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Biggest majorities at the 1966 general election

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

#ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMajority%
1AbertilleryLabCon20,20276.22
2BedwelltyLabCon24,98472.50
3HemsworthLabCon34,72270.79
4Ebbw ValeLabCon20,58470.28
5PoplarLabCon17,20869.01
6Rhondda EastLabOth19,21868.98
7Dearne ValleyLabCon30,61467.99
8Rhondda WestLabPC16,88867.44
9West Ham SouthLabCon19,49265.68
10BolsoverLabCon24,29964.06
11Sheffield ParkLabCon19,53363.86
12NeathLabCon24,87163.56
13EasingtonLabCon24,74762.73
14AberdareLabCon22,11861.60
15BermondseyLabCon12,61561.25
16Merthyr TydfilLabCon17,65560.50
17Swansea EastLabCon24,04959.85
18CaerphillyLabCon21,14859.64
19StepneyLabCon18,04959.46
20Down NorthConLib28,12457.06
21PontefractLabCon23,40156.72
22OgmoreLabCon26,67356.69
23PontypoolLabCon20,49156.57
24BlythLabCon26,31456.38
25LlanelliLabCon26,53156.26
26Antrim NorthConLib22,98656.24
27Houghton-le-SpringLabCon22,76355.02
28Newcastle-upon-Tyne CentralLabCon13,81754.90
29Sheffield BrightsideLabCon19,17754.61
30Sheffield AttercliffeLabCon22,82554.54
31AberavonLabCon24,39454.51
32GowerLabCon21,05854.33
33Chester-le-StreetLabCon22,74753.92
34Rother ValleyLabCon30,46753.64
35NormantonLabCon20,33252.81
36Bethnal GreenLabCon15,25352.70
37DagenhamLabCon24,52552.23
38SouthwarkLabCon15,40151.83
39BarnsleyLabCon26,28851.34
40Glasgow GorbalsLabCon9,94050.24
41Middlesbrough EastLabCon18,98450.19
42PontypriddLabCon20,51549.84
43Don ValleyLabCon29,23549.79
44Glasgow CentralLabCon7,74949.68
45Gateshead WestLabCon13,50349.54
46Glasgow SpringburnLabCon11,49948.75
47MorpethLabCon16,52548.72
48Glasgow BridgetonLabCon10,60048.54
49Liverpool ScotlandLabCon9,51448.16
50West Ham NorthLabLib15,89647.90

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

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