UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

Thurrock — Wakefield

Wallasey — West Bromwich West

Thurrock
[E] Labour hold

OA McDonald	Labour	33,449	48.55%
A Baldry	Conservative	27,030	39.24%
M Crowson	Liberal	6,445	9.36%
E Burdett	National Front	1,358	1.97%
B Chattaway	Ind	365	0.53%
M Daly	Workers Revolutionary Party	242	0.35%

Electorate: 91,712; Turnout: 75.11%;
Majority: 6,419 (9.32%)

Tiverton
[E] Conservative hold

RJ Maxwell-Hyslop	Conservative	33,444	56.74%
D Morrish	Liberal	17,215	29.21%
AWF Cook	Labour	8,281	14.05%

Electorate: 74,370; Turnout: 79.25%;
Majority: 16,229 (27.53%)

Tonbridge & Malling
[E] Conservative hold

JP Stanley	Conservative	29,534	54.54%
RC Ackerley	Labour	13,282	24.53%
GJ Knopp	Liberal	10,904	20.14%
GL Burnett	National Front	429	0.79%

Electorate: 68,122; Turnout: 79.49%;
Majority: 16,252 (30.01%)

Tooting
[E] Labour hold

TM Cox	Labour	18,642	51.90%
R Ritchie	Conservative	13,442	37.43%
R Fife	Liberal	2,917	8.12%
P Berbridge	National Front	682	1.90%
L Lewis	Communist	233	0.65%

Electorate: 50,962; Turnout: 70.48%;
Majority: 5,200 (14.48%)

Torbay
[E] Conservative hold

F Bennett	Conservative	36,099	54.65%
MN Mitchell	Liberal	15,231	23.06%
EV Fear	Labour	12,919	19.56%
D Abrahams	Ecology	1,161	1.76%
JG Spry	National Front	647	0.98%

Electorate: 87,987; Turnout: 75.08%;
Majority: 20,868 (31.59%)

Totnes
[E] Conservative hold

RL Mawby	Conservative	35,010	52.16%
AH Rogers	Liberal	24,445	36.42%
J Duffin	Labour	7,668	11.42%

Electorate: 83,960; Turnout: 79.95%;
Majority: 10,565 (15.74%)

Tottenham
[E] Labour hold

N Atkinson	Labour	16,299	56.91%
MHM Carrington	Conservative	9,166	32.00%
K Alexander	Liberal	2,177	7.60%
CS Mates	National Front	833	2.91%
EDJ Gutteridge	Workers Revolutionary Party	94	0.33%
GA Rolph	Fellowship Party	71	0.25%

Electorate: 46,821; Turnout: 61.17%;
Majority: 7,133 (24.91%)

Truro
[E] Liberal hold

DC Penhaligon	Liberal	33,571	52.84%
R Brown	Conservative	24,863	39.13%
BM Tidy	Labour	4,689	7.38%
JCA Whetter	Cornish Nationalist	227	0.36%
NF Hedger	National Front	182	0.29%

Electorate: 76,597; Turnout: 82.94%;
Majority: 8,708 (13.71%)

Tunbridge Wells
[E] Conservative hold

PBB Mayhew	Conservative	31,928	59.54%
AAJ Bartlett	Labour	11,392	21.24%
R Baker	Liberal	9,797	18.27%
W Standen	National Front	509	0.95%

Electorate: 71,825; Turnout: 74.66%;
Majority: 20,536 (38.29%)

Twickenham
[E] Conservative hold

TFH Jessel	Conservative	30,017	52.24%
J Waller	Liberal	17,169	29.88%
D Wetzel	Labour	9,591	16.69%
M Braithwaite	National Front	686	1.19%

Electorate: 71,535; Turnout: 80.33%;
Majority: 12,848 (22.36%)

Tynemouth
[E] Conservative hold

NG Trotter	Conservative	29,941	51.57%
PJ Cosgrove	Labour	22,377	38.55%
R Pinkney	Liberal	5,736	9.88%

Electorate: 74,722; Turnout: 77.69%;
Majority: 7,564 (13.03%)

Ulster Mid
[N] United Ulster Unionist hold

J Dunlop	United Ulster Unionist	29,249	44.68%
PA Duffy	SDLP	19,266	29.43%
P Fahy	Irish Independence Party	12,055	18.41%
A Lagan	Alliance	3,481	5.32%
F Donnelly	Republican Clubs	1,414	2.16%

Electorate: 81,457; Turnout: 80.37%;
Majority: 9,983 (15.25%)

Upminster
[E] Conservative hold

JW Loveridge	Conservative	27,960	52.72%
JK Stephenson	Labour	18,895	35.63%
D Harvey	Liberal	5,216	9.83%
W Neary	National Front	965	1.82%

Electorate: 65,966; Turnout: 80.40%;
Majority: 9,065 (17.09%)

Uxbridge
[E] Conservative hold

JM Shersby	Conservative	24,967	52.49%
GE Pringle	Labour	16,972	35.68%
J Hunt	Liberal	5,031	10.58%
P Budgen	National Front	595	1.25%

Electorate: 60,313; Turnout: 78.86%;
Majority: 7,995 (16.81%)

Vauxhall
[E] Labour hold

S Holland	Labour	13,058	52.44%
P Heslop	Conservative	8,358	33.57%
F Harrison	Liberal	1,842	7.40%
V Atkinson	National Front	879	3.53%
D Elliot	Labour Alliance Party	565	2.27%
S Hannigan	Workers Revolutionary Party	153	0.61%
W Boaks	Democratic Monarchist Public Safety White Resident	44	0.18%

Electorate: 39,870; Turnout: 62.45%;
Majority: 4,700 (18.88%)

Wakefield
[E] Labour hold

W Harrison	Labour	27,124	50.90%
J Sheard	Conservative	19,571	36.73%
N Collins-Tooth	Liberal	6,059	11.37%
A Cooper	National Front	530	0.99%

Electorate: 70,509; Turnout: 75.57%;
Majority: 7,553 (14.17%)

Wallasey
[E] Conservative hold

L Chalker	Conservative	26,548	49.65%
HC Hodge	Labour	21,167	39.58%
NRL Thomas	Liberal	5,269	9.85%
J Fishwick	National Front	491	0.92%

Electorate: 69,211; Turnout: 77.26%;
Majority: 5,381 (10.06%)

Wallsend
[E] Labour hold

WE Garrett	Labour	38,214	55.14%
L Johnstone	Conservative	21,695	31.30%
P Ryan	Liberal	8,514	12.28%
I Hunter	National Front	472	0.68%
K Flynn	Workers Revolutionary Party	412	0.59%

Electorate: 91,312; Turnout: 75.90%;
Majority: 16,519 (23.83%)

Walsall North
[E] Labour gain

D Winnick	Labour	26,913	50.94%
RG Hodgson	Conservative	21,047	39.83%
A Bentley	Liberal	3,778	7.15%
C Parker	National Front	1,098	2.08%

Electorate: 73,102; Turnout: 72.28%;
Majority: 5,866 (11.10%)

Walsall South
[E] Labour hold

BT George	Labour	22,539	50.90%
A Hill	Conservative	20,951	47.31%
V Parker	National Front	795	1.80%

Electorate: 57,709; Turnout: 76.74%;
Majority: 1,588 (3.59%)

Walthamstow
[E] Labour hold

EP Deakins	Labour	17,651	50.24%
S Eyres	Conservative	13,248	37.71%
MP O'Flanagan	Liberal	3,117	8.87%
G Flaxton	National Front	1,119	3.18%

Electorate: 49,315; Turnout: 71.25%;
Majority: 4,403 (12.53%)

Wanstead & Woodford
[E] Conservative hold

CPF Jenkin	Conservative	26,214	62.16%
MG Macnulty	Labour	8,464	20.07%
A Cornish	Liberal	6,535	15.50%
C Bond	National Front	957	2.27%

Electorate: 57,218; Turnout: 73.70%;
Majority: 17,750 (42.09%)

Warley East
[E] Labour hold

AWM Faulds	Labour	21,333	55.02%
RK Jones	Conservative	16,236	41.87%
J Worrall	National Front	1,204	3.11%

Electorate: 55,026; Turnout: 70.46%;
Majority: 5,097 (13.15%)

Warley West
[E] Labour hold

PK Archer	Labour	25,175	58.39%
RK Evans	Conservative	15,074	34.96%
FM Fisher	Liberal	2,864	6.64%

Electorate: 60,935; Turnout: 70.75%;
Majority: 10,101 (23.43%)

Warrington
[E] Labour hold

T Williams	Labour	19,306	61.65%
G Povey	Conservative	9,032	28.84%
IB Browne	Liberal	2,833	9.05%
C Campbell	Social Democrat	144	0.46%

Electorate: 43,921; Turnout: 71.30%;
Majority: 10,274 (32.81%)

Warwick & Leamington
[E] Conservative hold

DG Smith	Conservative	35,925	54.35%
CJ Gray	Labour	19,367	29.30%
D Woodcock	Liberal	9,905	14.98%
P Sizer	Ecology	905	1.37%

Electorate: 85,074; Turnout: 77.70%;
Majority: 16,558 (25.05%)

Watford
[E] Conservative gain

T Garel-Jones	Conservative	21,320	47.64%
A Banks	Labour	18,030	40.28%
B Bodle	Liberal	5,019	11.21%
B Cheetham	National Front	388	0.87%

Electorate: 55,079; Turnout: 81.26%;
Majority: 3,290 (7.35%)

Wellingborough
[E] Conservative hold

PD Fry	Conservative	37,812	52.27%
DA Forwood	Labour	25,278	34.95%
LE Stringer	Liberal	8,506	11.76%
SF Wright	National Front	529	0.73%
DMP Garnett	Ind	209	0.29%

Electorate: 89,022; Turnout: 81.25%;
Majority: 12,534 (17.33%)

Wells
[E] Conservative hold

RT Boscawen	Conservative	30,400	51.35%
AAS Butt Philip	Liberal	18,204	30.75%
PP Murphy	Labour	10,025	16.93%
G Livings	Ind	421	0.71%
A Thynn	Wessex Regionalist	155	0.26%

Electorate: 74,717; Turnout: 79.24%;
Majority: 12,196 (20.60%)

Welwyn & Hatfield
[E] Conservative gain

CPY Murphy	Conservative	28,892	48.59%
HV Hayman	Labour	25,418	42.75%
J Hurd	Liberal	4,688	7.88%
P Ruddock	National Front	459	0.77%

Electorate: 69,957; Turnout: 84.99%;
Majority: 3,474 (5.84%)

West Bromwich East
[E] Labour hold

PC Snape	Labour	19,279	47.03%
J Wright	Conservative	17,308	42.22%
M Smith	Liberal	3,228	7.88%
C Allsopp	National Front	1,175	2.87%

Electorate: 57,660; Turnout: 71.09%;
Majority: 1,971 (4.81%)

West Bromwich West
[E] Labour hold

B Boothroyd	Labour	23,791	60.28%
D Harrison	Conservative	14,323	36.29%
R Churms	National Front	1,351	3.42%

Electorate: 58,803; Turnout: 67.11%;
Majority: 9,468 (23.99%)

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