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Political Swing
on the Electoral
Cartograms of
Southern Britain
1955 - 1987.
The arrows show the
direction, magnitude
and background to
the changes.

1955 1959

1964 1966 1970

February October

1974 1974 1979

1979 1983 1987

Redistribution

Figure 1.18 Southern Britain: the major conurbation boundaries can just be
made out in the graphics. In the animation, to which these are the key frames, the
arrows can be seen swivelling around between elections like so many synchronised
swimmers, in near unison. The consolidation at the end of the period, as groups
of places begin to move in different directions, is particularly well marked.