Biggest majorities at the 1997 general election

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

#	Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Majority	%
1	Bootle	Lab	Con	28,421	74.36
2	Easington	Lab	Con	30,012	71.64
3	Blaenau Gwent	Lab	LD	28,035	70.74
4	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Lab	LD	27,086	69.20
5	Liverpool Walton	Lab	LD	27,038	67.25
6	Barnsley Central	Lab	Con	24,501	67.15
7	Swansea East	Lab	Con	25,569	66.11
8	Islwyn	Lab	LD	23,931	65.74
9	Tyne Bridge	Lab	Con	22,906	65.73
10	Neath	Lab	Con	26,741	64.84
11	Knowsley South	Lab	Con	30,708	64.53
12	Ogmore	Lab	Con	24,447	64.22
13	Houghton and Washington East	Lab	Con	26,555	63.49
14	Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	Con	25,725	62.14
15	Barnsley East and Mexborough	Lab	Con	26,763	61.76
16	Rhondda	Lab	PC	24,931	61.09
17	Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	Con	23,082	60.78
18	Liverpool West Derby	Lab	Oth	25,308	60.03
19	Aberavon	Lab	LD	21,571	59.98
20	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	SNP	15,868	59.18
21	Cynon Valley	Lab	PC	19,755	59.11
22	North Tyneside	Lab	Con	26,643	59.05
23	Sheffield Brightside	Lab	LD	19,954	58.92
24	Manchester Central	Lab	LD	19,682	58.69
25	Makerfield	Lab	Con	26,177	58.15
26	Camberwell and Peckham	Lab	Con	16,451	57.98
27	Gateshead East and Washington West	Lab	Con	24,950	57.91
28	West Ham	Lab	Con	19,494	57.91
29	Kingston upon Hull East	Lab	Con	23,318	57.60
30	Wentworth	Lab	Con	23,959	57.34
31	Bolsover	Lab	Con	27,149	57.26
32	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Lab	Con	23,811	57.25
33	Liverpool Riverside	Lab	LD	21,799	57.16
34	Brent South	Lab	Con	19,691	57.08
35	Caerphilly	Lab	Con	25,839	57.08
36	Rotherham	Lab	Con	21,469	57.02
37	South Shields	Lab	Con	22,153	56.83
38	Torfaen	Lab	Con	24,536	56.74
39	Lewisham Deptford	Lab	Con	18,878	56.11
40	Leeds Central	Lab	Con	20,689	55.90
41	North Durham	Lab	Con	26,299	55.76
42	Islington North	Lab	LD	19,955	55.65
43	Birkenhead	Lab	Con	21,843	55.55
44	Doncaster North	Lab	Con	21,937	55.00
45	Glasgow Springburn	Lab	SNP	17,326	54.87
46	Manchester Blackley	Lab	Con	19,588	54.78
47	Middlesbrough	Lab	Con	25,018	54.27
48	St Helens South	Lab	Con	23,739	53.64
49	Tottenham	Lab	Con	20,200	53.58
50	North West Durham	Lab	Con	24,754	53.44

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

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