Seats that changed hands at the 1959 general election
Every gain at each general election: which party took which seat from whom.
- 2024 303
- 2019 81
- 2017 70
- 2015 111
- 2010 117
- 2001 29
- 1992 68
- 1987 46
- 1979 71
- October 1974 29
- 1970 86
- 1966 55
- 1964 72
- 1959 38
- 1951 32
- 1935 125
- 1931 263
- 1929 167
- 1924 198
- 1923 190
- 1922 226
1959: 38 gains
Compared with the previous general election, where the constituency had the same boundaries.
- Con +21
- Oth −2
- Lab −19
| Constituency | Gained by | From | Majority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | Con | Lab | 920 |
| Barons Court | Con | Lab | 913 |
| Birmingham All Saints | Con | Lab | 20 |
| Birmingham Sparkbrook | Con | Lab | 886 |
| Birmingham Yardley | Con | Lab | 1,385 |
| Brierley Hill | Con | Lab | 4,133 |
| Bristol North East | Con | Lab | 2,684 |
| Bristol North West | Con | Lab | 1,919 |
| Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Con | Oth | 11,855 |
| Cleveland | Con | Lab | 1,655 |
| Coventry South | Con | Lab | 1,830 |
| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Con | Oth | 24,732 |
| Holborn and St Pancras | Con | Lab | 656 |
| Keighley | Con | Lab | 170 |
| Lowestoft | Con | Lab | 1,489 |
| Meriden | Con | Lab | 263 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne East | Con | Lab | 98 |
| Nottingham West | Con | Lab | 164 |
| Reading | Con | Lab | 3,942 |
| Rochester and Chatham | Con | Lab | 1,023 |
| Rugby | Con | Lab | 470 |
| South East Derbyshire | Con | Lab | 12 |
| Swansea West | Con | Lab | 403 |
| The Hartlepools | Con | Lab | 182 |
| Ulster Mid | Con | Oth | 18,923 |
| Uxbridge | Con | Lab | 1,390 |
| Wandsworth Clapham | Con | Lab | 1,876 |
| Wellingborough | Con | Lab | 606 |
| Willesden East | Con | Lab | 2,210 |
| Carmarthen | Lab | Lib | 6,633 |
| Central Ayrshire | Lab | Con | 1,676 |
| Glasgow Craigton | Lab | Con | 602 |
| Glasgow Scotstoun | Lab | Con | 3,370 |
| Lanark | Lab | Con | 540 |
| Oldham East | Lab | Con | 1,830 |
| Rochdale | Lab | Con | 2,740 |
| North Devon | Lib | Con | 362 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Oth | Con | 5,725 |
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