Biggest majorities at the October 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	Rhondda	Lab	PC	34,481	68.81
2	Liverpool Scotland	Lab	Con	12,920	68.40
3	Stepney and Poplar	Lab	Con	20,976	67.36
4	Abertillery	Lab	PC	18,355	66.85
5	Hemsworth	Lab	Con	31,572	64.47
6	Ebbw Vale	Lab	Lib	18,059	63.04
7	Dearne Valley	Lab	Con	27,269	60.67
8	Bermondsey	Lab	Con	18,581	59.60
9	Bedwellty	Lab	Con	22,862	59.10
10	Antrim North	DUP	Oth	34,497	57.99
11	Newham South	Lab	Lib	17,761	57.60
12	Sheffield Park	Lab	Lib	23,964	56.93
13	Antrim South	UUP	APNI	38,432	56.18
14	Bethnal Green	Lab	Lib	15,949	55.93
15	Merthyr Tydfil	Lab	PC	16,815	55.86
16	Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	Lab	Con	8,114	55.22
17	Camberwell Peckham	Lab	Con	18,826	54.86
18	Bolsover	Lab	Con	21,066	54.49
19	Down North	UUP	APNI	31,023	54.42
20	Pontefract	Lab	Con	23,242	54.19
21	Sheffield Attercliffe	Lab	Con	21,558	50.22
22	Hackney Central	Lab	Con	12,853	50.17
23	Manchester Central	Lab	Con	10,611	49.87
24	Swansea East	Lab	Con	20,721	49.45
25	Rother Valley	Lab	Con	32,777	49.37
26	Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	Con	13,295	49.08
27	Newham North West	Lab	Con	13,381	48.49
28	Dagenham	Lab	Con	21,994	48.34
29	Barking	Lab	Con	16,290	48.33
30	Consett	Lab	Con	19,446	48.02
31	Chester-le-Street	Lab	Lib	24,278	47.59
32	Easington	Lab	Con	20,937	47.55
33	Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	Con	14,055	47.46
34	Barnsley	Lab	Con	24,812	47.38
35	Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	Lib	20,401	47.01
36	Pontypool	Lab	Con	18,695	46.70
37	Gateshead West	Lab	Con	9,427	46.67
38	Aberavon	Lab	Con	21,752	46.04
39	Leeds South	Lab	Con	15,265	45.43
40	Llanelli	Lab	Lib	22,301	44.98
41	Wigan	Lab	Con	18,827	44.71
42	Glasgow Central	Lab	SNP	6,441	44.40
43	Neath	Lab	PC	17,723	43.51
44	Kingston-upon-Hull East	Lab	Con	23,793	43.43
45	St.Helens	Lab	Con	22,066	43.38
46	Ogmore	Lab	Con	22,204	43.37
47	Durham North West	Lab	Con	18,756	43.05
48	Rotherham	Lab	Con	17,034	42.52
49	Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	Con	9,739	42.37
50	Ince	Lab	Con	23,530	42.16

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

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