Closest seats at the 1924 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	Leeds West	Lab	Con	3	0.01
2	Lambeth North	Lib	Lab	29	0.14
3	Lincoln	Lab	Con	39	0.14
4	Lanarkshire Coatbridge	Lab	Con	57	0.22
5	Bradford East	Lib	Lab	66	0.22
6	Birmingham Ladywood	Con	Lab	77	0.28
7	Bethnal Green North East	Lab	Lib	95	0.50
8	Rochdale	Lab	Lib	117	0.27
9	Birmingham King'S Norton	Lab	Con	133	0.55
10	Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire	Lab	Con	177	0.79
11	Camberwell North West	Con	Lab	194	0.80
12	Daventry	Con	Lib	200	0.79
13	Bethnal Green South West	Lib	Com	212	1.44
14	Glasgow Camlachie	Lab	Con	215	0.74
15	Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Western	Con	Lab	294	1.49
16	Sheffield Central	Con	Lab	307	1.17
17	Durham Barnard Castle	Con	Lab	313	1.68
18	Birkenhead West	Con	Lab	336	1.30
19	University of Wales	Lib	Lab	336	18.90
20	Wednesbury	Lab	Con	338	0.94
21	Newcastle upon Tyne East	Lab	Lib	344	1.21
22	Leicestershire Bosworth	Con	Lib	358	1.23
23	Liverpool West Toxteth	Lab	Con	379	1.23
24	London University	Oth	Con	389	4.50
25	Batley and Morley	Lib	Lab	403	1.25
26	Leicester East	Con	Lab	421	1.33
27	Caernarvonshire	Lib	Lab	469	1.58
28	Walthamstow West	Lib	Lab	470	1.84
29	Yorkshire (West Riding) Elland	Lab	Con	488	1.65
30	Birmingham Duddeston	Con	Lab	515	2.31
31	Battersea North	Com	Const	542	1.83
32	Tottenham North	Lab	Const	557	2.06
33	Plymouth Devonport	Lib	Con	581	2.08
34	Yorkshire (West Riding) Shipley	Lab	Con	596	1.81
35	Stoke on Trent Burslem	Lab	Const	606	2.16
36	Cornwall Bodmin	Con	Lib	615	2.22
37	Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	Con	630	2.54
38	Liverpool Everton	Con	Lab	630	3.03
39	Linlithgowshire	Con	Lab	642	2.22
40	Devonshire South Molton	Con	Lib	654	2.62
41	Islington West	Lab	Con	675	3.01
42	Yorkshire (West Riding) Pontefract	Con	Lab	701	2.62
43	Salford South	Con	Lab	708	2.39
44	Barrow in Furness	Lab	Con	710	2.34
45	Greenock	Lab	Lib	712	2.72
46	Finsbury	Lab	Con	720	2.73
47	Leicester West	Lab	Lib	737	2.35
48	Kent Dartford	Con	Lab	756	1.92
49	Birmingham Deritend	Con	Lab	792	3.01
50	St Pancras North	Con	Lab	793	2.65

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

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