Closest seats at the 2005 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	Crawley	Lab	Con	37	0.09
2	Croydon Central	Con	Lab	75	0.15
3	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Lab	Con	79	0.19
4	Harlow	Lab	Con	97	0.24
5	Romsey	LD	Con	125	0.25
6	Clwyd West	Con	Lab	133	0.37
7	Battersea	Lab	Con	163	0.40
8	Medway	Lab	Con	213	0.52
9	Ceredigion	LD	PC	219	0.61
10	Gillingham	Lab	Con	254	0.56
11	Warwick and Leamington	Lab	Con	266	0.49
12	Westmorland and Lonsdale	LD	Con	267	0.54
13	Solihull	LD	Con	279	0.53
14	Guildford	Con	LD	347	0.67
15	Stroud	Lab	Con	350	0.62
16	Dundee East	SNP	Lab	383	0.97
17	Edinburgh South	Lab	LD	405	0.95
18	Stourbridge	Lab	Con	407	0.98
19	Hove	Lab	Con	420	0.94
20	Shipley	Con	Lab	422	0.89
21	Rochdale	LD	Lab	442	1.08
22	Selby	Lab	Con	467	0.89
23	Reading East	Con	Lab	475	1.08
24	Hornchurch	Con	Lab	480	1.26
25	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	LD	484	1.56
26	Hemel Hempstead	Con	Lab	499	1.06
27	Eastleigh	LD	Con	568	1.14
28	Taunton	LD	Con	573	0.96
29	Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Lab	Oth	589	1.54
30	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Con	Lab	607	1.57
31	Gravesham	Con	Lab	654	1.45
32	South Thanet	Lab	Con	664	1.61
33	Manchester Withington	LD	Lab	667	1.78
34	Wellingborough	Con	Lab	687	1.30
35	Ochil and South Perthshire	Lab	SNP	688	1.47
36	Dartford	Lab	Con	706	1.51
37	High Peak	Lab	Con	735	1.47
38	Finchley and Golders Green	Lab	Con	741	1.71
39	Somerton and Frome	LD	Con	812	1.50
40	Chester, City of	Lab	Con	915	2.04
41	Harwich	Con	Lab	920	1.83
42	Wrekin The	Con	Lab	942	2.09
43	Hereford	LD	Con	962	2.05
44	Oxford East	Lab	LD	963	2.30
45	Carshalton and Wallington	LD	Con	1,068	2.48
46	Wirral West	Lab	Con	1,097	2.66
47	Eastbourne	Con	LD	1,124	2.32
48	Portsmouth North	Lab	Con	1,139	3.02
49	Cardiff North	Lab	Con	1,146	2.53
50	Watford	Lab	LD	1,148	2.32

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

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