UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

Fife East — Glasgow Central

Glasgow Craigton — Goole

Fife East
[S] Conservative hold

B Henderson	Conservative	20,117	42.96%
WM Campbell	Liberal	10,762	22.98%
HB McLeish	Labour	9,339	19.94%
J Marshall	SNP	6,612	14.12%

Electorate: 59,297; Turnout: 78.98%;
Majority: 9,355 (19.98%)

Finchley
[E] Conservative hold

MH Thatcher	Conservative	20,918	52.52%
RG May	Labour	13,040	32.74%
A Paterson	Liberal	5,254	13.19%
W Verity	National Front	534	1.34%
E Lloyd	Ind Democrat	86	0.22%

Electorate: 55,468; Turnout: 71.81%;
Majority: 7,878 (19.78%)

Flint East
[W] Labour hold

SB Jones	Labour	29,339	48.34%
P Warburton-Jones	Conservative	23,116	38.08%
A Carlile	Liberal	6,736	11.10%
J Rogers	Plaid Cymru	1,198	1.97%
G Davies	Communist	307	0.51%

Electorate: 74,262; Turnout: 81.73%;
Majority: 6,223 (10.25%)

Flint West
[W] Conservative hold

A Meyer	Conservative	26,364	49.03%
RM Hughes	Labour	16,678	31.02%
JH Parry	Liberal	9,009	16.75%
BM Edwards	Plaid Cymru	1,720	3.20%

Electorate: 68,418; Turnout: 78.59%;
Majority: 9,686 (18.01%)

Folkestone & Hythe
[E] Conservative hold

AP Costain	Conservative	26,837	55.74%
B Budd	Liberal	10,817	22.47%
GJ Priestman	Labour	10,015	20.80%
M Lavine	National Front	478	0.99%

Electorate: 66,297; Turnout: 72.62%;
Majority: 16,020 (33.27%)

Fulham
[E] Conservative gain

M Stevens	Conservative	20,249	46.68%
BJ Stead	Labour	18,750	43.22%
DD Rendel	Liberal	3,882	8.95%
DK Roberts	National Front	499	1.15%

Electorate: 57,018; Turnout: 76.08%;
Majority: 1,499 (3.46%)

Fylde North
[E] Conservative hold

W Clegg	Conservative	35,366	60.09%
R Fox	Labour	14,376	24.43%
P Herbert	Liberal	8,630	14.66%
K Warbarton	National Front	481	0.82%

Electorate: 78,130; Turnout: 75.33%;
Majority: 20,990 (35.67%)

Fylde South
[E] Conservative hold

EL Gardner	Conservative	45,883	63.38%
G Chadwick	Labour	13,636	18.83%
J Stevens	Liberal	11,938	16.49%
M Roberts	National Front	941	1.30%

Electorate: 94,335; Turnout: 76.75%;
Majority: 32,247 (44.54%)

Gainsborough
[E] Conservative hold

MR Kimball	Conservative	24,040	46.38%
RB Blackmore	Liberal	16,885	32.58%
WSG Bach	Labour	10,335	19.94%
RE August	Ind Conservative	570	1.10%

Electorate: 65,654; Turnout: 78.94%;
Majority: 7,155 (13.80%)

Galloway
[S] Conservative gain

I Lang	Conservative	15,306	45.85%
GH Thompson	SNP	12,384	37.10%
DR Hannay	Liberal	2,852	8.54%
DD Johnston	Labour	2,841	8.51%

Electorate: 41,110; Turnout: 81.20%;
Majority: 2,922 (8.75%)

Gateshead East
[E] Labour hold

B Conlan	Labour	28,776	61.15%
F Rogers	Conservative	14,078	29.92%
C Batey	Liberal	4,201	8.93%

Electorate: 62,475; Turnout: 75.32%;
Majority: 14,698 (31.24%)

Gateshead West
[E] Labour hold

JR Horam	Labour	13,533	67.24%
DR Kelly	Conservative	5,221	25.94%
FE Patterson	Liberal	1,185	5.89%
H Beadle	National Front	186	0.92%

Electorate: 29,037; Turnout: 69.31%;
Majority: 8,312 (41.30%)

Gillingham
[E] Conservative hold

FFA Burden	Conservative	26,791	53.13%
S Love	Labour	16,292	32.31%
D Sidebottom	Liberal	6,219	12.33%
S Campbell	National Front	528	1.05%
S Fry	Ecology	501	0.99%
T Beckwith	Workers Revolutionary Party	92	0.18%

Electorate: 63,951; Turnout: 78.85%;
Majority: 10,499 (20.82%)

Glasgow Cathcart
[S] Labour gain

JA Maxton	Labour	17,550	45.95%
EM Taylor	Conservative	15,950	41.76%
A Ewing	SNP	2,653	6.95%
H Wills	Liberal	2,042	5.35%

Electorate: 48,574; Turnout: 78.63%;
Majority: 1,600 (4.19%)

Glasgow Central
[S] Labour hold

TM McMillan	Labour	8,542	72.47%
F Saleem	Conservative	1,937	16.43%
S Bird	SNP	1,308	11.10%

Electorate: 19,826; Turnout: 59.45%;
Majority: 6,605 (56.04%)

Glasgow Craigton
[S] Labour hold

B Millan	Labour	19,952	59.89%
J Mair	Conservative	9,480	28.46%
R Silver	SNP	3,881	11.65%

Electorate: 44,326; Turnout: 75.15%;
Majority: 10,472 (31.44%)

Glasgow Garscadden
[S] Labour hold

D Dewar	Labour	23,591	61.48%
IM Lawson	Conservative	8,393	21.87%
J Bain	SNP	6,012	15.67%
S Barr	Communist	374	0.97%

Electorate: 52,440; Turnout: 73.17%;
Majority: 15,198 (39.61%)

Glasgow Govan
[S] Labour hold

A McMahon	Labour	11,676	67.87%
J Walker	Conservative	3,188	18.53%
T Wilson	SNP	2,340	13.60%

Electorate: 24,894; Turnout: 69.11%;
Majority: 8,488 (49.34%)

Glasgow Hillhead
[S] Conservative hold

TGD Galbraith	Conservative	12,368	41.04%
RA Mowbray	Labour	10,366	34.40%
M Harris	Liberal	4,349	14.43%
G Borthwick	SNP	3,050	10.12%

Electorate: 39,793; Turnout: 75.72%;
Majority: 2,002 (6.64%)

Glasgow Kelvingrove
[S] Labour hold

NG Carmichael	Labour	11,133	50.33%
ACS MacDougall	Conservative	6,374	28.82%
E Bennett	Liberal	2,412	10.91%
IO Bayne	SNP	2,199	9.94%

Electorate: 33,701; Turnout: 65.63%;
Majority: 4,759 (21.52%)

Glasgow Maryhill
[S] Labour hold

JM Craigen	Labour	22,602	66.21%
M White	Conservative	5,106	14.96%
D McGlashan	SNP	3,812	11.17%
E Attwooll	Liberal	2,332	6.83%
P Smith	Communist	287	0.84%

Electorate: 50,434; Turnout: 67.69%;
Majority: 17,496 (51.25%)

Glasgow Pollok
[S] Labour hold

J White	Labour	21,420	49.25%
DA Roser	Conservative	12,928	29.72%
A McIntosh	SNP	4,187	9.63%
G McKell	Liberal	3,946	9.07%
NG Armstrong	Ind Labour	869	2.00%
I Skinner	National Front	104	0.24%
RB Hilton	Ind Democrat	41	0.09%

Electorate: 59,032; Turnout: 73.68%;
Majority: 8,492 (19.52%)

Glasgow Provan
[S] Labour hold

HD Brown	Labour	24,083	69.49%
SM Langdon	Conservative	5,239	15.12%
R Cunning	SNP	4,767	13.75%
J Jackson	Communist	377	1.09%
M Campbell	Workers Revolutionary Party	193	0.56%

Electorate: 52,482; Turnout: 66.04%;
Majority: 18,844 (54.37%)

Glasgow Queen's Park
[S] Labour hold

FP McElhone	Labour	15,120	64.36%
J Collins	Conservative	5,642	24.02%
P Greene	SNP	2,276	9.69%
JR Kaye	Communist	263	1.12%
J Kerrigan	Workers Revolutionary Party	99	0.42%
W MacLellan	Socialist Unity	92	0.39%

Electorate: 34,332; Turnout: 68.43%;
Majority: 9,478 (40.35%)

Glasgow Shettleston
[S] Labour hold

D Marshall	Labour	13,955	64.10%
M McClure	Conservative	4,794	22.02%
M MacDonald	SNP	3,022	13.88%

Electorate: 31,910; Turnout: 68.23%;
Majority: 9,161 (42.08%)

Glasgow Springburn
[S] Labour hold

MJ Martin	Labour	18,871	66.08%
GR McKay	Conservative	6,100	21.36%
WJ Morton	SNP	3,587	12.56%

Electorate: 42,116; Turnout: 67.81%;
Majority: 12,771 (44.72%)

Gloucester
[E] Conservative hold

S Oppenheim	Conservative	25,163	48.72%
MD Golder	Labour	18,747	36.30%
DG Halford	Liberal	7,213	13.97%
R Morgan	National Front	527	1.02%

Electorate: 64,958; Turnout: 79.51%;
Majority: 6,416 (12.42%)

Gloucestershire South
[E] Conservative hold

J Cope	Conservative	35,627	51.16%
MK Mullins	Labour	20,465	29.39%
G Conrad	Liberal	12,850	18.45%
D Kerridge	Ecology	695	1.00%

Electorate: 84,867; Turnout: 82.05%;
Majority: 15,162 (21.77%)

Gloucestershire West
[E] Conservative gain

P Marland	Conservative	28,183	47.90%
JT Watkinson	Labour	24,009	40.81%
M Joachim	Liberal	6,370	10.83%
G Storkey	National Front	270	0.46%

Electorate: 70,104; Turnout: 83.92%;
Majority: 4,174 (7.09%)

Goole
[E] Labour hold

EI Marshall	Labour	27,690	57.56%
F Higgins	Conservative	16,439	34.17%
A Davidson	Liberal	3,976	8.27%

Electorate: 66,042; Turnout: 72.84%;
Majority: 11,251 (23.39%)

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