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May 05, 2005

The impossible swing?

To illustrate the immensity of the task of challenging Labour under the present system, here are a list of the biggest swings between the Conservatives and Labour since 1945.

1945 12% swing from the national government to Labour
1950 2.9% swing from Labour to the Conservatives
1964 3.1% swing from the Conservatives to Labour
1966 2.8% swing from Labour to the Conservatives
1970 4.9% swing from Labour to the Conservatives
1979 5.3% swing from Labour to the Conservatives
1983 4.1% swing from Labour to the Conservatives
1997 10.2% swing from the Conservatives to Labour

www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/notes/snSG-02608.pdf

Posted by Simon Holledge at May 5, 2005 07:40 PM

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