Biggest majorities at the February 1974 general election

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

#	Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Majority	%
1	Hemsworth	Lab	Con	34,941	65.62
2	Stepney and Poplar	Lab	Con	23,330	65.38
3	Liverpool Scotland Exchange	Lab	Con	12,332	60.57
4	Abertillery	Lab	PC	16,949	59.37
5	Rhondda	Lab	PC	30,141	57.79
6	Bedwellty	Lab	Con	21,637	54.42
7	Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	Con	23,963	53.77
8	Dearne Valley	Lab	Lib	26,854	53.22
9	Bolsover	Lab	Con	21,313	52.94
10	Ebbw Vale	Lab	Lib	15,664	52.69
11	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	Con	23,804	51.74
12	Bermondsey	Lab	Con	18,721	51.70
13	Sheffield Brightside	Lab	Con	20,567	51.39
14	Newham South	Lab	Lib	18,583	51.26
15	Antrim South	UUP	APNI	35,644	49.97
16	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab	Con	8,002	48.91
17	Western Isles	SNP	Lab	7,200	47.90
18	Dagenham	Lab	Con	23,490	47.74
19	Sheffield Park	Lab	Lib	22,677	47.12
20	Rother Valley	Lab	Con	33,474	46.76
21	Bethnall Green and Bow	Lab	Lib	14,954	45.91
22	Swansea East	Lab	Con	19,687	45.75
23	Sheffield Attercliffe	Lab	Con	21,176	44.59
24	Peckham	Lab	Con	18,071	44.50
25	Easington	Lab	Con	20,530	43.92
26	Barnsley	Lab	Con	24,626	43.54
27	Llanelli	Lab	Con	21,445	42.80
28	Aberavon	Lab	Con	20,688	42.64
29	Wigan	Lab	Con	18,202	42.56
30	Antrim North	DUP	PAU	27,631	42.52
31	Glasgow Provan	Lab	SNP	15,787	41.99
32	Pontypool	Lab	Lib	17,465	41.48
33	Merthyr Tydfil	Lab	PC	13,150	41.13
34	Hackney Central	Lab	Con	12,403	40.98
35	Manchester Central	Lab	Con	10,004	40.95
36	Consett	Lab	Con	18,343	40.90
37	Neath	Lab	PC	16,593	40.74
38	Don Valley	Lab	Con	27,945	40.19
39	Ince	Lab	Con	22,759	40.01
40	Hull East	Lab	Con	23,593	39.98
41	Newham North West	Lab	Lib	12,548	39.77
42	Chelsea	Con	Lib	15,308	39.67
43	Penrith and the Border	Con	Lab	17,338	39.44
44	Orkney and Shetland	Lib	Con	7,305	39.40
45	St Helens	Lab	Lib	21,716	39.29
46	Barking	Lab	Lib	14,834	39.02
47	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	Con	12,018	38.53
48	Gateshead West	Lab	Con	8,467	37.32
49	Glasgow Central	Lab	Con	5,965	37.22
50	Rotherham	Lab	Con	16,734	37.05

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

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