UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

The region in which each constituency is situated is indicated in square brackets

Banffshire — Bebington & Ellesmere Port

Beckenham — Bethnall Green & Bow

Banffshire
[S] Conservative gain

DJ Myles	Conservative	10,580	44.56%
H Watt	SNP	9,781	41.20%
RE Duncan	Labour	3,381	14.24%

Electorate: 32,768; Turnout: 72.45%;
Majority: 799 (3.37%)

Barking
[E] Labour hold

J Richardson	Labour	18,111	52.78%
M Roe	Conservative	11,103	32.36%
MF Taylor	Liberal	3,679	10.72%
I Newport	National Front	1,021	2.98%
J Barry	Ind Labour	400	1.17%

Electorate: 48,289; Turnout: 71.06%;
Majority: 7,008 (20.42%)

Barkston Ash
[E] Conservative hold

MJH Alison	Conservative	40,381	56.25%
JH Muir	Labour	21,670	30.19%
P Pughe-Morgan	Liberal	7,909	11.02%
D Corry	Ecology	1,829	2.55%

Electorate: 91,890; Turnout: 78.12%;
Majority: 18,711 (26.06%)

Barnsley
[E] Labour hold

R Mason	Labour	36,276	64.02%
G England	Conservative	13,654	24.10%
W Whitaker	Liberal	5,751	10.15%
B Gallagher	Troops Out Of Ireland	638	1.13%
J Davis	Workers Revolutionary Party	348	0.61%

Electorate: 77,699; Turnout: 72.93%;
Majority: 22,622 (39.92%)

Barrow-in-Furness
[E] Labour hold

AE Booth	Labour	22,687	53.24%
P Thompson	Conservative	14,946	35.07%
G Thompson	Liberal	4,983	11.69%

Electorate: 54,451; Turnout: 78.26%;
Majority: 7,741 (18.16%)

Barry
[W] Conservative hold

R Gower	Conservative	30,720	50.91%
PP Stead	Labour	21,928	36.34%
WN Berritt	Liberal	6,105	10.12%
AJ Dixon	Plaid Cymru	1,281	2.12%
ER Kerton	National Front	312	0.52%

Electorate: 75,127; Turnout: 80.33%;
Majority: 8,792 (14.57%)

Basildon
[E] Conservative gain

KH Proctor	Conservative	37,919	46.92%
E Moonman	Labour	32,739	40.51%
R Auvray	Liberal	9,280	11.48%
GA Sawyer	National Front	880	1.09%

Electorate: 103,595; Turnout: 78.01%;
Majority: 5,180 (6.41%)

Basingstoke
[E] Conservative hold

DB Mitchell	Conservative	42,625	54.10%
RW Harris	Labour	20,879	26.50%
P Clatworthy	Liberal	14,605	18.54%
B Packer	National Front	677	0.86%

Electorate: 99,124; Turnout: 79.48%;
Majority: 21,746 (27.60%)

Bassetlaw
[E] Labour hold

JW Ashton	Labour	29,426	50.23%
DK Harris	Conservative	22,247	37.97%
A Wilkinson	Liberal	6,913	11.80%

Electorate: 73,763; Turnout: 79.42%;
Majority: 7,179 (12.25%)

Bath
[E] Conservative hold

C Patten	Conservative	23,025	46.39%
CP Mayhew	Liberal	13,913	28.03%
M Baber	Labour	11,407	22.98%
D Grimes	Ecology	1,082	2.18%
T Mundy	National Front	206	0.42%

Electorate: 63,575; Turnout: 78.07%;
Majority: 9,112 (18.36%)

Batley & Morley
[E] Labour hold

KJ Woolmer	Labour	22,984	49.04%
GNA Crone	Conservative	17,632	37.62%
C Caywood	Liberal	4,943	10.55%
D Parkins	Ind	848	1.81%
C Lord	Ecology	460	0.98%

Electorate: 62,871; Turnout: 74.54%;
Majority: 5,352 (11.42%)

Battersea North
[E] Labour hold

DPT Jay	Labour	15,834	56.22%
P Phillips	Conservative	9,358	33.22%
W Brown	Liberal	2,021	7.18%
M Salt	National Front	772	2.74%
A Lavelle	Workers Party	104	0.37%
P Clay	Workers Revolutionary Party	47	0.17%
J Harwell	Community Party	30	0.11%

Electorate: 41,435; Turnout: 67.98%;
Majority: 6,476 (22.99%)

Battersea South
[E] Labour hold

A Dubs	Labour	13,984	45.11%
T Wallace	Conservative	13,652	44.04%
J Ware	Liberal	2,802	9.04%
A Perry	National Front	561	1.81%

Electorate: 43,712; Turnout: 70.92%;
Majority: 332 (1.07%)

Beaconsfield
[E] Conservative hold

RM Bell	Conservative	31,938	61.68%
EL Glasson	Labour	10,443	20.17%
P Meyer	Liberal	8,853	17.10%
J Noyes	National Front	548	1.06%

Electorate: 67,961; Turnout: 76.19%;
Majority: 21,495 (41.51%)

Bebington & Ellesmere Port
[E] Conservative gain

B Porter	Conservative	32,488	43.85%
A Bates	Labour	32,002	43.20%
P Gilchrist	Liberal	9,591	12.95%

Electorate: 91,816; Turnout: 80.68%;
Majority: 486 (0.66%)

Beckenham
[E] Conservative hold

PC Goodhart	Conservative	24,607	56.85%
JW Mordecai	Labour	10,856	25.08%
C Forrest	Liberal	6,450	14.90%
W Vernon	Ecology	762	1.76%
N Dickson	National Front	606	1.40%

Electorate: 57,939; Turnout: 74.70%;
Majority: 13,751 (31.77%)

Bedford
[E] Conservative hold

THH Skeet	Conservative	31,140	51.21%
NA Hyman	Labour	18,727	30.80%
B Gibbons	Liberal	10,129	16.66%
R Stearns	National Front	813	1.34%

Electorate: 77,315; Turnout: 78.65%;
Majority: 12,413 (20.41%)

Bedfordshire Mid
[E] Conservative hold

SLE Hastings	Conservative	37,724	56.87%
FG Peacock	Labour	17,140	25.84%
CAP Smout	Liberal	11,467	17.29%

Electorate: 81,564; Turnout: 81.32%;
Majority: 20,584 (31.03%)

Bedfordshire South
[E] Conservative hold

WD Madel	Conservative	32,988	56.37%
J Gardner	Labour	16,505	28.20%
M Turner	Liberal	8,402	14.36%
LA Smith	National Front	626	1.07%

Electorate: 73,247; Turnout: 79.90%;
Majority: 16,483 (28.17%)

Bedwellty
[W] Labour hold

NG Kinnock	Labour	28,794	71.35%
R Walter	Conservative	8,358	20.71%
T Richards	Plaid Cymru	2,648	6.56%
PM Rout	Ecology	556	1.38%

Electorate: 50,708; Turnout: 79.59%;
Majority: 20,436 (50.64%)

Beeston
[E] Conservative hold

JT Lester	Conservative	33,273	52.58%
JM Jacob	Labour	23,077	36.47%
T Turner	Liberal	6,935	10.96%

Electorate: 77,802; Turnout: 81.34%;
Majority: 10,196 (16.11%)

Belfast East
[N] Democratic Unionist gain

P Robinson	Democratic Unionist	15,994	31.37%
W Craig	Official Ulster Unionist	15,930	31.24%
O Napier	Alliance	15,066	29.55%
N Agnew	Unionist Party of NI	2,017	3.96%
G Chambers	NI Labour	1,982	3.89%

Electorate: 75,481; Turnout: 67.55%;
Majority: 64 (0.13%)

Belfast North
[N] Democratic Unionist gain

J McQuade	Democratic Unionist	11,690	27.61%
AC Walker	Official Ulster Unionist	10,695	25.26%
P O'Hare	SDLP	7,823	18.47%
AL Dickson	Unionist Party of NI	4,220	9.97%
J Cushnahan	Alliance	4,120	9.73%
S Lynch	Republican Clubs	1,907	4.50%
A Carr	NI Labour	1,889	4.46%

Electorate: 65,073; Turnout: 65.07%;
Majority: 995 (2.35%)

Belfast South
[N] Official Ulster Unionist hold

RJ Bradford	Official Ulster Unionist	28,875	61.71%
B Glass	Alliance	11,745	25.10%
A McDonnell	SDLP	3,694	7.89%
V Brennan	Unionist Party of NI	1,784	3.81%
J Dudgeon	Labour Integrationist	692	1.48%

Electorate: 68,920; Turnout: 67.89%;
Majority: 17,130 (36.61%)

Belfast West
[N] SDLP hold

G Fitt	SDLP	16,480	49.51%
T Passmore	Official Ulster Unionist	8,245	24.77%
W Dickson	Democratic Unionist	3,716	11.16%
B Brennan	Republican Clubs	2,284	6.86%
J Cousins	Alliance	2,024	6.08%
D Peters	NI Labour	540	1.62%

Electorate: 58,884; Turnout: 56.53%;
Majority: 8,235 (24.74%)

Belper
[E] Conservative gain

S Faith	Conservative	27,193	44.36%
RL MacFarquhar	Labour	26,311	42.93%
M Peel	Liberal	7,331	11.96%
J Grand-Scrutton	National Front	460	0.75%

Electorate: 73,341; Turnout: 83.58%;
Majority: 882 (1.44%)

Bermondsey
[E] Labour hold

RJ Mellish	Labour	19,338	63.60%
A Duma	Conservative	7,582	24.94%
J Taylor	Liberal	2,072	6.81%
J Sneath	National Front	1,175	3.86%
A Moore	Workers Revolutionary Party	239	0.79%

Electorate: 51,246; Turnout: 59.33%;
Majority: 11,756 (38.66%)

Berwick & East Lothian
[S] Labour hold

JDH Robertson	Labour	21,977	43.49%
M Marshall	Conservative	20,304	40.18%
T Glen	Liberal	4,948	9.79%
A Macartney	SNP	3,300	6.53%

Electorate: 60,919; Turnout: 82.94%;
Majority: 1,673 (3.31%)

Berwick-upon-Tweed
[E] Liberal hold

AJ Beith	Liberal	19,351	54.33%
CAE Baker-Cresswell	Conservative	13,663	38.36%
GM Elliott	Labour	2,602	7.31%

Electorate: 42,493; Turnout: 83.82%;
Majority: 5,688 (15.97%)

Bethnall Green & Bow
[E] Labour hold

I Mikardo	Labour	14,227	49.84%
E Flounders	Liberal	6,673	23.38%
R Page	Conservative	5,567	19.50%
M Webster	National Front	1,740	6.10%
W Colvill	Workers Revolutionary Party	183	0.64%
R Varnes	Socialist Unity	153	0.54%

Electorate: 51,436; Turnout: 55.49%;
Majority: 7,554 (26.47%)

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