SMALLEST MAJORITIES (UNDER 100 VOTES)
1 A.J. Flint (Derbyshire, Ilkeston, N Lab, 1931) 2
M. Oaten (Hampshire, Winchester, L Dem, 1997*) 2
3 Rt. Hon. F.D. Acland (Devon, Tiverton, L, 1923) 3
G.G. Jones (Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen, Lab, 1974(F)) 3
Sir H. Nicholls, Bt. (Northamptonshire, Peterborough, C,
1966) 3
T.W. Stamford (Leeds, West, Lab, 1924) 3
7 Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart (Cheshire, Northwich, C, 1929) 4
Hon. G.R. Ward (Worcester, C, 1945) 4
9 E.L. Gandar-Dower (Caithness and Sutherland, C, 1945) 6
L. Ropner (Durham, Sedgefield, C, 1923) 6
11 D.H. Hobden (Brighton, Kemptown, Lab, 1964) 7
F.J. Privett (Portsmouth, Central, C, 1922) 7
D.H. Spencer (Leicester, South, C, 1983) 7
14 P.A. Tyler (Cornwall, Bodmin, L, 1974(F)) 9
15 G.M.L. Davies (University of Wales, CP, 1923) 10
P.F.H. Emery (Reading, C, 1964) 10
H.L. Hutchinson (Manchester, Rusholme, Lab, 1945) 10
18 W.H. Flanagan (Manchester, Clayton, C, 1922) 11
Sir A.J.C. Meyer, Bt. (Eton and Slough, C, 1964) 11
W. Whiteley (Birmingham, Ladywood, Lab, 1929) 11
21 F.L.J. Jackson (Derbyshire, South-East, C, 1959) 12
A.M. Sanders (Torbay, L Dem, 1997) 12
23 E.D.D. Money (Ipswich, C, 1970) 13
24 Rt. Hon. J. Amery (Preston, North, C, 1964) 14
25 J.G. Foster (Cheshire, Northwich, C, 1945) 15
F. Lee (Derbyshire, North-Eastern, Lab, 1922) 15
27 A. Henderson (Staffordshire, Kingswinford, Lab, 1935) 16
E.A.A. Shackleton (Preston, South, Lab, 1951) 16
29 J.F. Dunn (Hertfordshire, Hemel Hempstead, L, 1923) 17
30 W.E. Sweeney (South Glamorgan, Vale of Glamorgan, C, 1992) 19
B. Tillett (Salford, North, Lab, 1922) 19
32 J.H. Hollingworth (Birmingham, All Saints, C, 1959) 20
33 J.K. Hargreaves (Hyndburn, C, 1983) 21
34 Mrs. M.A. Bain (Dunbartonshire, East, SNP, 1974(O)) 22
R.C. Berkeley (Nottingham, Central, L, 1922) 22
Sir H. Nicholls, Bt. (Peterborough, C, 1974(F)) 22
37 J. Beattie (Belfast, West, Irish LP, 1951) 25
E.A.St.A. Harney (South Shields, L, 1922) 25
39 J.H. Hudson (Huddersfield, Lab, 1923) 26
40 W.J. Molloy (Ealing, North, Lab, 1964) 27
41 W.R.D. Perkins (Gloucestershire, Stroud and Thornbury, C,
1950) 28
42 R.J. Atkins (Preston, North, C, 1979) 29
F. Briant (Lambeth, North, L, 1924) 29
44 G.H. Thompson (Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtown, Galloway,
SNP, 1974(O)) 30
45 G.B. Craddock (Middlesex, Spelthorne, C, 1950) 31
Sir H.C. Lowther (Cumberland, Penrith and Cockermouth,
Co C, 1921(13/5)) 31
47 C. Bellairs (Kent, Maidstone, C, 1922) 33
C. Brocklebank-Fowler (Norfolk, King’s Lynn, C, 1970) 33
Mrs. P. Calton (Cheadle, L Dem, 2001) 33
J.P. Hay (Glasgow, Cathcart, Lab, 1922) 33
51 C.E.G.C. Emmott (Glasgow, Springburn, C, 1931) 34
Miss J.E. Fookes (Plymouth, Drake, C, 1974(F)) 34
53 F.R. White (Bury and Radcliffe, Lab, 1979) 38
54 R.A. Taylor (Lincoln, Lab, 1924) 39
55 J.C. Ede (South Shields, Lab, 1929) 40
56 I.H. Stranger (Berkshire, Newbury, L, 1923) 41
57 J. Diamond (Manchester, Blackley, Lab, 1950) 42
58 Rt. Hon. Sir J.A. Chamberlain (Birmingham, West, C, 1929) 43
O.W. Nicholson (Westminster, Abbey, C, 1924(19/3)) 43
60 A.E. Stubbs (Cambridgeshire, Lab, 1945) 44
N.R. Wylie (Edinburgh, Pentlands, C, 1966) 44
Sir C.E. Yate, Bt. (Leicestershire, Melton, C, 1923) 44
63 M.C. Stern (Bristol, North West, C, 1992) 45
64 T.A. Lewis (University of Wales, NL, 1922) 46
J.R. Lort-Williams (Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, C, 1922) 46
66 Rt. Hon. L.J. Edwards (Brighouse and Spenborough, Lab,
1959) 47
H. Howarth (Northamptonshire, Wellingborough, Lab, 1964) 47
W.N. Jones (Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen, L, 1928(28/6)) 47
69 Miss A. Ewing (Tayside, Perth, SNP, 2001) 48
Hon. E.C. Harmsworth (Kent, Isle of Thanet, C, 1923) 48
71 V.G. Crittall (Essex, Maldon, Lab, 1923) 49
72 Sir J. Bruton (Gloucester, C, 1922) 51
73 T.P. Dicks (Hillingdon, Hayes and Harlington, C, 1992) 53
S. Dye (Norfolk, South-Western, Lab, 1945) 53
N.H. Fairbairn (Perthshire and Kinross, Kinross and West
Perthshire, C, 1974(O)) 53
Miss M. Gildernew (Fermanagh and South Tyrone, SF, 2001) 53
B. Hazell (Norfolk, North, Lab, 1964) 53
78 S.F. Markham (Buckinghamshire, Buckingham, C, 1951) 54
79 E.J. Davey (Kingston-upon-Thames, Kingston and Surbiton,
L Dem, 1997) 56
R.A.L. Livsey (Powys, Brecon and Radnor, L, 1987) 56
J.A. Meale (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield, Lab, 1987) 56
82 A.J. Beith (Northumberland, Berwick-upon-Tweed, L,
1973(8/11)) 57
J.C. Welsh (Lanarkshire, Coatbridge, Lab, 1924) 57
84 G.W. Proudfoot (Brighouse and Spenborough, C, 1970) 59
P.L. Wells (Kent, Faversham, Lab, 1955) 59
86 F.J. Silvester (Walthamstow, West, C, 1967(21/9)) 62
87 W.E. Robinson (Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem, L, 1923) 63
88 C. Banks (Pudsey, C, 1950) 64
J.D. Cassels (Leyton, West, C, 1923) 64
R.A.R. MacLennan (Caithness and Sutherland, Lab, 1966) 64
P.D. Robinson (Belfast, East, UDUP, 1979) 64
92 T.D. Fenby (Bradford, East, L, 1924) 66
93 H.F.C. Crookshank (Lincolnshire (Lindsey), Gainsborough, C,
1929) 67
A. Edwards (Middlesborough, East, Lab, 1935) 67
Hon. R.E.O. Long (Wiltshire, Westbury, C, 1929) 67
96 R. Spence (Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire, Lab, 1923) 68
97 W.J. Taylor (Bradford, North, NL & C, 1955) 69
98 W.R.S. Prescott (Lancashire, Darwen, C, 1943(15/12)) 70
99 T. Keens (Buckinghamshire, Aylesbury, L, 1923) 71
R.H. Lewis (Carlisle, Lab, 1983) 71
101 C.C.A.L. Erskine-Bolst (Hackney, South, Co C, 1922(18/8)) 72
J.H. Hoy (Edinburgh, Leith, Lab, 1951) 72
103 A.J. Beith (Northumberland, Berwick-upon-Tweed, L, 1974(O)) 73
R.S. Stewart (Stockton-on-Tees, L, 1923) 73
105 T.B.S. Adair (Glasgow, Shettleston, Co C, 1918) 74
P.J. Duncan (Dumfries and Galloway, Galloway and Upper
Nithsdale, C, 2001) 74
J.J. Hanley (Richmond-upon-Thames, Richmond and Barnes, C,
1983) 74
H.W.S. Sparkes (Devon, Tiverton, C, 1922) 74
109 Mrs. E.L. White (Flintshire, East, Lab, 1959) 75
110 R.H. Tuck (Watford, Lab, 1970) 76
111 I.C. Bruce (Dorset, South Dorset, C, 1997) 77
Rt. Hon. A.N. Chamberlain (Birmingham, Ladywood, C, 1929) 77
H.B.H. Hylton-Foster (York, C, 1950) 77
114 G.R. Cryer (Keighley, Lab, 1979) 78
A.V. Hilton (Norfolk, South-West, Lab, 1959) 78
Rev. R.T.W. McCrea (Mid-Ulster, UDUP, 1983) 78
J. Ryman (Blyth, Lab, 1974(O)) 78
118 E.A. Strauss (Southwark, North, NL, 1935) 79
119 E. Makins (Cheshire, Knutsford, C, 1923) 80
Rt. Hon. T.J. Mancnamara (Camberwell, North-West, L, 1923) 80
121 G.A.N. Hirst (Yorkshire (WR), Shipley, C, 1950) 81
D.J. Winnick (Croydon, South, Lab, 1966) 81
123 P.R. Gallie (Strathclyde, Ayr, C, 1992) 85
124 Sir W.H. Cowan (Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, Eastern,
Co L, 1918) 87
Hon. H.G. Nicolson (Leicester, West, N Lab, 1935) 87
C.F. White (Derbyshire, Western, L, 1922) 87
127 A.F. Brockway (Eton and Slough, Lab, 1959) 88
J.L. Williams (Glasgow, Kelvingrove, Lab, 1945) 88
129 F.K. Griffith (Middlesborough, West, L, 1928(7/3)) 89
130 Rt. Hon. J.E.B. Seely (Isle of Wight, L, 1923) 90
131 Sir P. Goff (Yorkshire (NR), Cleveland, Co C, 1918) 91
Dr. A. Salter (Bermondsey, West, Lab, 1931) 91
133 W. Windsor (Bethnal Green, North-East, Lab, 1924) 95
134 R.F. Crouch (Dorset, North, C, 1950) 97
135 W.F. Montgomery (Newcastle upon Tyne, East, C, 1959) 98
Lowest majorities at each General Election since 1918:
1918: T.B.S. Adair (Glasgow, Shettleston, Co C) 74
1922: F.J. Privett (Portsmouth, Central, C) 7
1923: Rt. Hon. F.D. Acland (Devon, Tiverton, L) 3
1924: T.W. Stamford (Leeds, West, Lab) 3
1929: Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart (Cheshire, Northwich, C) 4
1931: A.J. Flint (Derbyshire, Ilkeston, N Lab) 2
1935: A. Henderson (Staffordshire, Kingswinford, Lab) 16
1945: Hon. G.R. Ward (Worcester, C) 4
1950: W.R.D. Perkins (Gloucestershire, Stroud and Thornbury, C) 28
1951: E.A.A. Shackleton (Preston, South, Lab) 16
1955: P.L. Wells (Kent, Faversham, Lab) 59
1959: F.L.J. Jackson (Derbyshire, South-East, C) 12
1964: D.H. Hobden (Brighton, Kemptown, Lab) 7
1966: Sir H. Nicholls, Bt. (Northamptonshire, Peterborough, C) 3
1970: E.D.D. Money (Ipswich, C) 13
1974(F): G.G. Jones (Carmarthenshire, Carmarthen, Lab) 3
1974(O): Mrs. M.A. Bain (Dunbartonshire, East, SNP) 22
1979: R.J. Atkins (Preston, North, C) 29
1983: D.H. Spencer (Leicester, South, C) 7
1987: R.A.L. Livsey (Powys, Brecon and Radnor, L) } 56
J.A. Meale (Nottinghamshire, Mansfield, Lab) }
1992: W.E. Sweeney (South Glamorgan, Vale of Glamorgan, C) 19
1997: M. Oaten (Hampshire, Winchester, L Dem*) 2
2001: Mrs. P. Calton (Cheadle, L Dem) 33
* - Subsequently declared void on petition.