UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

Leeds South East — Liverpool Edge Hill

Liverpool Garston — Luton West

Leeds South East
[E] Labour hold

S Cohen	Labour	15,921	56.34%
M Sexton	Conservative	6,549	23.18%
MG Clay	Liberal	5,430	19.22%
JM Rodgers	Communist	190	0.67%
P Flint	National Front	168	0.59%

Electorate: 43,472; Turnout: 65.00%;
Majority: 9,372 (33.17%)

Leeds West
[E] Labour hold

J Dean	Labour	21,290	49.38%
H Simmonds	Conservative	11,626	26.96%
C Greenfield	Liberal	9,734	22.58%
J Duckenfield	National Front	466	1.08%

Electorate: 58,798; Turnout: 73.33%;
Majority: 9,664 (22.41%)

Leek
[E] Conservative hold

DL Knox	Conservative	36,508	51.88%
M Fisher	Labour	25,937	36.86%
M Conway	Liberal	6,474	9.20%
CI Bailey	Ratepayer	1,451	2.06%

Electorate: 87,502; Turnout: 80.42%;
Majority: 10,571 (15.02%)

Leicester East
[E] Labour hold

TG Bradley	Labour	23,844	46.90%
M Waterhouse	Conservative	20,988	41.28%
B Andrews	Liberal	4,623	9.09%
BJ Calver	National Front	1,385	2.72%

Electorate: 67,269; Turnout: 75.58%;
Majority: 2,856 (5.62%)

Leicester South
[E] Labour hold

J Marshall	Labour	24,548	46.41%
R Godsall	Conservative	22,550	42.63%
J Pick	Liberal	4,856	9.18%
AR Cartwright	National Front	940	1.78%

Electorate: 70,714; Turnout: 74.80%;
Majority: 1,998 (3.78%)

Leicester West
[E] Labour hold

GE Janner	Labour	26,032	53.60%
AR Goobey	Conservative	17,194	35.40%
A Lycett	Liberal	4,032	8.30%
P Ash	National Front	1,308	2.69%

Electorate: 67,209; Turnout: 72.26%;
Majority: 8,838 (18.20%)

Leigh
[E] Labour hold

L Cunliffe	Labour	27,736	54.12%
D Shaw	Conservative	18,713	36.52%
M Godwin	Liberal	4,796	9.36%

Electorate: 66,603; Turnout: 76.94%;
Majority: 9,023 (17.61%)

Leominster
[E] Conservative hold

P Temple-Morris	Conservative	21,126	53.50%
RJ Pincham	Liberal	16,261	41.18%
PJ Dobbs	Labour	2,099	5.32%

Electorate: 48,211; Turnout: 81.90%;
Majority: 4,865 (12.32%)

Lewes
[E] Conservative hold

JR Rathbone	Conservative	33,992	58.42%
G Hook	Liberal	12,279	21.10%
T Forrester	Labour	11,152	19.17%
B Webb	National Front	764	1.31%

Electorate: 76,290; Turnout: 76.27%;
Majority: 21,713 (37.32%)

Lewisham East
[E] Labour hold

RD Moyle	Labour	22,916	45.96%
H Malins	Conservative	21,323	42.76%
J Forrest	Liberal	4,265	8.55%
M Ellis	National Front	1,168	2.34%
H Harewood	Workers Revolutionary Party	190	0.38%

Electorate: 67,066; Turnout: 74.35%;
Majority: 1,593 (3.19%)

Lewisham West
[E] Labour hold

C Price	Labour	20,932	46.45%
NP Kemp	Conservative	19,882	44.12%
GA Payne	Liberal	3,350	7.43%
P Williams	National Front	901	2.00%

Electorate: 59,292; Turnout: 76.01%;
Majority: 1,050 (2.33%)

Leyton
[E] Labour hold

B Magee	Labour	21,095	51.38%
A Cordle	Conservative	15,361	37.41%
C Kitson	Liberal	3,425	8.34%
P Pomery-Rudd	National Front	1,179	2.87%

Electorate: 59,176; Turnout: 69.39%;
Majority: 5,734 (13.96%)

Lichfield & Tamworth
[E] Conservative gain

J Heddle	Conservative	41,454	50.34%
BJ Grocott	Labour	33,006	40.08%
P Rule	Liberal	7,408	9.00%
P Wallace	National Front	475	0.58%

Electorate: 101,343; Turnout: 81.25%;
Majority: 8,448 (10.26%)

Lincoln
[E] Conservative gain

K Carlisle	Conservative	17,777	41.81%
MM Jackson	Labour	17,175	40.40%
K Melton	Liberal	5,638	13.26%
F Stockdale	Democratic Labour	1,743	4.10%
J Noble	National Front	107	0.25%
T Kyle	Revolutionary Reform	77	0.18%

Electorate: 55,194; Turnout: 77.03%;
Majority: 602 (1.42%)

Liverpool Edge Hill
[E] Liberal hold

D Alton	Liberal	12,701	52.04%
R Wareing	Labour	8,453	34.64%
N Ward	Conservative	3,098	12.69%
H Hawksley	National Front	152	0.62%

Electorate: 35,350; Turnout: 69.04%;
Majority: 4,248 (17.41%)

Liverpool Garston
[E] Conservative gain

GM Thornton	Conservative	28,105	48.08%
E Loyden	Labour	25,318	43.31%
WJ Davison	Liberal	4,890	8.37%
T Kelly	Workers Revolutionary Party	142	0.24%

Electorate: 79,248; Turnout: 73.76%;
Majority: 2,787 (4.77%)

Liverpool Kirkdale
[E] Labour hold

JA Dunn	Labour	17,043	56.07%
M Fitzsimmons	Conservative	9,334	30.71%
P Mahon	Liberal	3,819	12.56%
W Williams	National Front	198	0.65%

Electorate: 43,304; Turnout: 70.19%;
Majority: 7,709 (25.36%)

Liverpool Scotland Exchange
[E] Labour hold

R Parry	Labour	13,920	75.06%
JM Bligh	Conservative	2,264	12.21%
C Davies	Liberal	1,939	10.46%
R O'Hara	Communist	421	2.27%

Electorate: 32,303; Turnout: 57.41%;
Majority: 11,656 (62.86%)

Liverpool Toxteth
[E] Labour hold

R Crawshaw	Labour	14,833	54.70%
AW Shone	Conservative	8,690	32.05%
R Addison	Liberal	3,206	11.82%
P Adams	Socialist Unity	238	0.88%
D Elliott	Workers Revolutionary Party	148	0.55%

Electorate: 41,859; Turnout: 64.78%;
Majority: 6,143 (22.66%)

Liverpool Walton
[E] Labour hold

ES Heffer	Labour	20,231	55.22%
R Gould	Conservative	12,673	34.59%
N Cardwell	Liberal	3,479	9.50%
WF Haire	National Front	254	0.69%

Electorate: 50,303; Turnout: 72.83%;
Majority: 7,558 (20.63%)

Liverpool Wavertree
[E] Conservative hold

AD Steen	Conservative	21,770	50.27%
R Morris	Labour	14,828	34.24%
CW Roberts	Liberal	6,705	15.48%

Electorate: 59,040; Turnout: 73.35%;
Majority: 6,942 (16.03%)

Liverpool West Derby
[E] Labour hold

E Ogden	Labour	22,576	55.47%
DPM Hudson	Conservative	14,356	35.28%
A Humphreys	Liberal	3,765	9.25%

Electorate: 57,973; Turnout: 70.20%;
Majority: 8,220 (20.20%)

Llanelli
[W] Labour hold

DJD Davies	Labour	30,416	59.46%
GDJ Richards	Conservative	10,471	20.47%
KD Rees	Liberal	5,856	11.45%
H Roberts	Plaid Cymru	3,793	7.42%
RE Hitchon	Communist	617	1.21%

Electorate: 64,429; Turnout: 79.39%;
Majority: 19,945 (38.99%)

Londonderry
[N] Official Ulster Unionist hold

W Ross	Official Ulster Unionist	31,592	49.65%
H Logue	SDLP	19,185	30.15%
A Barr	Alliance	5,830	9.16%
F McAteer	Irish Independence Party	5,489	8.63%
E Melough	Republican Clubs	888	1.40%
B Webster	Derry Labour	639	1.00%

Electorate: 94,770; Turnout: 67.13%;
Majority: 12,407 (19.50%)

Loughborough
[E] Conservative gain

S Dorrell	Conservative	29,788	47.96%
JD Cronin	Labour	24,589	39.59%
R Palmer	Liberal	6,650	10.71%
D Whitebread	Ecology	595	0.96%
J Peacock	National Front	484	0.78%

Electorate: 76,455; Turnout: 81.23%;
Majority: 5,199 (8.37%)

Louth
[E] Conservative hold

ML Brotherton	Conservative	25,701	44.85%
JCL Sellick	Liberal	19,026	33.20%
CJC Betts	Labour	12,316	21.49%
CDB Stokes	National Front	261	0.46%

Electorate: 73,264; Turnout: 78.22%;
Majority: 6,675 (11.65%)

Lowestoft
[E] Conservative hold

JML Prior	Conservative	33,376	50.46%
A Lark	Labour	25,555	38.63%
B Skelcher	Liberal	6,783	10.25%
T Pye	Ecology	435	0.66%

Electorate: 82,733; Turnout: 79.95%;
Majority: 7,821 (11.82%)

Ludlow
[E] Conservative hold

E Cockeram	Conservative	20,906	52.78%
E Robinson	Liberal	12,524	31.62%
IK Wymer	Labour	5,717	14.43%
RJ Adshead	National Front	354	0.89%
F Turner	Ind	106	0.27%

Electorate: 50,413; Turnout: 78.57%;
Majority: 8,382 (21.16%)

Luton East
[E] Conservative gain

GFJ Bright	Conservative	17,809	43.72%
IM Clemitson	Labour	16,962	41.64%
D Franks	Liberal	5,285	12.98%
MG Kerry	National Front	461	1.13%
CT Mitchell	Communist	107	0.26%
JN Bardwaj	Committee for the Prevention of a Police State	61	0.15%
A Lynn	Workers Revolutionary Party	45	0.11%

Electorate: 52,427; Turnout: 77.69%;
Majority: 847 (2.08%)

Luton West
[E] Conservative gain

J Carlisle	Conservative	21,230	44.09%
BCJ Sedgemore	Labour	20,984	43.58%
MJ Dolling	Liberal	5,233	10.87%
D How	National Front	701	1.46%

Electorate: 61,186; Turnout: 78.69%;
Majority: 246 (0.51%)

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