Closest seats at the 1935 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	Staffordshire Kingswinford	Lab	Con	16	0.04
2	Middlesbrough East	Lab	Con	67	0.23
3	Southwark North	Nat Lib	Lab	79	0.49
4	Leicester West	Nat Lab	Lab	87	0.24
5	Ashton under Lyne	Lab	Con	114	0.40
6	Leyton West	Lab	Con	128	0.39
7	Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	Lab	149	0.48
8	Liverpool Everton	Lab	Con	177	0.81
9	Brigg	Lab	Con	203	0.55
10	Barrow in Furness	Con	Lab	217	0.60
11	Liverpool Edge Hill	Con	Lab	301	1.10
12	Salford South	Con	Lab	304	0.95
13	Leyton East	Con	Lab	329	1.40
14	Cumberland Whitehaven	Lab	Con	352	1.16
15	Yorkshire (West Riding) Keighley	Lab	Con	368	0.92
16	Wellingborough	Con	Lab	372	1.04
17	Paisley	Lib	Lab	389	0.87
18	Sheffield Central	Con	Lab	420	1.54
19	Lanarkshire Motherwell	Lab	Con	430	1.48
20	Devonshire Barnstaple	Lib	Con	454	1.18
21	East Ham North	Con	Lab	533	1.77
22	Cardiff South	Con	Lab	541	1.85
23	Lambeth Kennington	Con	Lab	545	2.25
24	Liverpool Kirkdale	Con	Lab	556	2.04
25	Lanarkshire Rutherglen	Con	Lab	581	1.42
26	Fife Western	Oth	Lab	593	1.65
27	Banffshire	Con	Lib	603	2.63
28	Warrington	Con	Lab	604	1.44
29	Northumberland Berwick upon Tweed	Lib	Con	634	2.05
30	Yorkshire (West Riding) Spen Valley	Nat Lib	Lab	642	1.50
31	Isle of Ely	Lib	Con	699	2.02
32	Leicestershire Loughborough	Con	Lab	743	2.06
33	Camberwell Peckham	Con	Lab	772	2.60
34	Camberwell North West	Con	Lab	813	3.37
35	Derbyshire Belper	Con	Lab	828	2.11
36	Cornwall Northern	Lib	Con	836	2.54
37	Wolverhampton Bilston	Con	Lab	869	2.38
38	Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Lab	Con	871	2.49
39	Rossendale	Con	Lab	881	2.22
40	Glasgow Camlachie	ILP	Con	884	2.76
41	Cumberland Northern	Lib	Con	894	3.70
42	Middlesbrough West	Lib	Lab	925	2.44
43	West Bromwich	Lab	Con	938	2.52
44	Northumberland Wansbeck	Con	Lab	955	1.57
45	Hackney Central	Lab	Con	957	3.22
46	Essex South Eastern	Con	Lab	970	1.65
47	Wiltshire Swindon	Con	Lab	975	2.41
48	Somerset Frome	Con	Lab	994	2.34
49	Leeds South	Lab	Con	1,016	3.07
50	University of Wales	Lib	Lab	1,028	22.52

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

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