Closest seats at the 1923 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	Devonshire Tiverton	Lib	Con	3	0.01
2	Durham Sedgefield	Con	Lab	6	0.03
3	University of Wales	Lab	Lib	10	0.63
4	Hertfordshire Hemel Hempstead	Lib	Con	17	0.10
5	Huddersfield	Lab	Lib	26	0.05
6	Berkshire Newbury	Lib	Con	41	0.18
7	Leicestershire Melton	Con	Lib	44	0.17
8	Kent Isle of Thanet	Con	Lib	48	0.17
9	Essex Maldon	Lab	Con	49	0.24
10	Stoke on Trent Burslem	Lib	Lab	63	0.25
11	Leyton West	Con	Lib	64	0.26
12	Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire	Lab	Con	68	0.29
13	Buckinghamshire Aylesbury	Lib	Con	71	0.25
14	Stockton on Tees	Lib	Con	73	0.21
15	Cheshire Knutsford	Con	Lib	80	0.29
16	Camberwell North West	Lib	Lab	80	0.41
17	Isle of Wight	Lib	Con	90	0.26
18	Southend on Sea	Con	Lib	113	0.36
19	Willesden East	Lib	Con	114	0.41
20	Swansea West	Lab	Lib	115	0.43
21	Kingston upon Hull North West	Con	Lib	115	0.46
22	Salford West	Lab	Con	116	0.45
23	Kent Gravesend	Lab	Con	119	0.53
24	Liverpool West Toxteth	Con	Lab	139	0.56
25	The Hartlepools	Lib	Con	145	0.39
26	Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western	Con	Lib	150	0.82
27	Camberwell Peckham	Con	Lab	156	0.66
28	Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Lib	Lab	156	0.73
29	Bradford North	Lib	Con	173	0.63
30	Battersea North	Lib	Lab	186	0.75
31	Cheshire Eddisbury	Con	Lib	196	1.14
32	Yorkshire (East Riding) Buckrose	Con	Lib	214	0.87
33	Cumberland Northern	Con	Lib	218	1.19
34	Oxfordshire Banbury	Con	Lib	219	0.80
35	Liverpool Exchange	Con	Oth	229	1.10
36	Lanarkshire Lanark	Lab	Con	230	1.02
37	Islington South	Lab	Lib	233	1.11
38	Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Lib	Con	233	2.72
39	Ashton under Lyne	Con	Lib	239	1.11
40	Wolverhampton West	Con	Lab	241	0.76
41	Walthamstow East	Con	Lab	244	1.24
42	Yorkshire (East Riding) Holderness	Con	Lib	253	1.15
43	Berkshire Abingdon	Lib	Con	254	1.18
44	Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and Western	Con	Lib	270	2.08
45	Carlisle	Lab	Con	276	1.23
46	Devonshire Honiton	Con	Lib	293	1.19
47	Staffordshire Stone	Con	Lib	314	1.59
48	Newport	Con	Lab	324	0.89
49	Monmouthshire Pontypool	Lab	Lib	326	1.20
50	Cumberland Penrith and Cockermouth	Con	Lib	327	1.81

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

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