Closest seats at the 1918 general election

The smallest winning majorities in UK general elections since 1918, in votes and as a share of the vote.

#	Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Majority	%
1	Glasgow Shettleston	Con	Lab	74	0.38
2	Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern	Co Lib	Ind Lib	87	0.99
3	Yorkshire (North Riding) Cleveland	Con	Lab	91	0.37
4	Paisley	Lib	Lab	106	0.48
5	Anglesey	Ind Lab	Co Lib	140	0.78
6	Leyton East	Co Lib	Con	200	1.65
7	Aberdeen North	Ind Lab	Co Lib	210	1.74
8	Dorset Northern	Con	Lib	212	1.43
9	Norfolk Northern	Con	Lib	213	1.16
10	Durham Durham	Con	Lab	218	1.22
11	Cornwall Penryn and Falmouth	Con	Lib	235	1.18
12	Louth	SF	IPP	255	1.20
13	Durham Consett	Lib	Co Lib	293	1.32
14	Barrow in Furness	Con	Lab	299	1.20
15	Londonderry City	SF	Con	315	2.18
16	Lanarkshire Bothwell	Con	Lab	332	1.81
17	Stoke on Trent Hanley	Co Lab	Lab	335	1.68
18	Norfolk Eastern	Con	Lib	339	2.17
19	Edinburgh Central	Lab	Co Lib	364	2.61
20	Norfolk King'S Lynn	Con	Lab	366	1.84
21	Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Lib	Co Lib	390	4.91
22	Tynemouth	Con	Lib	449	2.66
23	Lancashire Ormskirk	Lab	Con	465	2.64
24	Waterford City	IPP	SF	484	5.18
25	Lancashire Farnworth	Con	Lab	497	2.08
26	Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lib	Lab	503	5.82
27	Wexford South	SF	IPP	518	3.06
28	Forfarshire	Con	Lib	518	4.76
29	Wolverhampton East	Lib	Co Lab	522	3.53
30	Cornwall Camborne	Lib	Lab	532	3.90
31	Fermanagh North	Con	SF	532	4.09
32	Morpeth	Lab	Lib	537	2.40
33	Derbyshire North Eastern	Lib	Lab	557	2.86
34	University of Wales	Co Lib	Lab	563	61.53
35	Staffordshire Cannock	Co Lib	Lib	575	3.70
36	Liverpool Everton	Con	Oth	591	4.86
37	Yorkshire (West Riding) Penistone	Lib	Con	594	3.19
38	Devonshire Barnstaple	Lib	Con	602	2.74
39	Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western	Lib	Con	604	4.15
40	Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central	Con	Lib	638	5.12
41	Somerset Frome	Con	Lab	664	2.79
42	London University	Con	Lab	669	9.89
43	Staffordshire Leek	Lab	Co Lib	678	3.33
44	Peterborough	Con	Lab	684	3.17
45	Durham Houghton Le Spring	Lab	Lib	689	3.42
46	Bradford East	Co Lab	Lab	753	3.30
47	Smethwick	Lab	Oth	775	4.30
48	Dublin County South	SF	Con	779	5.85
49	Glasgow Govan	Lab	Con	815	4.07
50	Durham Sedgefield	Con	Lab	826	5.24

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

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