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The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. In it, the [[Conservatives]] under [[Margaret Thatcher]] defeated [[James Callaghan]]'s incumbent Labour government. =Results= The overall swing of 5.2% was the largest since 1945 and gave the Conservatives a workable majority of 43 for the country's first female Prime Minister. ==Conservatives Results== The Conservative Party won 339 seats in the election. They gained 63 seats while losing 1. ===Conservative Gains at the 1979 Election=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Aberdeenshire East (Constituency)|Aberdeenshire East]]''': Conservative (558) *'''[[Aldridge-Brownhills (Constituency)|Aldridge-Brownhills]]''': Conservative (5,668) *'''[[Anglese (Constituency)|Anglesey]]''': Conservative (2,817) *'''[[Angus South (Constituency)|Angus South]]''': Conservative (963) *'''[[Argyll (Constituency)|Argyll]]''': Conservative (1,646) *'''[[Banff (Constituency)|Banff]]''': Conservative (799) *'''[[Basildon (Constituency)|Basildon]]''': Conservative (5,180) *'''[[Bebington and Ellesmere Port (Constituency)|Bebington and Ellesmere Port]]''': Conservative (486) *'''[[Belper (Constituency)|Belper]]''': Conservative (882) *'''[[Birmingham Northfield (Constituency)|Birmingham Northfield]]''': Conservative (204) *'''[[Birmingham Selly Oak (Constituency)|Birmingham Selly Oak]]''': Conservative (4,775) *'''[[Birmingham Yardley (Constituency)|Birmingham Yardley]]''': Conservative (1,164) *'''[[Brecon and Radnor (Constituency)|Brecon and Radnor]]''': Conservative (3,027) *'''[[Brigg and Scunthorpe (Constituency)|Brigg and Scunthorpe]]''': Conservative (486) *'''[[Brighouse and Spenborough (Constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]]''': Conservative (1,734) *'''[[Bristol North West (Constituency)|Bristol North West]]''': Conservative (4,677) *'''[[Chorley (Constituency)|Chorley]]''': Conservative (2,579) *'''[[Cornwall North (Constituency)|Cornwall North]]''': Conservative (3,747), ''[[J.E. Randall]]'' *'''[[Coventry South West (Constituency)|Coventry South West]]''': Conservative (5,654) *'''[[Dartford (Constituency)|Dartford]]''': Conservative (1,392) *'''[[Devon North (Constituency)|Devon North]]''': Conservative (8,473) *'''[[Dudley West (Constituency)|Dudley West]]''': Conservative (1,139) *'''[[Ealing North (Constituency)|Ealing North]]''': Conservative (1,480) *'''[[Enfield North (Constituency)|Enfield North]]''': Conservative (3,483) *'''[[Fulham (Constituency)|Fulham]]''': Conservative (1,499) *'''[[Galloway (Constituency)|Galloway]]''': Conservative (2,922), ''[[Robert Noble-Gordon]]'' *'''[[Gloucestershire West (Constituency)|Gloucestershire West]]''': Conservative (4,174) *'''[[Gravesend (Constituency)|Gravesend]]''' Conservative (9,346), ''[[Martin Blackwood]]'' *'''[[Hemel Hempstead (Constituency)|Hemel Hempstead]]''': Conservative (4,989) *'''[[Hertford and Stevenage (Constituency)|Hertford and Stevenage]]''': Conservative (1,296) *'''[[Hornchurch (Constituency)|Hornchurch]]''': Conservative (769) *'''[[Huddersfield West (Constituency)|Huddersfield West]]''': Conservative (1,508) *'''[[Ilford South (Constituency)|Ilford South]]''': Conservative (1,688) *'''[[Kingswood (Constituency)|Kingswood]]''': Conservative (303) *'''[[Lichfield and Tamworth (Constituency)|Lichfield and Tamworth]]''': Conservative (8,448) *'''[[Lincoln (Constituency)|Lincoln]]''': Conservative (602) *'''[[Liverpool Garston (Constituency)|Liverpool Garston]]''': Conservative (2,787) *'''[[Loughborough (Constituency)|Loughborough]]''': Conservative (5,199) *'''[[Luton East (Constituency)|Luton East]]''': Conservative (847) *'''[[Luton West (Constituency)|Luton West]]''': Conservative (246) *'''[[Meriden (Constituency)|Meriden]]''': Conservative (4,127) *'''[[Montgomery (Constituency)|Montgomery]]''': Conservative (1,593) *'''[[Moray and Nairn (Constituency)|Moray and Nairn]]''': Conservative (420) *'''[[Nelson and Colne (Constituency)|Nelson and Colne]]''': Conservative (436) *'''[[Newark (Constituency)|Newark]]''': Conservative (1,751) *'''[[Northampton North (Constituency)|Northampton North]]''': Conservative (4,663) *'''[[Oxford (Constituency)|Oxford]]''': Conservative (1,497) *'''[[Paddington (Consituency)|Paddington]]''': Conservative (106) *'''[[Perth and East Perthshire (Constituency)|Perth and East Perthshire]]''': Conservative (3,103) *'''[[Peterborough (Constituency)|Peterborough]]''': Conservative (5,102) *'''[[Portsmouth North (Constituency)|Portsmouth North]]''': Conservative (2,311) *'''[[Preston North (Constituency)|Preston North]]''': Conservative (29) *'''[[Putney (Constituency)|Putney]]''': Conservative (2,630) *'''[[Rochester and Chatham (Constituency)|Rochester and Chatham]]''': Conservative (2,688) *'''[[Rossendale (Constituency)|Rossendale]]''': Conservative (1,873) *'''[[Rugby (Constituency)|Rugby]]''': Conservative (2,729) *'''[[Southampton Test (Constituency)|Southampton Test]]''': Conservative (2,123) *'''[[Sowerby (Consituency)|Sowerby]]''': Conservative (1,180) *'''[[Watford (Constituency)|Watford]]''': Conservative (3,290) *'''[[Welwyn and Hatfield (Constituency)|Welwyn and Hatfield]]''': Conservative (3,474) *'''[[The Wrekin (Constituency)|The Wrekin]]''': Conservative (965) ===Conservative Holds at the 1979 Election AβC=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Aberdeen South (Constituency)|Aberdeen South]]''': Conservative (772) *'''[[Aberdeenshire West (Constituency)|Aberdeenshire West]]''': Conservative (2,766) *'''[[Abingdon (Constituency)|Abingdon]]''': Conservative (22,291) *'''[[Acton (Constituency)|Acton]]''': Conservative (5,798) *'''[[Aldershot (Constituency)|Aldershot]]''': Conservative (23,576) *'''[[Altrincham and Sale (Constituency)|Altrincham and Sale]]''': Conservative (15,230) *'''[[Angus North and Mearns (Constituency)|Angus North and Mearns]]''': Conservative (10,915) *'''[[Arundel (Constituency)|Arundel]]''': Conservative (30,760), ''[[David Keenan Berk]]'' *'''[[Ashford (Constituency)|Ashford]]''': Conservative (13,638), ''[[Aldric Tinker]]'' *'''[[Aylesbury (Constituency)|Aylesbury]]''': Conservative (19,862) *'''[[Ayr (Constituency)|Ayr]]''': Conservative (2,768) *'''[[Ayrshire North and Bute (Constituency)|Ayrshire North and Bute]]''': Conservative (4,313) *'''[[Banbury (Constituency)|Banbury]]''': Conservative (14,514) *'''[[Barkston Ash (Constituency)|Barkston Ash]]''': Conservative (18,711) *'''[[Barry (Constituency)|Barry]]''': Conservative (8,792) *'''[[Basingstoke (Constituency)|Basingstoke]]''': Conservative (21,746) *'''[[Bath (Constituency)|Bath]]''': Conservative (9,112) *'''[[Beaconsfield (Constituency)|Beaconsfield]]''': Conservative (21,495) *'''[[Beckenham (Constituency)|Beckenham]]''': Conservative (13,751), ''[[Paul Holmes]]'' *'''[[Bedford (Constituency)|Bedford]]''': Conservative (12,413) *'''[[Bedfordshire Mid (Constituency)|Bedfordshire Mid]]''': Conservative (20,584), ''[[Michael Attwell]]'' *'''[[Bedfordshire South (Constituency)|Bedfordshire South]]''': Conservative (16,483), ''[[Ben Walker]]'' *'''[[Beeston (Constituency)|Beeston]]''': Conservative (10,196) *'''[[Bexleyheath (Constituency)|Bexleyheath]]''': Conservative (8,546) *'''[[Birmingham Edgbaston (Constituency)|Birmingham Edgbaston]]''': Conservative (9,587) *'''[[Birmingham Hall Green (Constituency)|Birmingham Hall Green]]''': Conservative 9,564 *'''[[Blaby (Constituency)|Blaby]]''': Conservative (20,640) *'''[[Blackpool North (Constituency)|Blackpool North]]''': Conservative (10,229), ''[[Jack Patterson]]'' *'''[[Blackpool South (Constituency)|Blackpool South]]''': Conservative (8,848) *'''[[Bodmin (Constituency)|Bodmin]]''': Conservative (10,029) *'''[[Bosworth (Constituency)|Bosworth]]''': Conservative (8,435) *'''[[Bournemouth East (Constituency)|Bournemouth East]]''': Conservative (18,255) *'''[[Bournemouth West (Constituency)|Bournemouth West]]''': Conservative (16,626) *'''[[Braintree (Constituency)|Braintree]]''': Conservative (12,518), ''[[Ian Frost]]'' *'''[[Brentford and Isleworth (Constituency)|Brentford and Isleworth]]''': Conservative (4,994) *'''[[Brent North (Constituency)|Brent North]]''': Conservative (10,983) *'''[[Brentwood and Ongar (Constituency)|Brentwood and Ongar]]''': Conservative (16,931) *'''[[Bridgwater (Constituency)|Bridgwater]]''': Conservative (14,450) *'''[[Bridlington (Constituency)|Bridlington]]''': Conservative (15,295) *'''[[Brighton Kemptown (Constituency)|Brighton Kemptown]]''': Conservative (8,008) *'''[[Brighton Pavilion (Constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]]''': Conservative (10,119), ''[[Rachel Moore]]'' *'''[[Bristol West (Constituency)|Bristol West]]''': Conservative (12,567) *'''[[Bromsgrove and Redditch (Constituency)|Bromsgrove and Redditch]]''': Conservative (15,885) *'''[[Buckingham (Constituency)|Buckingham]]''': Conservative (13,967) *'''[[Burton (Constituency)|Burton]]''': Conservative (9,801) *'''[[Bury St. Edmunds (Constituency)|Bury St. Edmunds]]''': Conservative (20,259) *'''[[Cambridge (Constituency)|Cambridge]]''': Conservative (4,896), ''[[Jory Hutchison]]'' *'''[[Cambridgeshire (Constituency)|Cambridgeshire]]''': Conservative (23,289) *'''[[Canterbury (Constituency)|Canterbury]]''': Conservative (22,637), ''[[Dick von Sternberg]]'' *'''[[Cardiff North (Constituency)|Cardiff North]]''': Conservative (4,048), ''[[Arthur Jernigan]]'' *'''[[Cardiff North West (Constituency)|Cardiff North West]]''': Conservative (6,262) *'''[[Carlton (Constituency)|Carlton]]''': Conservative (12,773) *'''[[Carshalton (Constituency)|Carshalton]]''': Conservative (10,371) *'''[[Cheadle (Constituency)|Cheadle]]''': Conservative (17,139) *'''[[Chelmsford (Constituency)|Chelmsford]]''': Conservative (5,471) *'''[[Chelsea (Constituency)|Chelsea]]''': Conservative (15,690), ''[[William Corleone]]'' *'''[[Cheltenham (Constituency)|Cheltenham]]''': Conservative (10,538) *'''[[Chertsey and Walton (Constituency)|Chertsey and Walton]]''': Conservative (12,024) *'''[[Chesham and Amersham (Constituency)|Chesham and Amersham]]''': Conservative (20,596) *'''[[Chester (Constituency)|Chester]]''': Conservative (9,314) *'''[[Chichester (Constituency)|Chichester]]''': Conservative (23,776), ''[[Milly Calvert]]'' *'''[[Chingford (Constituency)|Chingford]]''': Conservative (12,383) *'''[[Chippenham (Constituency)|Chippenham]]''': Conservative (4,697) *'''[[Chipping Barnet (Constituency)|Chipping Barnet]]''': Conservative (14,007) *'''[[Chislehurst (Constituency)|Chislehurst]]''': Conservative (9,765) *'''[[Christchurch & Lymington (Constituency)|Christchurch and Lymington]]''': Conservative (22,163), ''[[Vincent Garton]]'' *'''[[Cirencester and Tewkesbury (Constituency)|Cirencester and Tewkesbury]]''': Conservative (19,594) *'''[[Cities of London and Westminster (Constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]]''': Conservative (9,784), ''[[Christie Dupont]]'' *'''[[Cleveland and Whitby (Constituency)|Cleveland and Whitby]]''': Conservative (6,917) *'''[[Clitheroe (Constituency)|Clitheroe]]''': Conservative (11,579) *'''[[Colchester (Constituency)|Colchester]]''': Conservative (13,863) *'''[[Conway (Constituency)|Conway]]''': Conservative (6,073) *'''[[Crosby (Constituency)|Crosby]]''': Conservative (19,272) *'''[[Croydon Central (Constituency)|Croydon Central]]''': Conservative (7,958) *'''[[Croydon North East (Constituency)|Croydon North East]]''': Conservative (6,776) *'''[[Croydon North West (Constituency)|Croydon North West]]''': Conservative (3,769) *'''[[Croydon South (Constituency)|Croydon South]]''': Conservative (20,868) ===Conservative Holds at the 1979 Election DβH=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Darwen (Constituency)|Darwen]]''': Conservative (13,026) *'''[[Daventry (Constituency)|Daventry]]''': Conservative (21,483) *'''[[Denbigh (Constituency)|Denbigh]]''': Conservative (8,850) *'''[[Derbyshire South East (Constituency)|Derbyshire South East]]''': Conservative (7,387) *'''[[Derbyshire West (Constituency)|Derbyshire West]]''': Conservative (10,217) *'''[[Devizes (Constituency)|Devizes]]''': Conservative (16,088) *'''[[Devon West (Constituency)|Devon West]]''': Conservative (17,172) *'''[[Dorking (Constituency)|Dorking]]''': Conservative (19,763) *'''[[Dorset North (Constituency)|Dorset North]]''': Conservative (23,296) *'''[[Dorset South (Constituency)|Dorset South]]''': Conservative (15,239) *'''[[Dorset West (Constituency)|Dorset West]]''': Conservative (16,605) *'''[[Dover and Deal (Constituency)|Dover and Deal]]''': Conservative (7,942) *'''[[Dumfries (Constituency)|Dumfries]]''': Conservative (9,004) *'''[[Eastbourne (Constituency)|Eastbourne]]''': Conservative (26,084) *'''[[East Grinstead (Constituency)|East Grinstead]]''': Conservative (17,177) *'''[[Eastleigh (Constituency)|Eastleigh]]''': Conservative (20,294) *'''[[Edinburgh North (Constituency)|Edinburgh North]]''': Conservative (4,397) *'''[[Edinburgh Pentlands (Constituency)|Edinburgh Pentlands]]''': Conservative (1,198) *'''[[Edinburgh South (Constituency)|Edinburgh South]]''': Conservative (2,460) *'''[[Edinburgh West (Constituency)|Edinburgh West]]''': Conservative (7,351) *'''[[Epping Forest (Constituency)|Epping Forest]]''': Conservative (15,453) *'''[[Epsom and Ewell (Constituency)|Epsom and Ewell]]''': Conservative (26,358), ''[[Roland Knightly]]'' *'''[[Esher (Constituency)|Esher]]''': Conservative (16,841) *'''[[Essex South East (Constituency)|Essex South East]]''': Conservative (24,532) *'''[[Exeter (Constituency)|Exeter]]''': Conservative (8,027) *'''[[Eye (Constituency)|Eye]]''': Conservative (15,021) *'''[[Falmouth and Camborne (Constituency)|Falmouth and Camborne]]''': Conservative (16,600) *'''[[Fareham (Constituency)|Fareham]]''': Conservative (17,045) *'''[[Farnham (Constituency)|Farnham]]''': Conservative (16,469) *'''[[Faversham (Constituency)|Faversham]]''': Conservative (12,162) *'''[[Fife East (Constituency)|Fife East]]''': Conservative (9,355) *'''[[Finchley (Constituency)|Finchley]]''': Conservative (7,878) *'''[[Flint West (Constituency)|Flint West]]''': Conservative (9,686) *'''[[Folkestone and Hythe (Constituency)|Folkestone and Hythe]]''': Conservative (16,020) *'''[[Fylde North (Constituency)|Fylde North]]''': Conservative (21,990) *'''[[Fylde South (Constituency)|Fylde South]]''': Conservative (32,247), ''[[Marcus Holt]]'' *'''[[Gainsborough (Constituency)|Gainsborough]]''': Conservative (7,155) *'''[[Gillingham (Constituency)|Gillingham]]''': Conservative (10,499) *'''[[Glasgow Hillhead (Constituency)|Glasgow Hillhead]]''': Conservative (2,002) *'''[[Gloucester (Constituency)|Gloucester]]''': Conservative (6,416) *'''[[Gloucestershire South (Constituency)|Gloucestershire South]]''': Conservative (15,162) *'''[[Gosport (Constituency)|Gosport]]''': Conservative (14,093) *'''[[Grantham (Constituency)|Grantham]]''': Conservative (18,150) *'''[[Guildford (Constituency)|Guildford]]''': Conservative (19,906) *'''[[Halesowen and Stourbridge (Constituency)|Halesowen and Stourbridge]]''': Conservative (8,965) *'''[[Haltemprice (Constituency)|Haltemprice]]''': Conservative (19,888), ''[[Dexter Waugh]]'' *'''[[Hampstead (Constituency)|Hampstead]]''': Conservative (3,681), ''[[Danny Gold]]'' *'''[[Harborough (Constituency)|Harborough]]''': Conservative (21,978) *'''[[Harrogate (Constituency)|Harrogate]]''': Conservative (18,530) *'''[[Harrow Central (Constituency)|Harrow Central]]''': Conservative (4,503) *'''[[Harrow East (Constituency)|Harrow East]]''': Conservative (7,878) *'''[[Harrow West (Constituency)|Harrow West]]''': Conservative (15,213), ''[[Patrick Kerslake]]'' *'''[[Harwich (Constituency)|Harwich]]''': Conservative (20,687) *'''[[Hastings (Constituency)|Hastings]]''': Conservative (8,919), ''[[Oliver Fox]]'' *'''[[Havant and Waterloo (Constituency)|Havant and Waterloo]]''': Conservative (20,340) *'''[[Hazel Grove (Constituency)|Hazel Grove]]''': Conservative (15,272) *'''[[Hendon North (Constituency)|Hendon North]]''': Conservative (6,392) *'''[[Hendon South (Constituency)|Hendon South]]''': Conservative (8,750) *'''[[Henley (Constituency)|Henley]]''': Conservative (18,289) *'''[[Hereford (Constituency)|Hereford]]''': Conservative (4,970) *'''[[Hertfordshire East (Constituency)|Hertfordshire East]]''': Conservative (21,460) *'''[[Hertfordshire South (Constituency)|Hertfordshire South]]''': Conservative (11,798) *'''[[Hertfordshire South West (Constituency)|Hertfordshire South West]]''': Conservative (6,772) *'''[[Hexham (Constituency)|Hexham]]''': Conservative (8,548) *'''[[High Peak (Constituency)|High Peak]]''': Conservative (4,755) *'''[[Hitchin (Constituency)|Hitchin]]''': Conservative (13,229) *'''[[Holland with Boston (Constituency)|Holland with Boston]]''': Conservative (17,532) *'''[[Honiton (Constituency)|Honiton]]''': Conservative (25,231) *'''[[Horncastle (Constituency)|Horncastle]]''': Conservative (10,529) *'''[[Hornsey (Constituency)|Hornsey]]''': Conservative (4,037), ''[[John Good]]'' *'''[[Horsham and Crawley (Constituency)|Horsham and Crawley]]''': Conservative (15,021) *'''[[Hove (Constituency)|Hove]]''': Conservative (19,449) *'''[[Howden (Constituency)|Howden]]''': Conservative (14,544) *'''[[Huntingdonshire (Constituency)|Huntingdonshire]]''': Conservative (21,563) ===Conservative Holds at the 1979 Election IβR=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Ilford North (Constituency)|Ilford North]]''': Conservative (7,195) *'''[[Kensington (Constituency)|Kensington]]''': Conservative (5,463) *'''[[Kidderminster (Constituency)|Kidderminster]]''': Conservative (15,652) *'''[[Kingston upon Thames (Constituency)|Kingston upon Thames]]''': Conservative (13,544) *'''[[Kinross and West Perthshire (Constituency)|Kinross and West Perthshire]]''': Conservative (6,478) *'''[[Knutsford (Constituency)|Knutsford]]''': Conservative (17,803) *'''[[Lancaster (Constituency)|Lancaster]]''': Conservative (4,226), ''[[Aloysius Thorpe]]'' *'''[[Leeds North East (Constituency)|Leeds North East]]''': Conservative (5,384) *'''[[Leeds North West (Constituency)|Leeds North West]]''': Conservative (6,214) *'''[[Leek (Constituency)|Leek]]''': Conservative (10,571) *'''[[Leominster (Constituency)|Leominster]]''': Conservative (4,865) *'''[[Lewes (Constituency)|Lewes]]''': Conservative (21,713), ''[[Alan Major]]'' *'''[[Liverpool Wavertree (Constituency)|Liverpool Wavertree]]''': Conservative (6,932) *'''[[Louth (Constituency)|Louth]]''': Conservative (6,675) *'''[[Lowestoft (Constituency)|Lowestoft]]''': Conservative (7,821) *'''[[Ludlow (Constituency)|Ludlow]]''': Conservative (8,382) *'''[[Macclesfield (Constituency)|Macclesfield]]''': Conservative (23,337) *'''[[Maidstone (Constituency)|Maidstone]]''': Conservative (21,051) *'''[[Maldon (Constituency)|Maldon]]''': Conservative (16,737) *'''[[Manchester Withington (Constituency)|Manchester Withington]]''': Conservative (3,352) *'''[[Melton (Constituency)|Melton]]''': Conservative (24,360) *'''[[Monmouth (Constituency)|Monmouth]]''': Conservative (9,762) *'''[[Morecambe and Lonsdale (Constituency)|Morecambe and Lonsdale]]''': Conservative (15,815) *'''[[Nantwich (Constituency)|Nantwich]]''': Conservative (7,705) *'''[[Newbury (Constituency)|Newbury]]''': Conservative (10,289) *'''[[Newcastle Upon Tyne North (Constituency)|Newcastle Upon Tyne North]]''': Conservative (1,711) *'''[[New Forest (Constituency)|New Forest]]''': Conservative (25,450) *'''[[Norfolk North (Constituency)|Norfolk North]]''': Conservative (21,826) *'''[[Norfolk South (Constituency)|Norfolk South]]''': Conservative (19,037) *'''[[Norfolk South West (Constituency)|Norfolk South West]]''': Conservative (10,704) *'''[[Northampton South (Constituency)|Northampton South]]''': Conservative (3,634) *'''[[Northwich (Constituency)|Northwich]]''': Conservative (8,746) *'''[[Orpington (Constituency)|Orpington]]''': Conservative (16,076) *'''[[Oswestry (Constituency)|Oswestry]]''': Conservative (13,401) *'''[[Oxfordshire Mid (Constituency)|Oxfordshire Mid]]''': Conservative (15,461) *'''[[Pembroke (Constituency)|Pembroke]]''': Conservative (7,468) *'''[[Penrith and the Border (Constituency)|Penrith and the Border]]''': Conservative (17,096) *'''[[Petersfield (Constituency)|Petersfield]]''': Conservative (22,375) *'''[[Plymouth Drake (Constituency)|Plymouth Drake]]''': Conservative (4,244) *'''[[Plymouth Sutton (Constituency)|Plymouth Sutton]]''': Conservative (11,287) *'''[[Poole (Constituency)|Poole]]''': Conservative (23,555) *'''[[Portsmouth South (Constituency)|Portsmouth South]]''': Conservative (11,529) *'''[[Pudsey (Constituency)|Pudsey]]''': Conservative (8,739) *'''[[Ravensbourne (Constituency)|Ravensbourne]]''': Conservative (15,390) *'''[[Reading North (Constituency)|Reading North]]''': Conservative (7,423) *'''[[Reading South (Constituency)|Reading South]]''': Conservative (15,645) *'''[[Reigate (Constituency)|Reigate]]''': Conservative (21,313) *'''[[Renfrewshire East (Constituency)|Renfrewshire East]]''': Conservative (13,238) *'''[[Richmond (Surrey) (Constituency)|Richmond (Surrey)]]''': Conservative (2,530) *'''[[Richmond (Yorks) (Constituency)|Richmond (Yorks)]]''': Conservative (18,994), ''[[Kyle Baccei]]'' *'''[[Ripon (Constituency)|Ripon]]''': Conservative (16,203) *'''[[Romford (Constituency)|Romford]]''': Conservative (8,812), ''[[William Blair]]'' *'''[[Ross and Cromarty (Constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]]''': Conservative (4,735) *'''[[Ruislip-Northwood (Constituency)|Ruislip-Northwood]]''': Conservative (17,207) *'''[[Runcorn (Constituency)|Runcorn]]''': Conservative (10,681) *'''[[Rushcliffe (Constituency)|Rushcliffe]]''': Conservative (22,484) *'''[[Rutland and Stamford (Constituency)|Rutland and Stamford]]''': Conservative (14,815) *'''[[Rye (Constituency)|Rye]]''': Conservative (23,078) ===Conservative Holds at the 1979 Election SβZ=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Saffron Walden (Constituency)|Saffron Walden]]''': Conservative (15,363) *'''[[St. Albans (Constituency)|St. Albans]]''': Conservative (17,244) *'''[[St. Ives (Constituency)|St. Ives]]''': Conservative (13,716), ''[[Rufus Prewett]]'' *'''[[St. Marylebone (Constituency)|St. Marylebone]]''': Conservative (8,313) *'''[[Salisbury (Constituency)|Salisbury]]''': Conservative (6,244) *'''[[Scarborough (Constituency)|Scarborough]]''': Conservative (12,325) *'''[[Sevenoaks (Constituency)|Sevenoaks]]''': Conservative (22,114) *'''[[Sheffield Hallam (Constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]]''': Conservative (14,934), ''[[Edward Morrison]]'' *'''[[Shipley (Constituency)|Shipley]]''': Conservative (8,360) *'''[[Shoreham (Constituency)|Shoreham]]''': Conservative (21,585) *'''[[Shrewsbury (Constituency)|Shrewsbury]]''': Conservative (10,184) *'''[[Sidcup (Constituency)|Sidcup]]''': Conservative (13,456) *'''[[Skipton (Constituency)|Skipton]]''': Conservative (5,693) *'''[[Solihull (Constituency)|Solihull]]''': Conservative (32,207), ''[[Serena Marsden]]'' *'''[[Somerset North (Constituency)|Somerset North]]''': Conservative (21,051) *'''[[Southend East (Constituency)|Southend East]]''': Conservative (430) *'''[[Southend West (Constituency)|Southend West]]''': Conservative (16,864) *'''[[Southgate (Constituency)|Southgate]]''': Conservative (20,079) *'''[[Southport (Constituency)|Southport]]''': Conservative (6,527), ''[[Dilan Winters]]'' *'''[[Spelthorne (Constituency)|Spelthorne]]''': Conservative (16,153) *'''[[Stafford and Stone (Constituency)|Stafford and Stone]]''': Conservative (13,177) *'''[[Staffordshire South West (Constituency)|Staffordshire South West]]''': Conservative (17,433) *'''[[Stratford-on-Avon (Constituency)|Stratford-on-Avon]]''': Conservative (22,554), ''[[Isabelle Wright]]'' *'''[[Streatham (Constituency)|Streatham]]''': Conservative (5,500) *'''[[Stretford (Constituency)|Stretford]]''': Conservative (4,506) *'''[[Stroud (Constituency)|Stroud]]''': Conservative (15,497) *'''[[Sudbury and Woodbridge (Constituency)|Sudbury and Woodbridge]]''': Conservative (20,572) *'''[[Surbiton (Constituency)|Surbiton]]''': Conservative (10,802) *'''[[Surrey East (Constituency)|Surrey East]]''': Conservative (19,400) *'''[[Surrey North West (Constituency)|Surrey North West]]''': Conservative (25,456), ''[[Matthew Roberson]]'' *'''[[Sussex Mid (Constituency)|Sussex Mid]]''': Conservative (20,843) *'''[[Sutton and Cheam (Constituency)|Sutton and Cheam]]''': Conservative (15,706) *'''[[Sutton Coldfield (Constituency)|Sutton Coldfield]]''': Conservative (26,107), ''[[Robert George Grosvenor]]'' *'''[[Taunton (Constituency)|Taunton]]''': Conservative (12,724) *'''[[Thanet East (Constituency)|Thanet East]]''': Conservative (10,239) *'''[[Thanet West (Constituency)|Thanet West]]''': Conservative (9,546) *'''[[Thirsk and Malton (Constituency)|Thirsk and Malton]]''': Conservative (20,596) *'''[[Tiverton (Constituency)|Tiverton]]''': Conservative (16,229) *'''[[Tonbridge and Malling (Constituency)|Tonbridge and Malling]]''': Conservative (16,252) *'''[[Torbay (Constituency)|Torbay]]''': Conservative (20,868) *'''[[Totnes (Constituency)|Totnes]]''': Conservative (10,565) *'''[[Tunbridge Wells (Constituency)|Tunbridge Wells]]''': Conservative (20,536) *'''[[Twickenham (Constituency)|Twickenham]]''': Conservative (12,848) *'''[[Tynemouth (Constituency)|Tynemouth]]''': Conservative (7,564) *'''[[Upminster (Constituency)|Upminster]]''': Conservative (9,065) *'''[[Uxbridge (Constituency)|Uxbridge]]''': Conservative (7,995) *'''[[Wallasey (Constituency)|Wallasey]]''': Conservative (5,381) *'''[[Wanstead and Woodford (Constituency)|Wanstead and Woodford]]''': Conservative (17,750) *'''[[Warwick and Leamington (Constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]]''': Conservative (16,558), ''[[Giles Moore]]'' *'''[[Wellingborough (Constituency)|Wellingborough]]''': Conservative (12,534) *'''[[Wells (Constituency)|Wells]]''': Conservative (12,196) *'''[[Westbury (Constituency)|Westbury]]''': Conservative (13,979) *'''[[Westmorland (Constituency)|Westmorland]]''': Conservative (12,407) *'''[[Weston-Super-Mare (Constituency)|Weston-Super-Mare]]''': Conservative (24,313) *'''[[Wimbledon (Constituency)|Wimbledon]]''': Conservative (13,315), ''[[Noah Gray]]'' *'''[[Winchester (Constituency)|Winchester]]''': Conservative (22,820) *'''[[Windsor and Maidenhead (Constituency)|Windsor and Maidenhead]]''': Conservative (25,130) *'''[[Wirral (Constituency)|Wirral]]''': Conservative (23,331) *'''[[Woking (Constituency)|Woking]]''': Conservative (18,392) *'''[[Wokingham (Constituency)|Wokingham]]''': Conservative (18,746) *'''[[Wolverhampton South West (Constituency)|Wolverhampton South West]]''': Conservative (10,760) *'''[[Woolwich West (Constituency)|Woolwich West]]''': Conservative (2,609) *'''[[Worcester (Constituency)|Worcester]]''': Conservative (11,589) *'''[[Worcestershire South (Constituency)|Worcestershire South]]''': Conservative (20,654) *'''[[Worthing (Constituency)|Worthing]]''': Conservative (20,380) *'''[[Wycombe (Constituency)|Wycombe]]''': Conservative (20,171) *'''[[Yarmouth (Constituency)|Yarmouth]]''': Conservative (7,228) *'''[[Yeovil (Constituency)|Yeovil]]''': Conservative (11,382) ==Labour Results== The Labour Party lost 50 seats. ===Labour Co-Op Holds at the 1979 Election=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Brent South (Constituency)|Brent South]]''': Labour (11,616) *'''[[Bristol North East (Constituency)|Bristol North East]]''': Labour (5,652) *'''[[Dunfermline (Constituency)|Dunfermline]]''': Labour (7,313) *'''[[Edmonton (Constituency)|Edmonton]]''': Labour (1,980) *'''[[Farnworth (Constituency)|Farnworth]]''': Labour (8,107) *'''[[Glasgow Maryhill (Constituency)|Glasgow Maryhill]]''': Labour (17,496) *'''[[Harlow (Constituency)|Harlow]]''': Labour (1,392) *'''[[Huddersfield East (Constituency)|Huddersfield East]]''': Labour (3,095) *'''[[Lambeth Central (Constituency)|Lambeth Central]]''': Labour (5,976) *'''[[Manchester Wythenshawe (Constituency)|Manchester Wythenshawe]]''': Labour (12,113), ''[[Chesney Lewis]]'' *'''[[Warrington (Constituency)|Warrington]]''': Labour (10,274) *'''[[Wolverhampton South East (Constituency)|Wolverhampton South East]]''': Labour (7,901) ===Labour Gains at the 1979 Election=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Ashfield (Constituency)|Ashfield]]''': Labour (7,797) *'''[[Ayrshire South (Constituency)|Ayrshire South]]''': Labour (1,521) *'''[[Birmingham Stechford (Constituency)|Birmingham Stechford]]''': Labour (1,649) *'''[[Carmarthen (Constituency)|Carmarthen]]''': Labour (1,978) *'''[[Dunbartonshire East (Constituency)|Dunbartonshire East]]''': Labour (2,324) *'''[[Glasgow Cathcart (Constituency)|Glasgow Cathcart]]''': Labour (1,600) *'''[[Newham North East (Constituency)|Newham North East]]''': Labour (10,040) *'''[[Paisley (Constituency)|Paisley]]''': Labour (13,755) *'''[[Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan (Constituency)|Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan]]''': Labour (984) *'''[[Walsall North (Constituency)|Walsall North]]''': Labour (5,866) *'''[[Workington (Constituency)|Workington]]''': Labour (5,756) ==Other Party Results== The other parties had no major gains or losses and mainly stayed the same. ===Liberal Seats after the 1979 Election=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''[[Berwick-upon-Tweed (Constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]]''': Liberal (5,688) *'''[[Cardigan (Constituency)|Cardigan]]''': Liberal (2,194) *'''[[Colne Valley (Constituency)|Colne Valley]]''': Liberal (2,352) *'''[[Inverness (Constituency)|Inverness]]''': Liberal (4,157) *'''[[Isle of Ely (Constituency)|Isle of Ely]]''': Liberal (3,330), ''[[Monty Carlyle]]'' *'''[[Isle of Wight (Constituency)|Isle of Wight]]''': Liberal (352) *'''[[Liverpool Edge Hill (Constituency)|Liverpool Edge Hill]]''': Liberal (4,248), ''[[James Kennedy]]'' *'''[[Orkney and Shetland (Constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]]''': Liberal (6,810), ''[[Samuel Banff]]'' *'''[[Rochdale (Constituency)|Rochdale]]''': Liberal (5,294) *'''[[Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles (Constituency)|Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles]]''': Liberal (10,690) *'''[[Truro (Constituency)|Truro]]''': Liberal (8,708), ''[[Adam Croft]]'' ===Other Parties (Non Playable)=== '''Constituency''': Party (Majority), ''MP (Where Applicable)'' *'''Antrim South''': Official Unionist (38,868) *'''Armagh''': Official Unionist (8,123) *'''Belfast South''': Official Unionist (17,130) *'''Down South''': Official Unionist (8,221) *'''Londonderry''': Official Unionist (12,407) *'''[[Caernarvon (Constituency)|Caernarvon]]''': Plaid Cymru (8,724) *'''[[Merioneth(Constituency)|Merioneth]]''': Plaid Cymru (3,910) *'''Belfast West''': SDLP (8,235) *'''[[Dundee East(Constituency)|Dundee East]]''': SNP (2,519) *'''[[Western Isles(Constituency)|Western Isles]]''': SNP (3,063) *'''[[Cardiff West(Constituency)|Cardiff West]]''': Speaker (23,763) *'''Down North''': Ulster Unionist (23,625) *'''Ulster Mid''': United Ulster Unionist (9,983) *'''Belfast East''': Democratic Unionist (64) *'''Belfast North''': Democratic Unionist (995) *'''Antrim North''': Democratic Unionist (18,543) *'''Fermanagh and South Tyrone''': Ind. (4,987)
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