UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

Orkney & Shetland — Petersfield

Plymouth Devonport — Reading North

Orkney & Shetland
[S] Liberal hold

J Grimond	Liberal	10,950	56.41%
C Donaldson	Conservative	4,140	21.33%
R Goodlad	Labour	3,385	17.44%
M Spens	SNP	935	4.82%

Electorate: 28,884; Turnout: 67.20%;
Majority: 6,810 (35.09%)

Ormskirk
[E] Labour hold

R Kilroy-Silk	Labour	37,222	50.03%
B Keefe	Conservative	36,364	48.87%
S Pirani	Workers Revolutionary Party	820	1.10%

Electorate: 97,764; Turnout: 76.11%;
Majority: 858 (1.15%)

Orpington
[E] Conservative hold

IR Stanbrook	Conservative	32,150	57.96%
J Cook	Liberal	16,074	28.98%
AJ Weyman	Labour	6,581	11.86%
F Hitches	National Front	516	0.93%
I MacKillican	Homeland	146	0.26%

Electorate: 67,917; Turnout: 81.67%;
Majority: 16,076 (28.98%)

Oswestry
[E] Conservative hold

WJ Biffen	Conservative	23,551	54.64%
PE Sandland-Nielsen	Labour	10,150	23.55%
DJ Evans	Liberal	9,405	21.82%

Electorate: 58,334; Turnout: 73.90%;
Majority: 13,401 (31.09%)

Oxford
[E] Conservative gain

J Patten	Conservative	27,459	45.30%
DET Luard	Labour	25,962	42.83%
D Roaf	Liberal	6,234	10.28%
A Cheeke	Oxford Ecology Movement	887	1.46%
B Smith	Ind	72	0.12%

Electorate: 81,708; Turnout: 74.18%;
Majority: 1,497 (2.47%)

Oxfordshire Mid
[E] Conservative hold

DR Hurd	Conservative	28,465	56.92%
J Hedge	Labour	13,004	26.00%
M Burton	Liberal	8,367	16.73%
P Madden	Ind	174	0.35%

Electorate: 63,212; Turnout: 79.11%;
Majority: 15,461 (30.92%)

Paddington
[E] Conservative gain

J Wheeler	Conservative	16,189	45.47%
AC Latham	Labour	16,083	45.17%
A Brett	Liberal	2,815	7.91%
J Cameron	National Front	402	1.13%
OT Banjo	Workers Revolutionary Party	117	0.33%

Electorate: 56,234; Turnout: 63.32%;
Majority: 106 (0.30%)

Paisley
[S] Labour gain

A Adams	Labour	25,894	55.79%
G Willis	Conservative	12,139	26.15%
DR Rollo	SNP	7,305	15.74%
B Monaghan	Scottish Labour	811	1.75%
J Tait	Communist	145	0.31%
T White	Workers Revolutionary Party	122	0.26%

Electorate: 63,765; Turnout: 72.79%;
Majority: 13,755 (29.63%)

Peckham
[E] Labour hold

HG Lamborn	Labour	20,364	59.85%
A Dalton	Conservative	9,553	28.07%
T Minahan	Liberal	2,607	7.66%
M Roberts	National Front	1,503	4.42%

Electorate: 59,015; Turnout: 57.66%;
Majority: 10,811 (31.77%)

Pembroke
[W] Conservative hold

RN Edwards	Conservative	30,483	49.16%
A Evans	Labour	23,015	37.11%
R Livesey	Liberal	6,249	10.08%
R Dawe	Plaid Cymru	1,573	2.54%
B Kingzett	Ecology	694	1.12%

Electorate: 76,268; Turnout: 81.31%;
Majority: 7,468 (12.04%)

Penistone
[E] Labour hold

A McKay	Labour	28,010	49.06%
I Dobkin	Conservative	18,309	32.07%
D Chadwick	Liberal	10,772	18.87%

Electorate: 72,370; Turnout: 78.89%;
Majority: 9,701 (16.99%)

Penrith & the Border
[E] Conservative hold

WSI Whitelaw	Conservative	26,940	61.17%
LR West	Labour	9,844	22.35%
B Wates	Liberal	7,257	16.48%

Electorate: 57,210; Turnout: 76.98%;
Majority: 17,096 (38.82%)

Perth & East Perthshire
[S] Conservative gain

WC Walker	Conservative	20,153	41.95%
GD Crawford	SNP	17,050	35.49%
WF McKenzie	Labour	6,432	13.39%
B Goudie	Liberal	4,410	9.18%

Electorate: 62,142; Turnout: 77.31%;
Majority: 3,103 (6.46%)

Peterborough
[E] Conservative gain

B Mawhinney	Conservative	27,734	48.80%
MJ Ward	Labour	22,632	39.82%
D Green	Liberal	5,685	10.00%
J Wilhelmy	National Front	672	1.18%
M Bishop	Workers Revolutionary Party	106	0.19%

Electorate: 72,912; Turnout: 77.94%;
Majority: 5,102 (8.98%)

Petersfield
[E] Conservative hold

MJ Mates	Conservative	39,200	61.15%
J Madeley	Liberal	16,825	26.25%
BW Clough	Labour	8,082	12.61%

Electorate: 81,887; Turnout: 78.29%;
Majority: 22,375 (34.90%)

Plymouth Devonport
[E] Labour hold

DAL Owen	Labour	16,545	47.41%
K Hughes	Conservative	15,544	44.55%
M James	Liberal	2,360	6.76%
L Bearsford-Walker	National Front	243	0.70%
R Stoner	Ind	203	0.58%

Electorate: 48,236; Turnout: 72.34%;
Majority: 1,001 (2.87%)

Plymouth Drake
[E] Conservative hold

JE Fookes	Conservative	21,759	50.60%
BW Fletcher	Labour	17,515	40.73%
A Puttick	Liberal	3,452	8.03%
C Bradbury	National Front	279	0.65%

Electorate: 55,711; Turnout: 77.19%;
Majority: 4,244 (9.87%)

Plymouth Sutton
[E] Conservative hold

AKM Clark	Conservative	28,892	54.80%
JG Priestley	Labour	17,605	33.39%
J Scannell	Liberal	6,226	11.81%

Electorate: 68,516; Turnout: 76.95%;
Majority: 11,287 (21.41%)

Pontefract & Castleford
[E] Labour hold

G Lofthouse	Labour	30,566	68.16%
H Page	Conservative	10,665	23.78%
L Marsh	Liberal	3,616	8.06%

Electorate: 60,697; Turnout: 73.89%;
Majority: 19,901 (44.38%)

Pontypool
[W] Labour hold

L Abse	Labour	27,751	61.93%
T Sackville	Conservative	10,383	23.17%
EAR Mathias	Liberal	5,508	12.29%
W Hyde	Plaid Cymru	1,169	2.61%

Electorate: 57,187; Turnout: 78.36%;
Majority: 17,368 (38.76%)

Pontypridd
[W] Labour hold

BT John	Labour	32,801	55.97%
MJ Clay	Conservative	17,114	29.20%
H Penri-Williams	Liberal	6,228	10.63%
EA Roberts	Plaid Cymru	2,200	3.75%
RG Davies	National Front	263	0.45%

Electorate: 75,050; Turnout: 78.09%;
Majority: 15,687 (26.77%)

Poole
[E] Conservative hold

J Ward	Conservative	38,846	57.01%
DA Bell	Labour	15,291	22.44%
B Sutton	Liberal	14,001	20.55%

Electorate: 87,208; Turnout: 78.13%;
Majority: 23,555 (34.57%)

Portsmouth North
[E] Conservative gain

P Griffiths	Conservative	26,356	48.65%
FA Judd	Labour	24,045	44.38%
S Brewin	Liberal	3,354	6.19%
R Hadlow	National Front	298	0.55%
W Ferrett	Workers Revolutionary Party	122	0.23%

Electorate: 68,870; Turnout: 78.66%;
Majority: 2,311 (4.27%)

Portsmouth South
[E] Conservative hold

RB Pink	Conservative	26,835	54.67%
S Thomas	Labour	15,306	31.18%
J Wallis	Liberal	6,487	13.22%
W Donkin	National Front	457	0.93%

Electorate: 67,346; Turnout: 72.88%;
Majority: 11,529 (23.49%)

Preston North
[E] Conservative gain

RJ Atkins	Conservative	18,632	46.26%
RH Atkins	Labour	18,603	46.19%
MP Braham	Liberal	2,715	6.74%
JF Hetherington	National Front	329	0.82%

Electorate: 51,756; Turnout: 77.82%;
Majority: 29 (0.07%)

Preston South
[E] Labour hold

SG Thorne	Labour	17,810	44.53%
B Tetlow	Conservative	17,189	42.97%
RP Marshall	Liberal	4,625	11.56%
M Gibson	National Front	258	0.65%
VA Stephens	Workers Revolutionary Party	116	0.29%

Electorate: 51,820; Turnout: 77.19%;
Majority: 621 (1.55%)

Pudsey
[E] Conservative hold

JGD Shaw	Conservative	24,591	45.11%
SJ Cooksey	Liberal	15,852	29.08%
PD McBride	Labour	13,727	25.18%
P Lewenz	Ecology	340	0.62%

Electorate: 67,853; Turnout: 80.34%;
Majority: 8,739 (16.03%)

Putney
[E] Conservative gain

D Mellor	Conservative	23,040	46.83%
HG Jenkins	Labour	20,410	41.49%
N Couldrey	Liberal	5,061	10.29%
J Webster	National Front	685	1.39%

Electorate: 64,648; Turnout: 76.10%;
Majority: 2,630 (5.35%)

Ravensbourne
[E] Conservative hold

JL Hunt	Conservative	22,501	60.92%
W Shipley	Liberal	7,111	19.25%
JR Holbrook	Labour	6,848	18.54%
S Greene	National Front	478	1.29%

Electorate: 47,601; Turnout: 77.60%;
Majority: 15,390 (41.66%)

Reading North
[E] Conservative hold

RAB Durant	Conservative	25,085	50.58%
DM Mason	Labour	17,662	35.61%
P Minton	Liberal	6,170	12.44%
P Baker	National Front	554	1.12%
LW Edwards	Ind	126	0.25%

Electorate: 65,369; Turnout: 75.87%;
Majority: 7,423 (14.97%)

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