Closest seats at the 1959 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	South East Derbyshire	Con	Lab	12	0.02
2	Birmingham All Saints	Con	Lab	20	0.06
3	Brighouse and Spenborough	Lab	Con	47	0.10
4	East Flintshire	Lab	Con	75	0.16
5	South West Norfolk	Lab	Con	78	0.23
6	Eton and Slough	Lab	Con	88	0.21
7	Grimsby	Lab	Con	91	0.18
8	Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	Con	Lab	98	0.23
9	Nottingham West	Con	Lab	164	0.37
10	Keighley	Con	Lab	170	0.41
11	The Hartlepools	Con	Lab	182	0.36
12	Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	Con	183	0.46
13	Faversham	Lab	Con	253	0.52
14	Meriden	Con	Lab	263	0.50
15	Edinburgh East	Lab	Con	312	0.71
16	North Devon	Lib	Con	362	0.98
17	Swansea West	Con	Lab	403	0.85
18	Edmonton	Lab	Con	461	0.90
19	Rugby	Con	Lab	470	1.15
20	Lanark	Lab	Con	540	1.08
21	Accrington	Lab	Con	600	1.37
22	Glasgow Craigton	Lab	Con	602	1.56
23	Wellingborough	Con	Lab	606	1.34
24	Romford	Lab	Con	607	1.03
25	Edinburgh Central	Lab	Con	617	1.99
26	Holborn and St Pancras	Con	Lab	656	1.96
27	North Norfolk	Lab	Con	658	1.69
28	Chorley	Lab	Con	676	1.34
29	Liverpool Edge Hill	Lab	Con	699	1.80
30	Kingston-upon-Hull North	Con	Lab	702	1.35
31	Dundee West	Lab	Con	714	1.37
32	Paddington North	Lab	Con	768	2.74
33	Coatbridge and Airdrie	Lab	Con	794	1.78
34	Manchester Gorton	Lab	Con	857	1.87
35	Cardiff South East	Lab	Con	868	1.64
36	Kensington North	Lab	Con	877	2.51
37	Birmingham Sparkbrook	Con	Lab	886	2.56
38	Barons Court	Con	Lab	913	2.39
39	Acton	Con	Lab	920	2.43
40	Birmingham Northfield	Lab	Con	940	1.61
41	Merioneth	Lab	Lib	976	4.37
42	North Cornwall	Con	Lib	989	2.76
43	Sunderland South	Con	Lab	990	1.81
44	Rochester and Chatham	Con	Lab	1,023	1.97
45	Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	Lab	1,101	4.52
46	Wood Green	Lab	Con	1,134	2.54
47	Leek	Lab	Con	1,149	1.88
48	Western Isles	Lab	Con	1,167	7.22
49	Coventry North	Lab	Con	1,241	2.77
50	Nelson and Colne	Lab	Con	1,264	3.05

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

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