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Closest seats at the 2019 general election

The smallest winning majorities in UK general elections since 1918, in votes and as a share of the vote.

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#ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMajority%
1Fermanagh and South TyroneSF Michelle GildernewUUP570.11
2Bury NorthCon James DalyLab1050.22
3BedfordLab Mohammad YasinCon1450.31
4East DunbartonshireSNP Amy CallaghanLD1490.28
5KensingtonCon Felicity BuchanLab1500.34
6Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLD Jamie StoneSNP2040.65
7Coventry North WestLab Taiwo OwatemiCon2080.44
8Alyn and DeesideLab Mark TamiCon2130.50
9Dagenham and RainhamLab Jon CruddasCon2930.67
10Bolton North EastCon Mark LoganLab3780.87
11Coventry SouthLab Zarah SultanaCon4010.89
12Bury SouthCon Christian WakefordLab4020.80
13MorayCon Douglas RossSNP5131.05
14Weaver ValeLab Mike AmesburyCon5621.11
15High PeakCon Robert LarganLab5901.09
16WimbledonCon Stephen HammondLD6281.18
17Carshalton and WallingtonCon Elliot ColburnLD6291.28
18Heywood and MiddletonCon Chris ClarksonLab6631.40
19Stoke-on-Trent CentralCon Jo GideonLab6702.09
20GedlingCon Tom RandallLab6791.36
21Sheffield, HallamLab Olivia BlakeLD7121.25
22Blyth ValleyCon Ian LevyLab7121.74
23Warwick and LeamingtonLab Matt WesternCon7891.46
24WansbeckLab Ian LaveryCon8142.01
25GordonSNP Richard ThomsonCon8191.46
26West Aberdeenshire and KincardineCon Andrew BowieSNP8431.58
27DelynCon Rob RobertsLab8652.25
28Newport WestLab Ruth JonesCon9022.08
29CheltenhamCon Alex ChalkLD9811.65
30WinchesterCon Stephen BrineLD9851.67
31Stockton NorthLab Alex CunninghamCon1,0272.50
32North West DurhamCon Richard HoldenLab1,1442.40
33BridgendCon Jamie WallisLab1,1572.74
34HemsworthLab Jon TrickettCon1,1802.69
35Chipping BarnetCon Theresa VilliersLab1,2122.11
36Wolverhampton South EastLab Pat McFaddenCon1,2353.69
37Clwyd SouthCon Simon BaynesLab1,2393.41
38Kingston upon Hull EastLab Karl TurnerCon1,2393.82
39Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathSNP Neale HanveyLab1,2432.64
40Chingford and Woodford GreenCon Iain Duncan SmithLab1,2622.61
41Normanton, Pontefract and CastlefordLab Yvette CooperCon1,2762.64
42North East FifeLD Wendy ChamberlainSNP1,3162.87
43BurnleyCon Antony HigginbothamLab1,3523.47
44ChesterfieldLab Toby PerkinsCon1,4513.21
45Oldham East and SaddleworthLab Debbie AbrahamsCon1,4993.25
46Warrington NorthLab Charlotte NicholsCon1,5093.23
47DewsburyCon Mark EastwoodLab1,5612.77
48West Bromwich EastCon Nicola RichardsLab1,5934.43
49South DownSF Chris HazzardSDLP1,6203.26
50Birmingham, NorthfieldCon Gary SambrookLab1,6403.81

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

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