58.24 |
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| 7 | Monmouthshire Bedwellty | Lab | Con | 19,085 | 57.91 |
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| 8 | Caithness and Sutherland | Lib | Con | 10,421 | 57.21 |
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| 9 | Westminster St George'S | Con | Lab | 16,154 | 56.20 |
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| 10 | West Ham Plaistow | Lab | Con | 16,784 | 55.05 |
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| 11 | Durham Chester Le Street | Lab | Con | 20,641 | 53.41 |
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| 12 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Rother Valley | Lab | Con | 20,945 | 52.54 |
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| 13 | Leeds South East | Lab | Con | 15,018 | 50.42 |
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| 14 | Belfast East | Con | Lib | 18,625 | 50.22 |
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| 15 | Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | Con | 16,677 | 49.65 |
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| 16 | Kensington South | Con | Lib | 20,479 | 48.79 |
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| 17 | Westminster Abbey | Con | Lab | 11,789 | 47.92 |
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| 18 | Lancashire Ince | Lab | Con | 16,831 | 47.61 |
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| 19 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Don Valley | Lab | Con | 19,999 | 46.58 |
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| 20 | Durham Spennymoor | Lab | Con | 12,656 | 43.55 |
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| 21 | Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S | Lab | Lib | 9,180 | 42.30 |
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| 22 | Bermondsey Rotherhithe | Lab | Con | 10,070 | 42.29 |
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| 23 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Rothwell | Lab | Con | 18,521 | 41.85 |
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| 24 | Merthyr Tydfil Aberdare | Lab | Lib | 18,956 | 41.46 |
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| 25 | Poplar South Poplar | Lab | Lib | 12,511 | 41.14 |
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| 26 | Sheffield Attercliffe | Lab | Con | 12,962 | 40.86 |
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| 27 | Birmingham Edgbaston | Con | Lab | 14,760 | 40.26 |
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| 28 | Newcastle under Lyme | Lab | Con | 11,920 | 39.81 |
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| 29 | Fife Western | Lab | Com | 11,628 | 39.50 |
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| 30 | Rhondda West | Lab | Lib | 13,991 | 39.20 |
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| 31 | Morpeth | Lab | Con | 16,302 | 39.19 |
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| 32 | Southwark South East | Lab | Lib | 8,761 | 39.15 |
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| 33 | Poplar Bow and Bromley | Lab | Con | 11,267 | 38.89 |
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| 34 | University of Wales | Lib | Lab | 1,041 | 38.60 |
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| 35 | Glasgow Pollok | Con | Lab | 12,392 | 38.41 |
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| 36 | Bermondsey West Bermondsey | Lab | Lib | 8,366 | 38.12 |
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| 37 | Rotherham | Lab | Con | 16,836 | 37.77 |
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| 38 | Surrey Eastern | Con | Lib | 12,143 | 37.75 |
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| 39 | Monmouthshire Abertillery | Lab | Lib | 11,750 | 37.54 |
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| 40 | Durham Blaydon | Lab | Con | 13,374 | 37.21 |
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| 41 | Hampstead | Con | Lab | 14,897 | 37.13 |
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| 42 | Stoke on Trent Burslem | Lab | Con | 12,788 | 37.08 |
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| 43 | Nottinghamshire Mansfield | Lab | Lib | 17,899 | 36.90 |
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| 44 | Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr | Lab | Lib | 14,005 | 36.75 |
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| 45 | Sussex (West) Horsham and Worthing | Con | Lib | 16,967 | 36.58 |
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| 46 | Derbyshire Ilkeston | Lab | Lib | 12,436 | 36.33 |
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| 47 | Hampshire Aldershot | Con | Lib | 9,139 | 35.84 |
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| 48 | St Marylebone | Con | Lab | 15,287 | 35.78 |
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| 49 | Lanarkshire Hamilton | Lab | Con | 8,843 | 35.74 |
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| 50 | Worcestershire Bewdley | Con | Lib | 9,407 | 35.69 |
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Single-member seats with a recorded contest. Percentages are of valid votes.
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