UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

East Grinstead — Epping Forest

Epsom & Ewell — Fife Central

East Grinstead
[E] Conservative hold

G Johnson Smith	Conservative	28,279	62.05%
J Nieboer	Liberal	11,102	24.36%
RJ Taylor	Labour	6,196	13.59%

Electorate: 59,124; Turnout: 77.09%;
Majority: 17,177 (37.69%)

East Kilbride
[S] Labour hold

MS Miller	Labour	31,401	53.88%
WG Hodgson	Conservative	17,128	29.39%
G Murray	SNP	9,090	15.60%
D McDowell	Communist	658	1.13%

Electorate: 73,094; Turnout: 79.73%;
Majority: 14,273 (24.49%)

Eastleigh
[E] Conservative hold

DEC Price	Conservative	38,516	55.92%
CE Roberts	Labour	18,222	26.45%
GD Johnson	Liberal	12,143	17.63%

Electorate: 85,400; Turnout: 80.66%;
Majority: 20,294 (29.46%)

Ebbw Vale
[W] Labour hold

MM Foot	Labour	20,028	69.23%
G Inkin	Conservative	3,937	13.61%
AT Pope	Liberal	3,082	10.65%
G ap Roberts	Plaid Cymru	1,884	6.51%

Electorate: 36,207; Turnout: 79.90%;
Majority: 16,091 (55.62%)

Eccles
[E] Labour hold

L Carter-Jones	Labour	24,280	53.58%
J Reid	Conservative	16,221	35.79%
G Knight	Liberal	4,448	9.82%
T Keenan	Communist	368	0.81%

Electorate: 58,496; Turnout: 77.47%;
Majority: 8,059 (17.78%)

Edinburgh Central
[S] Labour hold

RF Cook	Labour	12,191	47.85%
DW McLetchie	Conservative	7,530	29.55%
S Donaldson	Liberal	3,096	12.15%
G Kennedy	SNP	2,486	9.76%
CD Boyd	Scottish Labour	176	0.69%

Electorate: 37,740; Turnout: 67.51%;
Majority: 4,661 (18.29%)

Edinburgh East
[S] Labour hold

GS Strang	Labour	23,477	53.69%
G Campbell	Conservative	14,660	33.52%
GC MacDougall	SNP	5,296	12.11%
C Downes	Communist	173	0.40%
T Brotherstone	Workers Revolutionary Party	124	0.28%

Electorate: 57,473; Turnout: 76.09%;
Majority: 8,817 (20.16%)

Edinburgh Leith
[S] Labour hold

R Brown	Labour	12,961	46.30%
AJ McLernan	Conservative	8,944	31.95%
K Aitken	Liberal	3,382	12.08%
WR Platt	SNP	2,706	9.67%

Electorate: 37,204; Turnout: 75.24%;
Majority: 4,017 (14.35%)

Edinburgh North
[S] Conservative hold

AM Fletcher	Conservative	14,170	43.59%
N Lindsay	Labour	9,773	30.06%
R Guild	Liberal	5,045	15.52%
N MacCormick	SNP	3,521	10.83%

Electorate: 45,303; Turnout: 71.76%;
Majority: 4,397 (13.53%)

Edinburgh Pentlands
[S] Conservative hold

ML Rifkind	Conservative	17,684	39.28%
AJ Johnstone	Labour	16,486	36.62%
C Luckhurst	Liberal	5,919	13.15%
S Maxwell	SNP	4,934	10.96%

Electorate: 58,652; Turnout: 76.76%;
Majority: 1,198 (2.66%)

Edinburgh South
[S] Conservative hold

MA Ancram	Conservative	17,986	39.74%
JG Brown	Labour	15,526	34.30%
JPB Lovell	Liberal	7,400	16.35%
R Shirley	SNP	3,800	8.40%
SM Biggar	Ecology	552	1.22%

Electorate: 58,556; Turnout: 77.30%;
Majority: 2,460 (5.43%)

Edinburgh West
[S] Conservative hold

Ld J Douglas-Hamilton	Conservative	19,360	45.44%
MCB McGregor	Labour	12,009	28.19%
R Callender	Liberal	7,330	17.21%
C Bell	SNP	3,904	9.16%

Electorate: 54,727; Turnout: 77.85%;
Majority: 7,351 (17.25%)

Edmonton
[E] Labour hold

TE Graham	Labour	20,713	47.14%
J Attwood	Conservative	18,733	42.64%
W Wintle	Liberal	3,276	7.46%
DJ Bruce	National Front	1,213	2.76%

Electorate: 58,860; Turnout: 74.64%;
Majority: 1,980 (4.51%)

Enfield North
[E] Conservative gain

T Eggar	Conservative	24,927	48.06%
B Davies	Labour	21,444	41.34%
K Crawford	Liberal	4,681	9.02%
J Wotherspoon	National Front	816	1.57%

Electorate: 66,427; Turnout: 78.08%;
Majority: 3,483 (6.72%)

Epping Forest
[E] Conservative hold

JA Biggs-Davison	Conservative	29,447	57.65%
WD Shepherd	Labour	13,994	27.40%
D Kitching	Liberal	6,528	12.78%
B Wilkins	National Front	1,110	2.17%

Electorate: 66,723; Turnout: 76.55%;
Majority: 15,453 (30.25%)

Epsom & Ewell
[E] Conservative hold

A Hamilton	Conservative	39,104	61.91%
M Anderson	Liberal	12,746	20.18%
CR Smith	Labour	11,315	17.91%

Electorate: 82,126; Turnout: 76.91%;
Majority: 26,358 (41.73%)

Erith & Crayford
[E] Labour hold

AJ Wellbeloved	Labour	22,450	47.25%
S Blunt	Conservative	19,717	41.49%
M Jamieson	Liberal	4,512	9.50%
O Hawke	National Front	838	1.76%

Electorate: 61,350; Turnout: 77.45%;
Majority: 2,733 (5.75%)

Esher
[E] Conservative hold

DCM Mather	Conservative	24,152	65.10%
C Welchman	Liberal	7,311	19.71%
JT Pickles	Labour	5,634	15.19%

Electorate: 47,860; Turnout: 77.51%;
Majority: 16,841 (45.40%)

Essex South East
[E] Conservative hold

B Braine	Conservative	40,497	63.96%
NJM Smith	Labour	15,965	25.21%
F Alexander	Liberal	6,858	10.83%

Electorate: 82,350; Turnout: 76.89%;
Majority: 24,532 (38.74%)

Eton & Slough
[E] Labour hold

J Lestor	Labour	20,710	42.58%
C Ward	Conservative	19,370	39.83%
P Goldenberg	Liberal	5,254	10.80%
G Brooker	Ind Conservative	2,359	4.85%
D Jones	National Front	943	1.94%

Electorate: 64,916; Turnout: 74.92%;
Majority: 1,340 (2.76%)

Exeter
[E] Conservative hold

JG Hannam	Conservative	27,173	48.41%
GW Hobbs	Labour	19,146	34.11%
H Marsh	Liberal	8,756	15.60%
P Frings	Ecology	1,053	1.88%

Electorate: 68,825; Turnout: 81.55%;
Majority: 8,027 (14.30%)

Eye
[E] Conservative hold

JS Gummer	Conservative	28,707	51.96%
PE Koppel	Labour	13,686	24.77%
P Kemsley	Liberal	12,259	22.19%
JJ Flint	Ind	324	0.59%
NH Rogers	Anti-Common Market Conservative	268	0.49%

Electorate: 69,843; Turnout: 79.10%;
Majority: 15,021 (27.19%)

Falmouth & Cambourne
[E] Conservative hold

WD Mudd	Conservative	30,523	56.68%
PM Tebbutt	Labour	13,923	25.85%
J Hall-Say	Liberal	7,489	13.91%
L Truran	Mebyon Kernow	1,637	3.04%
M Swingler	National Front	280	0.52%

Electorate: 69,705; Turnout: 77.26%;
Majority: 16,600 (30.83%)

Fareham
[E] Conservative hold

R Lloyd	Conservative	28,730	58.98%
P Boulden	Liberal	11,685	23.99%
BR Townsend	Labour	8,041	16.51%
DC Vine	National Front	252	0.52%

Electorate: 61,612; Turnout: 79.06%;
Majority: 17,045 (34.99%)

Farnham
[E] Conservative hold

M Macmillan	Conservative	30,127	58.32%
P Raynes	Liberal	13,658	26.44%
PW Davis	Labour	7,497	14.51%
SL Bradford	Citizens Protest Vote	204	0.39%
R Peel	United Country Party	170	0.33%

Electorate: 64,607; Turnout: 79.95%;
Majority: 16,469 (31.88%)

Farnworth
[E] Labour hold

JFH Roper	Labour	27,965	50.06%
S Windle	Conservative	19,858	35.55%
MP Rothwell	Liberal	8,043	14.40%

Electorate: 71,844; Turnout: 77.76%;
Majority: 8,107 (14.51%)

Faversham
[E] Conservative hold

RD Moate	Conservative	33,513	54.36%
T Sherwen	Labour	21,351	34.63%
A Aldous	Liberal	6,349	10.30%
A Webb	National Front	439	0.71%

Electorate: 78,509; Turnout: 78.53%;
Majority: 12,162 (19.73%)

Feltham & Heston
[E] Labour hold

RW Kerr	Labour	28,675	48.31%
RP Ground	Conservative	24,570	41.39%
B Norcott	Liberal	5,051	8.51%
JM Reid	National Front	898	1.51%
R Lugg	Workers Revolutionary Party	168	0.28%

Electorate: 79,873; Turnout: 74.32%;
Majority: 4,105 (6.92%)

Fermanagh & South Tyrone
[N] Independent hold

MF Maguire	Ind	22,398	35.97%
R Ferguson	Official Ulster Unionist	17,411	27.96%
A Currie	SDLP	10,785	17.32%
E Baird	United Ulster Unionist	10,607	17.03%
P Acheson	Alliance	1,070	1.72%

Electorate: 71,481; Turnout: 87.12%;
Majority: 4,987 (8.01%)

Fife Central
[S] Labour hold

WW Hamilton	Labour	27,619	58.03%
IA McCrone	Conservative	9,597	20.16%
J Lynch	SNP	9,208	19.35%
A Maxwell	Communist	1,172	2.46%

Electorate: 61,476; Turnout: 77.42%;
Majority: 18,022 (37.86%)

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