Biggest majorities at the 1987 general election

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

#	Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Majority	%
1	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	Con	27,861	64.42
2	Rhondda	Lab	PC	30,586	64.36
3	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab	Con	28,130	63.46
4	Glasgow Springburn	Lab	SNP	22,063	63.42
5	Down North	Oth	APNI	24,955	61.14
6	Glasgow Provan	Lab	SNP	18,372	60.80
7	Barnsley East	Lab	Con	23,511	60.49
8	Liverpool Riverside	Lab	Con	20,689	59.39
9	Cynon Valley	Lab	Alliance	21,571	56.68
10	Islwyn	Lab	Con	22,947	56.61
11	Lagan Valley	UUP	APNI	23,373	56.20
12	Strangford	UUP	APNI	20,646	55.59
13	Glasgow Garscadden	Lab	SNP	18,977	55.41
14	Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	Alliance	19,364	54.79
15	Ogmore	Lab	Con	22,292	54.33
16	Sheffield Brightside	Lab	Con	24,191	54.17
17	Antrim South	UUP	APNI	19,587	53.80
18	Knowsley North	Lab	Alliance	21,098	53.73
19	Motherwell North	Lab	SNP	23,595	52.96
20	Glasgow Govan	Lab	Alliance	19,509	52.54
21	Easington	Lab	Con	24,639	51.76
22	Glasgow Central	Lab	Con	17,253	51.45
23	Aberavon	Lab	Alliance	20,609	50.73
24	Sheffield Central	Lab	Con	19,342	50.64
25	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	Con	18,981	50.28
26	Dunfermline East	Lab	Con	19,589	49.98
27	Hemsworth	Lab	Con	20,700	49.78
28	Manchester Central	Lab	Con	19,867	49.37
29	Glasgow Pollok	Lab	Con	17,983	48.83
30	Barnsley Central	Lab	Con	19,051	48.66
31	Neath	Lab	Con	20,578	47.23
32	Bootle	Lab	Con	24,477	46.81
33	Chelsea	Con	Alliance	13,319	46.64
34	Monklands West	Lab	Con	18,333	46.61
35	Liverpool West Derby	Lab	Con	20,496	46.12
36	Greenock and Port Glasgow	Lab	Alliance	20,055	46.04
37	Antrim East	UUP	APNI	15,360	45.91
38	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	Con	21,626	45.71
39	Hamilton	Lab	Con	21,662	45.26
40	Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	Con	15,521	45.16
41	Swansea East	Lab	Con	19,338	44.82
42	Antrim North	DUP	SDLP	19,234	44.80
43	Cunninghame South	Lab	Con	16,633	44.52
44	Monklands East	Lab	Con	16,389	44.13
45	Wentworth	Lab	Con	20,092	43.35
46	Broxbourne	Con	Alliance	22,995	43.29
47	Liverpool Walton	Lab	Alliance	23,253	43.22
48	Motherwell South	Lab	SNP	16,930	43.00
49	Knowsley South	Lab	Con	20,846	42.83
50	Tyne Bridge	Lab	Con	15,573	42.44

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

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