Biggest majorities at the 1979 general election

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

#	Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Majority	%
1	Cardiff West	Lab	PC	23,763	75.21
2	Liverpool Scotland	Lab	Con	11,656	62.86
3	Rhondda	Lab	Con	31,481	62.24
4	Abertillery	Lab	Con	17,085	59.82
5	Merthyr Tydfil	Lab	Con	17,960	57.22
6	Glasgow Central	Lab	Con	6,605	56.04
7	Ebbw Vale	Lab	Con	16,091	55.62
8	Glasgow Provan	Lab	Con	18,844	54.37
9	Aberdare	Lab	Con	20,263	54.27
10	Antrim South	UUP	APNI	38,868	52.78
11	Sutton Coldfield	Con	Lib	26,107	52.72
12	Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	Con	17,496	51.25
13	Sheffield Park	Lab	Con	20,324	50.72
14	Bedwellty	Lab	Con	20,436	50.64
15	Hemsworth	Lab	Con	26,043	49.65
16	Solihull	Con	Lab	32,207	49.52
17	Glasgow Govan	Lab	Con	8,488	49.34
18	Dearne Valley	Lab	Con	22,735	49.23
19	Christchurch	Con	Lib	22,163	49.07
20	Manchester Central	Lab	Con	9,704	48.65
21	Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	Lab	Con	7,413	47.98
22	Houghton-le-Spring	Lab	Con	21,076	47.80
23	Chelsea	Con	Lab	15,690	47.61
24	Sheffield Brightside	Lab	Con	17,693	47.20
25	Swansea East	Lab	Con	21,220	46.50
26	Arundel	Con	Lib	30,760	45.45
27	Esher	Con	Lib	16,841	45.40
28	Surrey North West	Con	Lab	25,456	44.81
29	Glasgow Springburn	Lab	Con	12,771	44.72
30	South Fylde	Con	Lab	32,247	44.54
31	Pontefract	Lab	Con	19,901	44.38
32	Neath	Lab	Con	18,616	44.37
33	Bournemouth East	Con	Lab	18,255	44.31
34	Eastbourne	Con	Lib	26,084	44.25
35	Croydon South	Con	Lib	20,868	43.84
36	Surrey East	Con	Lib	19,400	43.13
37	Chichester	Con	Lib	23,776	42.68
38	Aberdeen North	Lab	Con	19,114	42.37
39	Wanstead and Woodfod	Con	Lab	17,750	42.09
40	Bolsover	Lab	Con	17,379	42.08
41	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	Con	9,161	42.08
42	Newham South	Lab	Con	12,773	41.90
43	Dorking	Con	Lib	19,763	41.86
44	Epsom	Con	Lib	26,358	41.73
45	Ravensbourne	Con	Lib	15,390	41.66
46	Honiton	Con	Lib	25,231	41.63
47	Stepney and Poplar	Lab	Con	13,015	41.63
48	Leeds South	Lab	Con	14,330	41.62
49	Beaconsfield	Con	Lab	21,495	41.51
50	Gateshead West	Lab	Con	8,312	41.30

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

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