Insights
Seats that changed hands at the 1970 general election
Every gain at each general election: which party took which seat from whom.
1970: 86 gains
Compared with the previous general election, where the constituency had the same boundaries.
- Con +77
- Oth +4
- SNP +1
- Lib −6
- Lab −76
| Constituency | Gained by | From | Majority |
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| Aberdeen South | Con | Lab | 1,089 |
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| Bebington | Con | Lab | 725 |
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| Bedford | Con | Lab | 5,279 |
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| Belper | Con | Lab | 2,124 |
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| Billericay | Con | Lab | 3,954 |
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| Birmingham Perry Barr | Con | Lab | 1,266 |
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| Birmingham Yardley | Con | Lab | 120 |
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| Bodmin | Con | Lib | 3,920 |
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| Bolton East | Con | Lab | 471 |
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| Bolton West | Con | Lab | 1,244 |
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| Bosworth | Con | Lab | 1,055 |
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| Bradford West | Con | Lab | 1,539 |
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| Brighouse and Spenborough | Con | Lab | 59 |
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| Brighton Kemptown | Con | Lab | 3,103 |
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| Bristol North East | Con | Lab | 462 |
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| Bristol North West | Con | Lab | 1,049 |
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| Buckingham | Con | Lab | 2,521 |
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| Bury and Radcliffe | Con | Lab | 3,204 |
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| Cambridge | Con | Lab | 5,061 |
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| Cannock | Con | Lab | 1,529 |
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| Cardiff North | Con | Lab | 1,776 |
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| Cheadle | Con | Lib | 1,754 |
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| Chislehurst | Con | Lab | 3,363 |
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| Chorley | Con | Lab | 1,677 |
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| Conway | Con | Lab | 903 |
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| Croydon South | Con | Lab | 3,703 |
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| Dartford | Con | Lab | 560 |
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| Dover | Con | Lab | 1,649 |
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| Epping | Con | Lab | 2,575 |
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| Exeter | Con | Lab | 1,271 |
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| Falmouth and Camborne | Con | Lab | 1,523 |
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| Faversham | Con | Lab | 3,811 |
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| Gloucester | Con | Lab | 1,061 |
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| Gravesend | Con | Lab | 1,213 |
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| Hampstead | Con | Lab | 474 |
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| Harrow East | Con | Lab | 4,021 |
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| High Peak | Con | Lab | 1,504 |
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| Hornchurch | Con | Lab | 5,830 |
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| Ilford South | Con | Lab | 1,282 |
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| Ipswich | Con | Lab | 13 |
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| Keighley | Con | Lab | 616 |
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| King'S Lynn | Con | Lab | 33 |
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| Lancaster | Con | Lab | 1,741 |
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| Leek | Con | Lab | 1,540 |
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| Leicestersouth West | Con | Lab | 106 |
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| Lewisham West | Con | Lab | 760 |
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| Lichfield and Tamworth | Con | Lab | 1,976 |
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| Luton | Con | Lab | 1,349 |
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| Meriden | Con | Lab | 4,724 |
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| Middlesbrough West | Con | Lab | 388 |
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| Middleton and Prestwick | Con | Lab | 1,042 |
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| Monmouth | Con | Lab | 1,355 |
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| Nelson and Colne | Con | Lab | 1,410 |
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| North Norfolk | Con | Lab | 4,684 |
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| Norwich South | Con | Lab | 826 |
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| Nottingham South | Con | Lab | 3,731 |
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| Oldbury and Halesowen | Con | Lab | 2,904 |
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| Orpington | Con | Lib | 1,322 |
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| Oxford | Con | Lab | 1,884 |
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| Pembroke | Con | Lab | 1,231 |
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| Preston North | Con | Lab | 2,962 |
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| Preston South | Con | Lab | 1,331 |
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| Reading | Con | Lab | 1,154 |
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| Rochester and Chatham | Con | Lab | 5,341 |
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| Ross and Cromarty | Con | Lib | 801 |
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| Rossendale | Con | Lab | 1,880 |
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| Rushcliffe | Con | Lab | 6,168 |
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| Sheffield Heeley | Con | Lab | 693 |
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| South Bedfordshire | Con | Lab | 4,978 |
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| South East Derbyshire | Con | Lab | 2,724 |
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| Southampton Test | Con | Lab | 1,802 |
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| Stockport North | Con | Lab | 871 |
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| Stretford | Con | Lab | 4,015 |
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| The Wrekin | Con | Lab | 518 |
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| Uxbridge | Con | Lab | 3,646 |
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| Walthamstow East | Con | Lab | 528 |
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| Wandsworth Clapham | Con | Lab | 3,120 |
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| Wellingborough | Con | Lab | 2,352 |
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| West Aberdeenshire | Con | Lib | 5,549 |
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| Yarmouth | Con | Lab | 3,157 |
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| Colne Valley | Lab | Lib | 856 |
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| Antrim North | Oth | Con | 6,991 |
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| Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Oth | Con | 1,423 |
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| Merthyr Tydfil | Oth | Lab | 7,467 |
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| Ulster Mid | Oth | Con | 6,898 |
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| Western Isles | SNP | Lab | 726 |
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