Biggest majorities at the 1955 general election

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

#	Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Majority	%
1	Down North	Con	Oth	48,678	93.70
2	Antrim South	Con	Oth	45,192	81.42
3	Antrim North	Con	Oth	34,954	71.96
4	Abertillery	Lab	Con	21,518	69.55
5	Hemsworth	Lab	Con	34,042	66.54
6	West Ham South	Lab	Con	23,454	66.16
7	Kensington South	Con	Lab	25,247	64.98
8	Bedwellty	Lab	Con	23,692	64.88
9	Poplar	Lab	Con	19,828	63.03
10	Bermondsey	Lab	Con	17,400	61.51
11	Belfast South	Con	Lab	25,884	60.79
12	Aberdare	Lab	Con	23,366	59.32
13	Ebbw Vale	Lab	Con	19,236	58.50
14	Rhondda West	Lab	PC	16,864	58.46
15	Easington	Lab	Con	25,257	58.13
16	Stepney	Lab	Con	21,944	57.88
17	Bolsover	Lab	Con	22,019	57.75
18	Rhondda East	Lab	Oth	17,315	57.50
19	Dearne Valley	Lab	Con	26,316	55.85
20	Merthyr Tydfil	Lab	Con	18,082	54.50
21	Worthing	Con	Lab	21,875	54.23
22	Bethnal Green	Lab	Con	20,701	52.74
23	Neath	Lab	Con	21,114	52.72
24	Chester-le-Street	Lab	Con	22,276	52.57
25	Pontefract	Lab	Con	22,463	52.45
26	Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	Con	22,899	52.22
27	Ogmore	Lab	Con	22,524	51.16
28	Rother Valley	Lab	Con	27,052	51.15
29	South Fylde	Con	Lab	22,395	50.88
30	Bristol West	Con	Lab	22,001	50.54
31	Kinross and West Perthshire	Con	Lab	12,158	50.43
32	Caerphilly	Lab	Con	18,672	50.42
33	Knutsford	Con	Lab	19,486	50.40
34	East Surrey	Con	Lab	24,709	49.57
35	Hove	Con	Lab	22,353	48.30
36	Dagenham	Lab	Con	25,093	47.77
37	Don Valley	Lab	Con	24,732	47.44
38	Gower	Lab	Con	18,169	47.14
39	Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con	Lab	16,005	47.14
40	Normanton	Lab	Con	17,806	47.00
41	Shoreditch and Finsbury	Lab	Con	16,284	46.91
42	Chelsea	Con	Lab	15,052	46.83
43	Sheffield Park	Lab	Con	18,339	46.46
44	Blyth	Lab	Con	23,093	46.23
45	Wanstead and Woodford	Con	Lab	15,808	46.05
46	Rye	Con	Lab	17,940	45.93
47	Pontypool	Lab	Con	16,572	45.81
48	Llanelli	Lab	Con	23,381	45.79
49	Barnsley	Lab	Con	24,709	45.54
50	Ince	Lab	Con	18,647	45.47

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

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