UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

Stalybridge & Hyde — Sudbury & Woodbridge

Sunderland North — Thornaby

Stalybridge & Hyde
[E] Labour hold

T Pendry	Labour	27,082	51.86%
J Kershaw	Conservative	20,502	39.26%
J Pickup	Liberal	4,642	8.89%

Electorate: 67,772; Turnout: 77.06%;
Majority: 6,580 (12.60%)

Stepney & Poplar
[E] Labour hold

PD Shore	Labour	19,576	62.62%
R Hughes	Conservative	6,561	20.99%
R Winfield	Liberal	2,234	7.15%
V Clarke	National Front	1,571	5.03%
E Johns	Ind Labour	672	2.15%
K Halpin	Communist	413	1.32%
P Chappell	Workers Revolutionary Party	235	0.75%

Electorate: 58,637; Turnout: 53.31%;
Majority: 13,015 (41.63%)

Stirling Falkirk & Grangemouth
[S] Labour hold

H Ewing	Labour	29,499	56.47%
W Boyles	Conservative	13,881	26.57%
J Donarchy	SNP	8,856	16.95%

Electorate: 66,164; Turnout: 78.95%;
Majority: 15,618 (29.90%)

Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan
[S] Labour gain

MJ O'Neil	Labour	22,780	41.91%
GN Reid	SNP	21,796	40.10%
TNA Begg	Conservative	9,778	17.99%

Electorate: 66,535; Turnout: 81.69%;
Majority: 984 (1.81%)

Stirlingshire West
[S] Labour hold

DA Canavan	Labour	22,516	47.70%
A McCurley	Conservative	12,160	25.76%
JT Jones	SNP	8,627	18.27%
D Cant	Liberal	3,905	8.27%

Electorate: 57,602; Turnout: 81.96%;
Majority: 10,356 (21.94%)

Stockport North
[E] Labour hold

AF Bennett	Labour	18,789	44.12%
JW Last	Conservative	18,456	43.34%
J Hartley	Liberal	5,096	11.97%
K Walker	National Front	244	0.57%

Electorate: 53,533; Turnout: 79.55%;
Majority: 333 (0.78%)

Stockport South
[E] Labour hold

T McNally	Labour	16,910	45.06%
D Skidmore	Conservative	15,785	42.06%
M Quayle	Liberal	4,458	11.88%
R Murphy	National Front	374	1.00%

Electorate: 48,513; Turnout: 77.35%;
Majority: 1,125 (3.00%)

Stockton
[E] Labour hold

WT Rodgers	Labour	34,917	53.10%
RB Jones	Conservative	23,790	36.18%
SE Dunleavy	Liberal	6,074	9.24%
A Bruce	National Front	384	0.58%
V Fletcher	Ind	343	0.52%
J Smith	Communist	243	0.37%

Electorate: 89,206; Turnout: 73.71%;
Majority: 11,127 (16.92%)

Stoke-on-Trent Central
[E] Labour hold

RB Cant	Labour	24,707	60.16%
W Williams	Conservative	12,104	29.47%
A Thomas	Liberal	4,260	10.37%

Electorate: 59,493; Turnout: 69.04%;
Majority: 12,603 (30.69%)

Stoke-on-Trent North
[E] Labour hold

John Forrester	Labour	25,652	59.36%
R Ibbs	Conservative	13,228	30.61%
CV Smedley	Liberal	3,994	9.24%
C Baugh	National Front	341	0.79%

Electorate: 59,402; Turnout: 72.75%;
Majority: 12,424 (28.75%)

Stoke-on-Trent South
[E] Labour hold

J Ashley	Labour	31,610	58.75%
R Rayner	Conservative	17,364	32.27%
D Chantrey	Liberal	4,829	8.98%

Electorate: 74,193; Turnout: 72.52%;
Majority: 14,246 (26.48%)

Stratford-on-Avon
[E] Conservative hold

AEU Maude	Conservative	35,470	60.41%
J Taylor	Liberal	12,916	22.00%
CA Purnell	Labour	10,334	17.60%

Electorate: 76,588; Turnout: 76.67%;
Majority: 22,554 (38.41%)

Streatham
[E] Conservative hold

WJM Shelton	Conservative	19,630	51.44%
TPC Daniel	Labour	14,130	37.02%
JS Pincham	Liberal	3,779	9.90%
GW Bryant	National Front	523	1.37%
AJ Hollander	Providers Through Care	102	0.27%

Electorate: 53,347; Turnout: 71.54%;
Majority: 5,500 (14.41%)

Stretford
[E] Conservative hold

WS Churchill	Conservative	25,972	48.27%
PN Scott	Labour	21,466	39.89%
DI Wrigley	Liberal	6,369	11.84%

Electorate: 69,258; Turnout: 77.69%;
Majority: 4,506 (8.37%)

Stroud
[E] Conservative hold

JA Kershaw	Conservative	32,534	52.57%
BJ Marshall	Labour	17,037	27.53%
J Heppell	Liberal	12,314	19.90%

Electorate: 76,137; Turnout: 81.28%;
Majority: 15,497 (25.04%)

Sudbury & Woodbridge
[E] Conservative hold

KM Stainton	Conservative	39,544	54.96%
JB Hills	Labour	18,972	26.37%
R Beale	Liberal	13,435	18.67%

Electorate: 91,441; Turnout: 78.69%;
Majority: 20,572 (28.59%)

Sunderland North
[E] Labour hold

FT Willey	Labour	29,213	57.55%
L Keith	Conservative	16,311	32.13%
JA Lennox	Liberal	5,238	10.32%

Electorate: 72,994; Turnout: 69.54%;
Majority: 12,902 (25.42%)

Sunderland South
[E] Labour hold

GAT Bagier	Labour	29,403	53.08%
J Harris	Conservative	21,002	37.92%
P Barker	Liberal	4,984	9.00%

Electorate: 79,130; Turnout: 70.00%;
Majority: 8,401 (15.17%)

Surbiton
[E] Conservative hold

N Fisher	Conservative	20,063	56.65%
CP Moore	Labour	9,261	26.15%
CJ Tilley	Liberal	6,093	17.20%

Electorate: 46,922; Turnout: 75.48%;
Majority: 10,802 (30.50%)

Surrey East
[E] Conservative hold

G Howe	Conservative	28,266	62.84%
S Liddell	Liberal	8,866	19.71%
WG Harries	Labour	7,398	16.45%
D Smith	National Front	452	1.00%

Electorate: 57,364; Turnout: 78.42%;
Majority: 19,400 (43.13%)

Surrey North West
[E] Conservative hold

WMJ Grylls	Conservative	36,219	63.75%
R Sharpe	Labour	10,763	18.94%
D Simpson	Liberal	9,037	15.91%
R Heath	National Front	796	1.40%

Electorate: 75,197; Turnout: 75.55%;
Majority: 25,456 (44.81%)

Sussex Mid
[E] Conservative hold

RT Renton	Conservative	32,548	61.17%
J Campbell	Liberal	11,705	22.00%
DS Turner	Labour	8,260	15.52%
SHM Haslett	Ind Conservative	697	1.31%

Electorate: 68,232; Turnout: 77.98%;
Majority: 20,843 (39.17%)

Sutton & Cheam
[E] Conservative hold

DN Macfarlane	Conservative	28,842	58.04%
C Caswill	Liberal	13,136	26.43%
N Irwin	Labour	7,126	14.34%
J Hunt	National Front	465	0.94%
J Smoker	Ind	128	0.26%

Electorate: 63,038; Turnout: 78.84%;
Majority: 15,706 (31.60%)

Sutton Coldfield
[E] Conservative hold

PN Fowler	Conservative	34,096	68.85%
CEA Hooper	Liberal	7,989	16.13%
JF Partridge	Labour	6,511	13.15%
R Wallace	National Front	466	0.94%
GC Hammond	Ind Conservative	459	0.93%

Electorate: 64,093; Turnout: 77.26%;
Majority: 26,107 (52.72%)

Swansea East
[W] Labour hold

D Anderson	Labour	31,909	69.92%
S Edwards	Conservative	10,689	23.42%
JG Ball	Plaid Cymru	2,732	5.99%
W Jones	Communist	308	0.67%

Electorate: 60,350; Turnout: 75.62%;
Majority: 21,220 (46.50%)

Swansea West
[W] Labour hold

AJ Williams	Labour	24,175	46.10%
D Mercer	Conservative	23,774	45.33%
MJ Ball	Liberal	3,484	6.64%
G ap Gwent	Plaid Cymru	1,012	1.93%

Electorate: 65,872; Turnout: 79.62%;
Majority: 401 (0.76%)

Swindon
[E] Labour hold

DL Stoddart	Labour	25,218	50.19%
N Hammond	Conservative	19,319	38.45%
G Collis	Liberal	5,709	11.36%

Electorate: 65,761; Turnout: 76.41%;
Majority: 5,899 (11.74%)

Taunton
[E] Conservative hold

ED Du Cann	Conservative	28,483	53.17%
S Horne	Labour	15,759	29.42%
M Lee	Liberal	7,928	14.80%
G Garbett	Ecology	1,403	2.62%

Electorate: 66,349; Turnout: 80.74%;
Majority: 12,724 (23.75%)

Thanet East
[E] Conservative hold

JWP Aitken	Conservative	20,367	57.17%
ID Kilberry	Labour	10,128	28.43%
BCJ Hesketh	Liberal	4,755	13.35%
B Dobing	National Front	376	1.06%

Electorate: 48,989; Turnout: 72.72%;
Majority: 10,239 (28.74%)

Thanet West
[E] Conservative hold

WR Rees-Davies	Conservative	18,122	55.39%
JF Little	Labour	8,576	26.21%
D Payne	Liberal	6,017	18.39%

Electorate: 45,694; Turnout: 71.60%;
Majority: 9,546 (29.18%)

Thirsk & Malton
[E] Conservative hold

JD Spence	Conservative	32,520	59.15%
EJ Roberts	Labour	11,924	21.69%
R North	Liberal	10,533	19.16%

Electorate: 71,905; Turnout: 76.46%;
Majority: 20,596 (37.46%)

Thornaby
[E] Labour hold

IW Wrigglesworth	Labour	23,597	51.10%
J Jeffreys	Conservative	18,073	39.14%
N Patmore	Liberal	4,255	9.21%
M Evans	National Front	251	0.54%

Electorate: 61,783; Turnout: 74.74%;
Majority: 5,524 (11.96%)

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