UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

Gosport — Hamilton

Hammersmith North — Hemel Hempstead

Gosport
[E] Conservative hold

PJ Viggers	Conservative	24,553	61.76%
JA Slater	Labour	10,460	26.31%
C Lewis	Liberal	4,741	11.93%

Electorate: 51,318; Turnout: 77.47%;
Majority: 14,093 (35.45%)

Gower
[W] Labour hold

I Davies	Labour	24,963	53.24%
T Llewellyn	Conservative	14,322	30.55%
R Blakeborough-Pownal	Liberal	4,245	9.05%
E Thomas	Plaid Cymru	3,357	7.16%

Electorate: 58,023; Turnout: 80.81%;
Majority: 10,641 (22.69%)

Grantham
[E] Conservative hold

D Hogg	Conservative	36,697	55.52%
V Bell	Labour	18,547	28.06%
WT Bailey	Liberal	10,852	16.42%

Electorate: 84,479; Turnout: 78.24%;
Majority: 18,150 (27.46%)

Gravesend
[E] Conservative gain

TD Brinton	Conservative	37,592	51.95%
JF Ovenden	Labour	28,246	39.04%
IJA Goodwin	Liberal	5,917	8.18%
GD Willden	National Front	603	0.83%

Electorate: 88,895; Turnout: 81.40%;
Majority: 9,346 (12.92%)

Greenock & Port Glasgow
[S] Labour hold

JD Mabon	Labour	24,071	53.02%
J Boyd	Liberal	12,789	28.17%
R Glasgow	Conservative	4,926	10.85%
JK Wright	SNP	3,435	7.57%
I Mathieson	Workers Revolutionary Party	176	0.39%

Electorate: 61,610; Turnout: 73.68%;
Majority: 11,282 (24.85%)

Greenwich
[E] Labour hold

NG Barnett	Labour	18,975	52.14%
N Saroop	Conservative	12,133	33.34%
G Knight	Liberal	3,870	10.64%
H Steven	National Front	951	2.61%
R Mallone	Fellowship Party	460	1.26%

Electorate: 51,519; Turnout: 70.63%;
Majority: 6,842 (18.80%)

Grimsby
[E] Labour hold

AV Mitchell	Labour	26,282	52.03%
R Blair	Conservative	20,041	39.68%
DM Rigby	Liberal	3,837	7.60%
J Lennard	Moderate Labour	214	0.42%
J Hayes	National Front	137	0.27%

Electorate: 66,644; Turnout: 75.79%;
Majority: 6,241 (12.36%)

Guildford
[E] Conservative hold

DA Howell	Conservative	31,595	57.25%
PH Blagbrough	Labour	11,689	21.18%
H Donnelly	Liberal	11,673	21.15%
P Scott	Rhodesian Front	232	0.42%

Electorate: 73,251; Turnout: 75.34%;
Majority: 19,906 (36.07%)

Hackney Central
[E] Labour hold

SC Davis	Labour	16,506	59.34%
N Bennett	Conservative	7,718	27.75%
E Georghiades	Liberal	1,835	6.60%
R May	National Front	1,418	5.10%
M Johnson	Workers Revolutionary Party	340	1.22%

Electorate: 46,464; Turnout: 59.87%;
Majority: 8,788 (31.59%)

Hackney North & Stoke Newington
[E] Labour hold

EAC Roberts	Labour	14,688	51.56%
T Miller	Conservative	9,467	33.23%
T Gates	Liberal	3,033	10.65%
S May	National Front	860	3.02%
M Goldman	Communist	440	1.54%

Electorate: 46,776; Turnout: 60.90%;
Majority: 5,221 (18.33%)

Hackney South & Shoreditch
[E] Labour hold

RW Brown	Labour	14,016	54.14%
D Evennett	Conservative	7,312	28.24%
J Roberts	Liberal	2,387	9.22%
J Tyndall	National Front	1,958	7.56%
P Curtis	Workers Revolutionary Party	215	0.83%

Electorate: 43,090; Turnout: 60.08%;
Majority: 6,704 (25.90%)

Halesowen & Stourbridge
[E] Conservative hold

JHR Stokes	Conservative	33,247	49.59%
RA Etheridge	Labour	24,282	36.22%
C Harvey	Liberal	8,597	12.82%
S Goodwin	National Front	921	1.37%

Electorate: 84,534; Turnout: 79.31%;
Majority: 8,965 (13.37%)

Halifax
[E] Labour hold

S Summerskill	Labour	21,416	43.79%
J Ford	Conservative	20,182	41.27%
A Clegg	Liberal	6,853	14.01%
B Wadsworth	National Front	455	0.93%

Electorate: 63,768; Turnout: 76.69%;
Majority: 1,234 (2.52%)

Haltemprice
[E] Conservative hold

PHS Wall	Conservative	34,525	55.77%
R Walker	Liberal	14,637	23.64%
HJ Elcock	Labour	12,743	20.58%

Electorate: 80,058; Turnout: 77.33%;
Majority: 19,888 (32.13%)

Hamilton
[S] Labour hold

G Robertson	Labour	24,593	59.65%
PS Davidson	Conservative	9,794	23.76%
C Stoddart	SNP	6,842	16.60%

Electorate: 51,802; Turnout: 79.59%;
Majority: 14,799 (35.89%)

Hammersmith North
[E] Labour hold

CS Soley	Labour	17,241	48.19%
J Cripps	Conservative	13,735	38.39%
SHJA Knott	Liberal	4,147	11.59%
R Pearse	National Front	462	1.29%
C Stewart	Workers Revolutionary Party	193	0.54%

Electorate: 50,821; Turnout: 70.40%;
Majority: 3,506 (9.80%)

Hampstead
[E] Conservative hold

G Finsberg	Conservative	20,410	47.30%
KR Livingstone	Labour	16,729	38.77%
D Radford	Liberal	5,753	13.33%
J White	National Front	255	0.59%

Electorate: 64,004; Turnout: 67.41%;
Majority: 3,681 (8.53%)

Harborough
[E] Conservative hold

JA Farr	Conservative	33,328	60.37%
PA Soulsby	Labour	11,350	20.56%
P Weatherall	Liberal	9,529	17.26%
A Ashby	National Front	1,002	1.81%

Electorate: 68,989; Turnout: 80.03%;
Majority: 21,978 (39.81%)

Harlow
[E] Labour hold

AS Newens	Labour	22,698	42.72%
J Powley	Conservative	21,306	40.10%
R Browne	Liberal	8,289	15.60%
J Childs	National Front	840	1.58%

Electorate: 67,494; Turnout: 78.72%;
Majority: 1,392 (2.62%)

Harrogate
[E] Conservative hold

RG Banks	Conservative	30,551	59.46%
R Kent	Liberal	12,021	23.40%
A Fleming	Labour	8,221	16.00%
D Waite	National Front	585	1.14%

Electorate: 69,182; Turnout: 74.26%;
Majority: 18,530 (36.07%)

Harrow Central
[E] Conservative hold

JA Grant	Conservative	16,267	48.41%
AC Quicke	Labour	12,124	36.08%
R Bancroft	Liberal	4,785	14.24%
H Marshall	National Front	427	1.27%

Electorate: 44,747; Turnout: 75.10%;
Majority: 4,143 (12.33%)

Harrow East
[E] Conservative hold

HJ Dykes	Conservative	20,871	54.32%
D Miles	Labour	12,993	33.82%
M Savitt	Liberal	3,984	10.37%
L le Croissette	National Front	572	1.49%

Electorate: 49,354; Turnout: 77.85%;
Majority: 7,878 (20.50%)

Harrow West
[E] Conservative hold

JA Page	Conservative	26,007	58.06%
MT Catterson	Labour	10,794	24.10%
R Dick	Liberal	7,350	16.41%
T Bennett	National Front	646	1.44%

Electorate: 56,907; Turnout: 78.72%;
Majority: 15,213 (33.96%)

Hartlepool
[E] Labour hold

EL Leadbitter	Labour	27,039	55.06%
K Miller	Conservative	18,877	38.44%
C Abbott	Liberal	3,193	6.50%

Electorate: 65,732; Turnout: 74.71%;
Majority: 8,162 (16.62%)

Harwich
[E] Conservative hold

JE Ridsdale	Conservative	37,685	54.32%
CW Brooks	Labour	16,998	24.50%
R Goodenough	Liberal	14,094	20.32%
A Pearson	National Front	597	0.86%

Electorate: 92,908; Turnout: 74.67%;
Majority: 20,687 (29.82%)

Hastings
[E] Conservative hold

KR Warren	Conservative	21,311	51.53%
MJ Foster	Labour	12,392	29.96%
AE Leggett	Liberal	6,474	15.65%
GL McNally	Ind	839	2.03%
HJ Anderson	National Front	344	0.83%

Electorate: 57,699; Turnout: 71.68%;
Majority: 8,919 (21.56%)

Havant & Waterloo
[E] Conservative hold

IS Lloyd	Conservative	35,580	57.30%
DB Hoodless	Labour	15,240	24.54%
D Amies	Liberal	11,274	18.16%

Electorate: 82,116; Turnout: 75.62%;
Majority: 20,340 (32.76%)

Hayes & Harlington
[E] Labour hold

ND Sandelson	Labour	20,350	48.30%
A Tyrell	Conservative	17,048	40.47%
H Smallbone	Liberal	3,900	9.26%
GT Callow	National Front	582	1.38%
J Mansfield	Communist	249	0.59%

Electorate: 56,165; Turnout: 75.01%;
Majority: 3,302 (7.84%)

Hazel Grove
[E] Conservative hold

TR Arnold	Conservative	32,420	55.50%
V Bingham	Liberal	17,148	29.36%
JG Lowe	Labour	8,846	15.14%

Electorate: 70,005; Turnout: 83.44%;
Majority: 15,272 (26.14%)

Hemel Hempstead
[E] Conservative gain

N Lyell	Conservative	37,953	48.73%
R Corbett	Labour	32,964	42.33%
D Penwarden	Liberal	6,314	8.11%
T Walters	National Front	649	0.83%

Electorate: 91,843; Turnout: 84.80%;
Majority: 4,989 (6.41%)

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