Closest seats at the 1922 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	Portsmouth Central	Con	Nat Lib	7	0.02
2	Manchester Clayton	Con	Lab	11	0.04
3	Derbyshire North Eastern	Lab	Lib	15	0.05
4	Salford North	Lab	Con	19	0.07
5	Nottingham Central	Lib	Con	22	0.10
6	South Shields	Lib	Lab	25	0.06
7	Glasgow Cathcart	Lab	Nat Lib	33	0.12
8	Kent Maidstone	Con	Lib	33	0.13
9	Bermondsey Rotherhithe	Con	Lab	46	0.25
10	University of Wales	Nat Lib	Lib	46	3.66
11	Gloucester	Con	Lab	51	0.23
12	Devonshire Tiverton	Con	Lib	74	0.34
13	Derbyshire Western	Lib	Con	87	0.33
14	Gloucestershire Thornbury	Con	Lib	104	0.39
15	Wednesbury	Lab	Con	105	0.33
16	Leicester South	Con	Lib	109	0.44
17	Bethnal Green North East	Lib	Com	115	0.72
18	Somerset Bridgwater	Con	Lib	119	0.50
19	Bristol East	Nat Lib	Lab	151	0.55
20	Newcastle upon Tyne West	Lab	Nat Lib	155	0.58
21	Blackpool	Con	Lib	166	0.46
22	Devonshire Barnstaple	Con	Lib	174	0.63
23	Dunbartonshire	Con	Lab	191	0.72
24	Dunfermline District of Burghs	Lab	Nat Lib	201	0.87
25	Stoke on Trent Burslem	Lab	Nat Lib	205	0.87
26	Huddersfield	Lib	Lab	206	0.44
27	Durham Barnard Castle	Con	Lab	219	1.34
28	Shoreditch	Nat Lib	Lab	250	1.03
29	Camberwell North	Lab	Con	254	1.55
30	Cornwall Camborne	Nat Lib	Lib	268	1.30
31	Cumberland Northern	Con	Lib	271	1.56
32	Lancashire Darwen	Con	Lib	274	0.96
33	Norfolk Eastern	Con	Lib	308	1.36
34	Kettering	Con	Lab	309	1.09
35	Paisley	Lib	Lab	316	1.06
36	Wiltshire Salisbury	Con	Lib	323	1.38
37	Walsall	Lib	Con	325	0.86
38	Nottinghamshire Broxtowe	Lab	Nat Lib	371	1.61
39	Cumberland Penrith and Cockermouth	Lib	Con	378	2.12
40	Smethwick	Lab	Con	382	1.47
41	Staffordshire Leek	Lab	Con	384	1.52
42	Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and Southern	Lab	Con	402	2.26
43	Swansea East	Lab	Nat Lib	407	1.83
44	Grantham	Lib	Con	428	1.51
45	Stepney Whitechapel and St George'S	Lab	Lib	428	2.74
46	Yorkshire (West Riding) Elland	Lab	Nat Lib	430	1.49
47	Moray and Nairnshire	Nat Lib	Lib	431	3.56
48	East Ham North	Con	Lab	468	1.93
49	Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern	Con	Lab	474	2.61
50	Wiltshire Chippenham	Lib	Con	488	2.26

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

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