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Biggest majorities at the 2015 general election

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

#ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMajority%
1Liverpool, WaltonLab Steve RotheramUKIP27,77772.33
2KnowsleyLab George HowarthUKIP34,65568.32
3Liverpool, West DerbyLab Stephen TwiggUKIP27,36766.70
4East HamLab Stephen TimmsCon34,25265.50
5BootleLab Peter DowdUKIP28,70463.57
6Birmingham, LadywoodLab Shabana MahmoodCon21,86860.89
7Liverpool, WavertreeLab Luciana BergerCon24,30359.31
8Manchester, GortonLab Gerald KaufmanGrn24,07957.31
9Birmingham, Hodge HillLab Liam ByrneCon23,36256.93
10WalthamstowLab Stella CreasyCon23,19555.50
11Garston and HalewoodLab Maria EagleCon27,14655.42
12North East HampshireCon Ranil JayawardenaLD29,91655.40
13TottenhamLab David LammyCon23,56455.37
14Liverpool, RiversideLab Louise EllmanGrn24,46355.27
15MaidenheadCon Theresa MayLab29,05953.96
16West HamLab Lyn BrownCon27,98653.01
17BirkenheadLab Frank FieldCon20,65252.76
18Hackney South and ShoreditchLab Meg HillierCon24,21350.89
19Esher and WaltonCon Dominic RaabLab28,61650.22
20Camberwell and PeckhamLab Harriet HarmanCon25,82450.08
21WindsorCon Adam AfriyieLab25,08350.01
22South West SurreyCon Jeremy HuntUKIP28,55649.99
23BeaconsfieldCon Dominic GrieveUKIP26,31149.49
24East HampshireCon Damian HindsUKIP25,14748.69
25Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLab Diane AbbottCon24,00848.12
26Manchester CentralLab Lucy PowellCon21,63947.74
27Arundel and South DownsCon Nick HerbertUKIP26,17746.35
28Meon ValleyCon George HollingberyUKIP23,91346.24
29Mole ValleyCon Paul BeresfordLD25,45346.16
30NewburyCon Richard BenyonLD26,36846.02
31Bethnal Green and BowLab Rushanara AliCon24,31745.95
32HenleyCon John HowellLab25,37545.94
33MaldonCon John WhittingdaleUKIP22,07045.94
34Surrey HeathCon Michael GoveUKIP24,80445.57
35Blackley and BroughtonLab Graham StringerUKIP16,87445.47
36Lewisham, DeptfordLab Vicky FoxcroftCon21,51645.37
37Chesham and AmershamCon Cheryl GillanUKIP23,92045.36
38Penrith and The BorderCon Rory StewartLab19,89445.29
39HaltonLab Derek TwiggCon20,28545.05
40Tunbridge WellsCon Greg ClarkLab22,87444.48
41Stratford-on-AvonCon Nadhim ZahawiUKIP22,87644.45
42Runnymede and WeybridgeCon Philip HammondLab22,13444.22
43Tonbridge and MallingCon Tom TugendhatUKIP23,73444.22
44St Helens South and WhistonLab Marie RimmerCon21,24343.89
45North East BedfordshireCon Alistair BurtLab25,64443.71
46ReigateCon Crispin BluntUKIP22,33443.49
47New Forest WestCon Desmond SwayneUKIP20,60443.46
48Saffron WaldenCon Alan HaselhurstUKIP24,99143.42
49South NorthamptonshireCon Andrea LeadsomLab26,41643.40
50North West HampshireCon Kit MalthouseUKIP23,94343.38

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

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