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Biggest majorities at the 1935 general election

The safest wins: constituencies won by the largest share of the vote in each general election.

#ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMajority%
1Kensington SouthConLab33,51877.81
2Westminster St George'SConLab20,78169.12
3Edinburgh SouthConLab21,88967.11
4Fife EasternNat LibLab21,89964.54
5Yorkshire (West Riding) WentworthLabCon29,30464.21
6Birmingham EdgbastonConLab21,86263.14
7Yorkshire (West Riding) NormantonLabCon20,59962.78
8West Ham SilvertownLabCon13,90161.91
9Yorkshire (West Riding) HemsworthLabCon21,26660.19
10St MaryleboneConLab23,17559.13
11Warwickshire TamworthConLab31,64958.94
12Hampshire PetersfieldConLab16,81658.11
13Surrey EasternConLab24,75157.83
14Paddington SouthConLab15,62257.72
15Devonshire South MoltonNat LibLab15,15757.46
16Surrey FarnhamConLab20,48657.01
17Sussex (East) East GrinsteadConLab21,34356.86
18Sussex (West) ChichesterConLab27,39856.65
19Glasgow GorbalsILPCon17,03655.91
20Monmouthshire Ebbw ValeLabCon17,86255.55
21HampsteadConLab21,34755.14
22Westminster AbbeyConLab12,86255.03
23Yorkshire (North Riding) RichmondConLab17,71954.59
24Yorkshire (West Riding) RiponConLab21,68854.33
25Poplar Bow and BromleyLabCon13,35753.92
26Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConLab17,99053.90
27Sussex (West) Horsham and WorthingConLab29,01253.78
28Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and CromartyNat LibLab7,52653.40
29Warwickshire Warwick and LeamingtonConLab24,81653.17
30Glamorganshire CaerphillyLabCon17,10852.50
31Wandsworth StreathamConLab17,47852.36
32Portsmouth SouthConLab18,37350.39
33Hampshire FarehamConLab21,23350.13
34ChelseaConLab12,64449.90
35Surrey GuildfordConLab23,55149.88
36Hampshire New Forest and ChristchurchConLab21,33349.51
37Derbyshire Clay CrossLabCon16,19949.12
38Staffordshire BurtonConLab15,49849.08
39Kent CanterburyConLab17,38848.68
40EalingConLab18,50048.12
41Suffolk (East) EyeNat LibLab13,99347.89
42Surrey ReigateConLab19,59247.68
43BromleyConLab27,94147.43
44Perthshire and Kinross Shire PerthConLab14,80247.41
45Sheffield EcclesallConLab14,64647.26
46Kent ChislehurstConLab26,47847.14
47Richmond (Surrey)ConLab19,48047.07
48Kingston upon ThamesConLab22,93947.01
49Somersetshire Weston Super MareConLib19,85246.99
50BlackpoolConLab34,91646.96

Single-member seats with a recorded contest. Percentages are of valid votes.

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