Closest seats at the 1997 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	Winchester	LD	Con	2	0.00
2	Torbay	LD	Con	12	0.02
3	Kingston and Surbiton	LD	Con	56	0.10
4	South Dorset	Con	Lab	77	0.16
5	Somerton and Frome	LD	Con	130	0.23
6	South West Bedfordshire	Con	Lab	132	0.25
7	Wellingborough	Lab	Con	187	0.33
8	Kettering	Lab	Con	189	0.33
9	Hexham	Con	Lab	222	0.49
10	Lichfield	Con	Lab	238	0.49
11	North East Milton Keynes	Lab	Con	240	0.47
12	Teignbridge	Con	LD	281	0.45
13	Bury St Edmunds	Con	Lab	368	0.66
14	Rugby and Kenilworth	Lab	Con	495	0.81
15	Wells	Con	LD	528	0.94
16	Meriden	Con	Lab	582	1.06
17	Boston and Skegness	Con	Lab	647	1.39
18	Romford	Lab	Con	649	1.54
19	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Con	LD	681	1.34
20	Uxbridge	Con	Lab	724	1.74
21	Northampton South	Lab	Con	744	1.30
22	Eastleigh	LD	Con	754	1.36
23	Totnes	Con	LD	877	1.63
24	Bosworth	Con	Lab	1,027	1.97
25	Chipping Barnet	Con	Lab	1,035	2.09
26	Castle Point	Lab	Con	1,143	2.35
27	West Tyrone	UUP	SDLP	1,161	2.51
28	Eddisbury	Con	Lab	1,185	2.40
29	Beverley and Holderness	Con	Lab	1,211	2.30
30	Harwich	Lab	Con	1,216	2.27
31	Harrow West	Lab	Con	1,240	2.36
32	Weston Super Mare	LD	Con	1,274	2.39
33	North Norfolk	Con	LD	1,293	2.20
34	Lancaster and Wyre	Lab	Con	1,295	2.20
35	Lewes	LD	Con	1,300	2.64
36	Mid Norfolk	Con	Lab	1,336	2.33
37	North West Norfolk	Lab	Con	1,339	2.32
38	Billericay	Con	Lab	1,356	2.45
39	Enfield Southgate	Lab	Con	1,433	3.08
40	North Down	UKUP	UUP	1,449	3.96
41	Braintree	Lab	Con	1,451	2.61
42	Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale	LD	Lab	1,489	3.82
43	Bristol West	Lab	Con	1,493	2.38
44	Altrincham and Sale West	Con	Lab	1,505	2.91
45	Colchester	LD	Con	1,581	3.04
46	Conwy	Lab	LD	1,596	3.84
47	Tiverton and Honiton	Con	LD	1,653	2.80
48	Shrewsbury and Atcham	Lab	Con	1,670	3.02
49	Bridgwater	Con	LD	1,796	3.29
50	West Dorset	Con	LD	1,840	3.44

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

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