1979 United Kingdom general election in England

none August 2019 1979 United Kingdom general election in England England parliamentary no October 1974 United Kingdom general election in England October 1974 List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election 1983 United Kingdom general election in England 1983 All 516 English seats in the House of Commons 75.9% ( 3.3 pp) List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election 3 May 1979 Margaret Thatcher at White House (cropped).jpg 130 120 160 0 6 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) Finchley 253 seats, 38.9% 306 53 12,255,514 47.2% 8.3 pp Prime Minister James Callaghan (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 James Callaghan 5 April 1976 Labour Party (UK) Cardiff South East 255 seats, 40.1% 203 52 9,525,280 36.7% 3.4 pp David Steel 1985 (cropped).jpg 123 120 160 0 0 David Steel July 1976 Liberal Party (UK) Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale 8 seats, 20.2% 7 1 3,878,055 14.9% 5.3 pp On Thursday 3 May 1979, the 1979 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 635 members of the House of Commons, with 516 constituencies being in England. The election was held following the defeat of the Labour government in a no-confidence motion on 28 March 1979, six months before the Parliament was due for dissolution in October 1979. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of Prime Minister James Callaghan, gaining a parliamentary majority of 43 seats. The election was the first of four consecutive election victories for the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher won the most votes and seats in England, and gained a parliamentary majority of 43 seats across the country.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/basics/4393311.stm 1979: Thatcher wins Tory landslide 5 April 2005 news.bbc.co.uk They received 12.26 million English votes, a record at the time.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 20–21 11 June 2026 Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1979 general election in England.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 23 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/38 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 47 2006 Affiliation CandidatesConservative and Unionist Party 516 Labour Party 516 Liberal Party 506 National Front 297 Workers Revolutionary Party 53 Ecology Party 50 Independent 33 Communist Party of Great Britain 18 Other 85Total 2,074 Results +Partyhttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/results.htm Political Science Resources 20 April 2011 Kimber Richard https://web.archive.org/web/20110811163018/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/results.htm 14 April 2025 11 August 2011 https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1979.txt Election Data 1979 14 April 2025British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 47 2006SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 306 53 0 53 59.3 12,255,514 47.2 8.3 Labour Party (UK) 203 0 52 52 39.3 9,525,280 36.7 3.4 Liberal Party (UK) 7 1David Alton in Liverpool Edge Hill. 2Former Leader Jeremy Thorpe in North Devon and Deputy Leader John Pardoe in North Cornwall. 1 1.4 3,878,055 14.9 5.3 National Front (UK) 0 0 0 — 189,150 0.7 0.2 Ecology Party (UK) 0 0 0 — 38,116 0.1 0.1 Independent Labour 0 0 0 — 23,015 0.1 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) 0 0 0 — 11,708 0.0 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 — 11,627 0.0 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 — 6,622 0.0 Independent Conservative 0 0 0 — 5,621 0.0 Mebyon Kernow 0 0 0 — 4,164 0.0 Democratic Labour Party (UK, 1972) 0 0 0 — 3,785 0.0 0.1 Wessex Regionalists 0 colspan=3 Did not stand in Oct. 1974 — 3,090 0.0 Socialist Unity (UK) 0 colspan=3 New — 2,742 0.0 New   Ratepayers (Leek) 0 colspan=3 New — 1,451 0.0 New   United Country 0 colspan=3 New — 1,033 0.0 New Independent Liberal 0 0 0 — 911 0.0 Fellowship Party 0 colspan=3 Did not stand in Oct. 1974 — 531 0.0   Anti-Common Market 0 colspan=3 Did not stand in Oct. 1974 — 926 0.0  Oxford Ecological Movement 0 colspan=3 New — 887 0.0 New   Workers (Leninist) 0 colspan=3 New — 824 0.0 New New Britain Party 0 colspan=3 New — 717 0.0 New  Silly Party 0 colspan=3 New — 642 0.0 New   Troops out of Ireland 0 colspan=3 New — 638 0.0 New   Christian Anti-Abortion 0 colspan=3 New — 569 0.0 New   Labour Alliance Party 0 colspan=3 New — 565 0.0 New Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain 0 0 0 — 518 0.0   Independent Democrat 0 colspan=3 New — 438 0.0 New   Fancy Dress 0 colspan=3 New — 328 0.0 New   Irish National Party 0 colspan=3 New — 243 0.0 New   United English National 0 colspan=3 New — 238 0.0 New   Independent Rhodesian Front 0 colspan=3 New — 232 0.0 New   Cornish Nationalist 0 colspan=3 New — 227 0.0 New   Citizen's Protest Vote 0 colspan=3 New — 204 0.0 New   Child and Family Protection 0 colspan=3 New — 190 0.0 New   Public Safety 0 colspan=3 New — 182 0.0 New   British Socialist Empire 0 colspan=3 New — 156 0.0 New   Homeland Party 0 colspan=3 New — 146 0.0 New Social Democratic Party (UK, 1979) 0 colspan=3 New — 144 0.0 New English National Party 0 0 0 — 142 0.0   Independent Businessman 0 colspan=3 New — 115 0.0 New   Anti-Corruption 0 colspan=3 New — 103 0.0 New   Providers Through Care 0 colspan=3 New — 102 0.0 New   Dog Lover's Party 0 colspan=3 New — 79 0.0 New Socialist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 — 78 0.0   Revolutionary Reform 0 colspan=3 New — 77 0.0 New   Police State Prevention 0 colspan=3 New — 61 0.0 New   Libertarian Party 0 colspan=3 New — 34 0.0 New   Community Party 0 colspan=3 New — 30 0.0 New Total 516 0 100.0 25,972,250 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 75.9https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 8 August 2026 3.3 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 47.2 Labour Labour Party (UK) 36.7 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 14.9 Other #777777 1.1 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 59.3 Labour Labour Party (UK) 39.3 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 1.4 By region Note: the following tables indicate the results according to the regions of England which were established in 1994. These regions were not used at the time for the purposes of this election. East Midlands Parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 23 5 0 5 59.0 46.8 8.3 Labour Party (UK) 16 0 5 5 41.0 38.6 3.6 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 13.7 4.3   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 0.5 Total 39 East of England Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 39 8 0 8 86.7 51.5 9.4 Labour Party (UK) 5 0 8 8 11.1 31.9 4.3 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 0 2.2 15.8 5.8   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 0.7 Total 45 Greater London Parliamentary constituencies in London + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 50 9 0 9 54.3 46.0 8.6 Labour Party (UK) 42 0 9 9 45.7 39.6 4.3 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 11.9 5.1   Others 0 0 0 0.0 2.4 0.6 Total 92 North East England Parliamentary constituencies in North East England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 26 0 0 83.9 51.8 2.1 Conservative Party (UK) 4 0 0 12.9 34.2 6.1 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 0 3.2 12.2 4.2   Others 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 0.1 Total 31 North West England Parliamentary constituencies in North West England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 48 0 0 7 58.5 42.4 2.1 Conservative Party (UK) 32 0 0 6 39.0 43.9 6.7 Liberal Party (UK) 2 1 0 1 2.4 13.0 4.9   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 0.2 Total 82 South East England Parliamentary constituencies in South East England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 67 6 0 6 95.7 55.8 9.1 Labour Party (UK) 2 0 6 6 2.9 24.8 3.7 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 0 1.4 18.2 6.1   Others 0 0 0 0.0 1.1 0.5 Total 70 South West England Parliamentary constituencies in South West England + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 40 5 0 5 87.0 51.9 8.3 Labour Party (UK) 5 0 3 3 11.0 24.4 4.3 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 2 2 2.0 22.4 4.9   Others 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 0.9 Total 46 West Midlands Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Conservative Party (UK) 31 10 0 10 55.4 47.1 9.6 Labour Party (UK) 25 0 10 10 44.6 40.1 3.8 Liberal Party (UK) 0 0 0 0.0 11.5 6.3   Others 0 0 0 0.0 1.3 0.5 Total 56 Yorkshire and the Humber Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber + Party Seats Aggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of all (%) Total Of all (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 34 0 4 4 61.8 44.5 1.9 Conservative Party (UK) 20 4 0 4 36.4 39.5 6.9 Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 0 1.8 15.1 5.1   Others 0 0 0 0.0 0.9 0.1 Total 55 See also 1979 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland 1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1979 United Kingdom general election in Wales Notes References Politics England United Kingdom Category:1979 in England Category:1970s in England 1979 #England