Closest seats at the 2024 general election
The smallest winning majorities in UK general elections since 1918, in votes and as a share of the vote.
- All elections
- 2024
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- 1918
| # | Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Majority | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hendon | Lab David Pinto-Duschinsky | Con | 15 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Poole | Lab Neil Duncan-Jordan | Con | 18 | 0.04 |
| 3 | Basildon and Billericay | Con Richard Holden | Lab | 20 | 0.05 |
| 4 | North West Cambridgeshire | Lab Sam Carling | Con | 39 | 0.09 |
| 5 | Central Devon | Con Mel Stride | Lab | 61 | 0.11 |
| 6 | Havant | Con Alan Mak | Lab | 92 | 0.22 |
| 7 | South Basildon and East Thurrock | Ref James McMurdock | Lab | 98 | 0.25 |
| 8 | Peterborough | Lab Andrew Pakes | Con | 118 | 0.28 |
| 9 | Exmouth and Exeter East | Con David Reed | Lab | 121 | 0.24 |
| 10 | Beverley and Holderness | Con Graham Stuart | Lab | 124 | 0.28 |
| 11 | Blackburn | Ind Adnan Hussain | Lab | 132 | 0.34 |
| 12 | Chelsea and Fulham | Lab Ben Coleman | Con | 152 | 0.32 |
| 13 | East Londonderry | DUP Gregory Campbell | SF | 179 | 0.43 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Lab Luke Myer | Con | 214 | 0.56 |
| 15 | Forest of Dean | Lab Matt Bishop | Con | 278 | 0.58 |
| 16 | Bromley and Biggin Hill | Con Peter Fortune | Lab | 302 | 0.65 |
| 17 | Derbyshire Dales | Lab John Whitby | Con | 350 | 0.68 |
| 18 | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Lab Kevin McKenna | Con | 355 | 0.87 |
| 19 | North Antrim | TUV Jim Allister | DUP | 450 | 1.09 |
| 20 | Ely and East Cambridgeshire | LD Charlotte Cane | Con | 495 | 0.95 |
| 21 | Birmingham Perry Barr | Ind Ayoub Khan | Lab | 507 | 1.35 |
| 22 | Ilford North | Lab Wes Streeting | Ind | 528 | 1.13 |
| 23 | Fylde | Con Andrew Snowden | Lab | 561 | 1.17 |
| 24 | Uxbridge and South Ruislip | Lab Danny Beales | Con | 587 | 1.28 |
| 25 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab Allison Gardner | Con | 627 | 1.53 |
| 26 | Aylesbury | Lab Laura Kyrke-Smith | Con | 630 | 1.26 |
| 27 | South West Norfolk | Lab Terry Jermy | Con | 630 | 1.42 |
| 28 | North East Hampshire | LD Alex Brewer | Con | 634 | 1.14 |
| 29 | Ynys Môn | PC Llinos Medi | Con | 637 | 1.95 |
| 30 | North Somerset | Lab Sadik Al-Hassan | Con | 639 | 1.19 |
| 31 | Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard | Lab Alex Mayer | Con | 667 | 1.45 |
| 32 | Dundee Central | SNP Chris Law | Lab | 675 | 1.74 |
| 33 | Birmingham Yardley | Lab Jess Phillips | WPB | 693 | 1.92 |
| 34 | Bradford West | Lab Naz Shah | Ind | 707 | 1.91 |
| 35 | Broadland and Fakenham | Con Jerome Mayhew | Lab | 719 | 1.45 |
| 36 | Portsmouth North | Lab Amanda Martin | Con | 780 | 1.88 |
| 37 | Bracknell | Lab Peter Swallow | Con | 784 | 1.79 |
| 38 | Redditch | Lab Chris Bloore | Con | 789 | 1.86 |
| 39 | Lichfield | Lab Dave Robertson | Con | 810 | 1.65 |
| 40 | Wyre Forest | Con Mark Garnier | Lab | 812 | 1.80 |
| 41 | Earley and Woodley | Lab Yuan Yang | Con | 848 | 1.85 |
| 42 | Ribble Valley | Lab Maya Ellis | Con | 856 | 1.65 |
| 43 | Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | SNP Stephen Gethins | Lab | 859 | 1.95 |
| 44 | Gordon and Buchan | Con Harriet Cross | SNP | 878 | 2.00 |
| 45 | The Wrekin | Con Mark Pritchard | Lab | 883 | 1.77 |
| 46 | Godalming and Ash | Con Jeremy Hunt | LD | 891 | 1.63 |
| 47 | Pendle and Clitheroe | Lab Jonathan Hinder | Con | 902 | 1.93 |
| 48 | Dumfries and Galloway | Con John Cooper | SNP | 930 | 2.03 |
| 49 | Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | SNP Seamus Logan | Con | 942 | 2.47 |
| 50 | Leicester South | Ind Shockat Adam | Lab | 979 | 2.34 |
Single-member seats with a recorded contest. Percentages are of valid votes.
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