Biggest majorities at the 1959 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	50,734	96.07
2	Antrim South	Con	Oth	50,041	90.11
3	Antrim North	Con	Oth	40,527	89.89
4	Armagh	Con	Oth	33,502	71.06
5	Abertillery	Lab	Con	22,194	70.07
6	Down South	Con	Oth	29,947	68.37
7	Hemsworth	Lab	Con	35,365	64.37
8	Bedwellty	Lab	Con	23,880	63.66
9	Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Con	Oth	24,732	62.73
10	Ebbw Vale	Lab	Con	20,922	62.03
11	West Ham South	Lab	Con	22,829	61.33
12	Kensington South	Con	Lib	21,940	61.29
13	Easington	Lab	Con	27,293	59.58
14	Aberdare	Lab	Con	24,305	59.51
15	Bolsover	Lab	Con	23,460	56.38
16	Dearne Valley	Lab	Con	27,883	55.44
17	Rhondda West	Lab	PC	16,152	55.03
18	Poplar	Lab	Con	15,871	54.46
19	Merthyr Tydfil	Lab	Con	18,723	54.28
20	Caerphilly	Lab	Con	20,973	54.12
21	Bermondsey	Lab	Con	14,341	53.68
22	Pontefract	Lab	Con	24,310	52.76
23	Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	Con	24,562	51.86
24	Worthing	Con	Lab	23,778	51.63
25	Chester-le-Street	Lab	Con	23,063	51.55
26	Kinross and West Perthshire	Con	Lab	12,248	51.39
27	Richmond (Yorkshire)	Con	Lab	19,067	50.88
28	Rhondda East	Lab	Oth	15,985	50.67
29	Hove	Con	Lab	23,944	49.52
30	Ogmore	Lab	Con	23,265	49.42
31	South Fylde	Con	Lab	24,467	49.42
32	Blyth	Lab	Con	25,494	49.28
33	Bristol West	Con	Lab	20,117	48.76
34	Harrogate	Con	Lab	19,270	48.59
35	Belfast South	Con	Lab	20,846	48.29
36	Stepney	Lab	Con	18,309	48.20
37	Rother Valley	Lab	Con	28,593	48.19
38	Solihull	Con	Lab	23,180	47.75
39	Chelsea	Con	Lab	14,677	47.41
40	Barnsley	Lab	Con	27,376	47.40
41	Neath	Lab	Con	20,206	47.33
42	Llanelli	Lab	Con	24,497	47.17
43	Rye	Con	Lib	19,916	47.00
44	Pontypool	Lab	Con	17,852	46.76
45	Bridlington	Con	Lab	17,391	46.39
46	Londonderry County	Con	Oth	23,657	46.02
47	East Surrey	Con	Lib	25,934	45.67
48	Orkney and Zetland	Lib	Con	8,612	45.66
49	Swansea East	Lab	Con	20,130	45.45
50	Normanton	Lab	Con	18,503	45.30

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

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