Insights
Biggest majorities at the 1935 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 | Kensington South | Con | Lab | 33,518 | 77.81 |
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| 2 | Westminster St George'S | Con | Lab | 20,781 | 69.12 |
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| 3 | Edinburgh South | Con | Lab | 21,889 | 67.11 |
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| 4 | Fife Eastern | Nat Lib | Lab | 21,899 | 64.54 |
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| 5 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Wentworth | Lab | Con | 29,304 | 64.21 |
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| 6 | Birmingham Edgbaston | Con | Lab | 21,862 | 63.14 |
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| 7 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Normanton | Lab | Con | 20,599 | 62.78 |
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| 8 | West Ham Silvertown | Lab | Con | 13,901 | 61.91 |
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| 9 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Hemsworth | Lab | Con | 21,266 | 60.19 |
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| 10 | St Marylebone | Con | Lab | 23,175 | 59.13 |
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| 11 | Warwickshire Tamworth | Con | Lab | 31,649 | 58.94 |
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| 12 | Hampshire Petersfield | Con | Lab | 16,816 | 58.11 |
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| 13 | Surrey Eastern | Con | Lab | 24,751 | 57.83 |
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| 14 | Paddington South | Con | Lab | 15,622 | 57.72 |
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| 15 | Devonshire South Molton | Nat Lib | Lab | 15,157 | 57.46 |
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| 16 | Surrey Farnham | Con | Lab | 20,486 | 57.01 |
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| 17 | Sussex (East) East Grinstead | Con | Lab | 21,343 | 56.86 |
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| 18 | Sussex (West) Chichester | Con | Lab | 27,398 | 56.65 |
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| 19 | Glasgow Gorbals | ILP | Con | 17,036 | 55.91 |
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| 20 | Monmouthshire Ebbw Vale | Lab | Con | 17,862 | 55.55 |
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| 21 | Hampstead | Con | Lab | 21,347 | 55.14 |
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| 22 | Westminster Abbey | Con | Lab | 12,862 | 55.03 |
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| 23 | Yorkshire (North Riding) Richmond | Con | Lab | 17,719 | 54.59 |
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| 24 | Yorkshire (West Riding) Ripon | Con | Lab | 21,688 | 54.33 |
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| 25 | Poplar Bow and Bromley | Lab | Con | 13,357 | 53.92 |
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| 26 | Newcastle upon Tyne North | Con | Lab | 17,990 | 53.90 |
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| 27 | Sussex (West) Horsham and Worthing | Con | Lab | 29,012 | 53.78 |
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| 28 | Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty | Nat Lib | Lab | 7,526 | 53.40 |
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| 29 | Warwickshire Warwick and Leamington | Con | Lab | 24,816 | 53.17 |
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| 30 | Glamorganshire Caerphilly | Lab | Con | 17,108 | 52.50 |
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| 31 | Wandsworth Streatham | Con | Lab | 17,478 | 52.36 |
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| 32 | Portsmouth South | Con | Lab | 18,373 | 50.39 |
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| 33 | Hampshire Fareham | Con | Lab | 21,233 | 50.13 |
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| 34 | Chelsea | Con | Lab | 12,644 | 49.90 |
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| 35 | Surrey Guildford | Con | Lab | 23,551 | 49.88 |
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| 36 | Hampshire New Forest and Christchurch | Con | Lab | 21,333 | 49.51 |
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| 37 | Derbyshire Clay Cross | Lab | Con | 16,199 | 49.12 |
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| 38 | Staffordshire Burton | Con | Lab | 15,498 | 49.08 |
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| 39 | Kent Canterbury | Con | Lab | 17,388 | 48.68 |
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| 40 | Ealing | Con | Lab | 18,500 | 48.12 |
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| 41 | Suffolk (East) Eye | Nat Lib | Lab | 13,993 | 47.89 |
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| 42 | Surrey Reigate | Con | Lab | 19,592 | 47.68 |
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| 43 | Bromley | Con | Lab | 27,941 | 47.43 |
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| 44 | Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth | Con | Lab | 14,802 | 47.41 |
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| 45 | Sheffield Ecclesall | Con | Lab | 14,646 | 47.26 |
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| 46 | Kent Chislehurst | Con | Lab | 26,478 | 47.14 |
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| 47 | Richmond (Surrey) | Con | Lab | 19,480 | 47.07 |
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| 48 | Kingston upon Thames | Con | Lab | 22,939 | 47.01 |
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| 49 | Somersetshire Weston Super Mare | Con | Lib | 19,852 | 46.99 |
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| 50 | Blackpool | Con | Lab | 34,916 | 46.96 |
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Single-member seats with a recorded contest. Percentages are of valid votes.
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