UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

City of London & Westminster South — Crosby

Croydon Central — Derbyshire North East

City of London & Westminster South
[E] Conservative hold

P Brooke	Conservative	16,851	60.68%
R Profitt	Labour	7,067	25.45%
H Ball-Wilson	Liberal	3,375	12.15%
K Mathews	National Front	478	1.72%

Electorate: 50,357; Turnout: 55.15%;
Majority: 9,784 (35.23%)

Cleveland & Whitby
[E] Conservative hold

L Brittan	Conservative	26,735	51.00%
BJ Pimlott	Labour	19,818	37.80%
M Pitts	Liberal	5,870	11.20%

Electorate: 65,488; Turnout: 80.05%;
Majority: 6,917 (13.19%)

Clitheroe
[E] Conservative hold

D Waddington	Conservative	25,081	57.07%
LR Sutton	Labour	13,502	30.72%
F Wilson	Liberal	5,362	12.20%

Electorate: 54,468; Turnout: 80.68%;
Majority: 11,579 (26.35%)

Coatbridge & Airdrie
[S] Labour hold

J Dempsey	Labour	27,598	60.92%
J Love	Conservative	12,442	27.47%
M Johnstone	SNP	5,260	11.61%

Electorate: 60,133; Turnout: 75.33%;
Majority: 15,156 (33.46%)

Colchester
[E] Conservative hold

A Buck	Conservative	36,740	52.93%
RE Russell	Labour	22,877	32.96%
M Gage	Liberal	9,794	14.11%

Electorate: 90,589; Turnout: 76.62%;
Majority: 13,863 (19.97%)

Colne Valley
[E] Liberal hold

RS Wainwright	Liberal	20,151	38.38%
PJ Hildrew	Labour	17,799	33.90%
SG Kaye	Conservative	14,450	27.52%
TL Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	101	0.19%

Electorate: 64,139; Turnout: 81.86%;
Majority: 2,352 (4.48%)

Consett
[E] Labour hold

DJ Watkins	Labour	26,708	61.26%
M Lycett	Conservative	10,841	24.87%
R Kennedy	Liberal	6,048	13.87%

Electorate: 57,547; Turnout: 75.76%;
Majority: 15,867 (36.39%)

Conway
[W] Conservative hold

JWP Roberts	Conservative	18,142	44.71%
GW Davies	Labour	12,069	29.74%
JR Roberts	Liberal	6,867	16.92%
E Price	Plaid Cymru	3,497	8.62%

Electorate: 51,350; Turnout: 79.02%;
Majority: 6,073 (14.97%)

Cornwall North
[E] Conservative gain

GA Neale	Conservative	24,489	51.65%
JW Pardoe	Liberal	20,742	43.75%
RB Tremlett	Labour	1,514	3.19%
J Faull	Ecology	442	0.93%
R Bridgwater	National Front	224	0.47%

Electorate: 55,076; Turnout: 86.08%;
Majority: 3,747 (7.90%)

Coventry North East
[E] Labour hold

GM Park	Labour	27,010	57.34%
E of Shelburne	Conservative	16,487	35.00%
Raj-Mal Singh	Liberal	2,291	4.86%
H Robbins	National Front	546	1.16%
P Corrigan	Communist	390	0.83%
S Perkin	Workers Revolutionary Party	378	0.80%

Electorate: 64,806; Turnout: 72.68%;
Majority: 10,523 (22.34%)

Coventry North West
[E] Labour hold

G Robinson	Labour	19,460	50.13%
D Miles	Conservative	15,489	39.90%
C Poole	Liberal	3,413	8.79%
A Stewart	National Front	359	0.92%
T Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	98	0.25%

Electorate: 49,008; Turnout: 79.21%;
Majority: 3,971 (10.23%)

Coventry South East
[E] Labour hold

W Wilson	Labour	19,583	55.00%
T Sawdon	Conservative	12,097	33.98%
M Brazier	Liberal	2,984	8.38%
R Clarke	National Front	513	1.44%
A Wilkins	Workers Revolutionary Party	426	1.20%

Electorate: 50,961; Turnout: 69.86%;
Majority: 7,486 (21.03%)

Coventry South West
[E] Conservative gain

JP Butcher	Conservative	27,928	49.27%
A Wise	Labour	22,274	39.30%
NB Chapple	Liberal	5,921	10.45%
M Williamson	National Front	482	0.85%
T Keen	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	79	0.14%

Electorate: 69,552; Turnout: 81.50%;
Majority: 5,654 (9.97%)

Crewe
[E] Labour hold

GP Dunwoody	Labour	22,288	48.33%
JV Butcher	Conservative	18,051	39.14%
C Bithell	Liberal	5,430	11.77%
W Tonks	National Front	352	0.76%

Electorate: 59,530; Turnout: 77.48%;
Majority: 4,237 (9.19%)

Crosby
[E] Conservative hold

RG Page	Conservative	34,768	56.95%
A Mulhearn	Labour	15,496	25.38%
A Hill	Liberal	9,302	15.24%
P Hussey	Ecology	1,489	2.44%

Electorate: 81,208; Turnout: 75.18%;
Majority: 19,272 (31.56%)

Croydon Central
[E] Conservative hold

JEM Moore	Conservative	26,457	52.47%
DF White	Labour	18,499	36.69%
JP Johnson	Liberal	5,112	10.14%
MJ Soper	Ind Conservative	238	0.47%
P Gibson	Workers Revolutionary Party	116	0.23%

Electorate: 66,629; Turnout: 75.68%;
Majority: 7,958 (15.78%)

Croydon North East
[E] Conservative hold

BB Wetherill	Conservative	21,560	51.01%
DH Simpson	Labour	14,784	34.98%
PT Streeter	Liberal	5,459	12.92%
PW Moss	National Front	464	1.10%

Electorate: 57,022; Turnout: 74.12%;
Majority: 6,776 (16.03%)

Croydon North West
[E] Conservative hold

RG Taylor	Conservative	19,928	49.42%
SJ Boden	Labour	16,159	40.07%
WH Pitt	Liberal	4,239	10.51%

Electorate: 55,608; Turnout: 72.52%;
Majority: 3,769 (9.35%)

Croydon South
[E] Conservative hold

WG Clark	Conservative	30,874	64.86%
P Billenness	Liberal	10,006	21.02%
JM Bloom	Labour	6,249	13.13%
R Dummer	National Front	469	0.99%

Electorate: 62,022; Turnout: 76.74%;
Majority: 20,868 (43.84%)

Dagenham
[E] Labour hold

J Parker	Labour	24,707	52.57%
G Hyams	Conservative	14,600	31.07%
M Long	Liberal	5,583	11.88%
J Roberts	National Front	1,553	3.30%
D Connor	Communist	553	1.18%

Electorate: 67,990; Turnout: 69.12%;
Majority: 10,107 (21.51%)

Darlington
[E] Labour hold

EJ Fletcher	Labour	22,565	45.52%
T Kirkhope	Conservative	21,513	43.39%
K Walker	Liberal	5,054	10.19%
H Outhwaite	National Front	444	0.90%

Electorate: 63,218; Turnout: 78.42%;
Majority: 1,052 (2.12%)

Dartford
[E] Conservative gain

R Dunn	Conservative	21,195	45.87%
S Irving	Labour	19,803	42.86%
I Josephs	Liberal	4,407	9.54%
I Nobbs	National Front	476	1.03%
J Beddowes	Fancy Dress Party	328	0.71%

Electorate: 57,507; Turnout: 80.35%;
Majority: 1,392 (3.01%)

Darwen
[E] Conservative hold

C Fletcher-Cooke	Conservative	30,789	52.65%
L Ellman	Labour	17,763	30.37%
A Cooper	Liberal	9,928	16.98%

Electorate: 75,008; Turnout: 77.97%;
Majority: 13,026 (22.27%)

Daventry
[E] Conservative hold

R Prentice	Conservative	41,422	56.61%
JL Rawlings	Labour	19,939	27.25%
R Woodside	Liberal	11,286	15.42%
G Younger	National Front	522	0.71%

Electorate: 90,892; Turnout: 80.50%;
Majority: 21,483 (29.36%)

Dearne valley
[E] Labour hold

E Wainwright	Labour	31,783	68.82%
JR Pattman	Conservative	9,048	19.59%
P Hargreaves	Liberal	5,352	11.59%

Electorate: 64,183; Turnout: 71.96%;
Majority: 22,735 (49.23%)

Denbigh
[W] Conservative hold

WGO Morgan	Conservative	23,683	44.93%
DL Williams	Liberal	14,833	28.14%
HR Thomas	Labour	9,276	17.60%
IW Jones	Plaid Cymru	4,915	9.33%

Electorate: 65,902; Turnout: 79.98%;
Majority: 8,850 (16.79%)

Deptford
[E] Labour hold

JE Silkin	Labour	19,391	54.22%
D Grant	Conservative	11,638	32.54%
N Rowden	Liberal	2,774	7.76%
R Mitchell	National Front	1,490	4.17%
J Maguire	Socialist Unity	274	0.77%
G Dacres	Workers Revolutionary Party	198	0.55%

Electorate: 56,096; Turnout: 63.76%;
Majority: 7,753 (21.68%)

Derby North
[E] Labour hold

P Whitehead	Labour	28,797	44.87%
RN Kemm	Conservative	28,583	44.53%
RF Whitehouse	Liberal	6,093	9.49%
C Bayliss	National Front	592	0.92%
SP Gibson	English Nationalist	116	0.18%

Electorate: 83,580; Turnout: 76.79%;
Majority: 214 (0.33%)

Derby South
[E] Labour hold

WH Johnson	Labour	26,945	50.04%
MC Stern	Conservative	20,853	38.72%
JD Somerset Sullivan	Liberal	5,196	9.65%
LA Verity	National Front	587	1.09%
WA Biggs	Workers Revolutionary Party	146	0.27%
J Short	English Nationalist	122	0.23%

Electorate: 75,422; Turnout: 71.40%;
Majority: 6,092 (11.31%)

Derbyshire North East
[E] Labour hold

RJ Ellis	Labour	27,218	48.14%
E Oliver	Conservative	21,889	38.71%
P Hall	Liberal	7,436	13.15%

Electorate: 70,767; Turnout: 79.90%;
Majority: 5,329 (9.42%)

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