UK General Election results May 1979

28th May 1979

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

Westbury — Wolverhampton North East

Wolverhampton South East — York

Westbury
[E] Conservative hold

DM Walters	Conservative	29,929	47.19%
P Jackson	Liberal	15,950	25.15%
PR Atkins	Labour	12,532	19.76%
S Alexander	Ind	2,547	4.02%
T Thatcher	Wessex Regionalist	1,905	3.00%
S Rodwell	Ecology	554	0.87%

Electorate: 79,538; Turnout: 79.73%;
Majority: 13,979 (22.04%)

Western Isles
[S] SNP hold

DJ Stewart	SNP	7,941	52.52%
A Matheson	Labour	4,878	32.26%
M Morrison	Conservative	1,600	10.58%
N MacLeod	Liberal	700	4.63%

Electorate: 22,393; Turnout: 67.52%;
Majority: 3,063 (20.26%)

Westhoughton
[E] Labour hold

R Stott	Labour	29,685	48.17%
C Johnson	Conservative	24,398	39.59%
J Pigott	Liberal	7,544	12.24%

Electorate: 76,922; Turnout: 80.12%;
Majority: 5,287 (8.58%)

West Lothian
[S] Labour hold

T Dalyell	Labour	36,713	54.87%
WC Wolfe	SNP	16,631	24.86%
JR Whyte	Conservative	13,162	19.67%
W Sneddon	Communist	404	0.60%

Electorate: 85,645; Turnout: 78.12%;
Majority: 20,082 (30.01%)

Westmorland
[E] Conservative hold

JM Jopling	Conservative	25,274	56.62%
K Hulls	Liberal	12,867	28.83%
A Potts	Labour	6,497	14.55%

Electorate: 59,956; Turnout: 74.45%;
Majority: 12,407 (27.79%)

Weston-super-Mare
[E] Conservative hold

AW Wiggin	Conservative	40,618	56.93%
R Morgan	Liberal	16,305	22.85%
AH Taylor	Labour	14,420	20.21%

Electorate: 92,096; Turnout: 77.47%;
Majority: 24,313 (34.08%)

Whitehaven
[E] Labour hold

JA Cunningham	Labour	22,626	52.44%
J Somers	Conservative	17,171	39.80%
E Akister	Liberal	2,559	5.93%
W Dixon	Ind	790	1.83%

Electorate: 52,787; Turnout: 81.74%;
Majority: 5,455 (12.64%)

Widnes
[E] Labour hold

GJ Oakes	Labour	32,033	55.16%
BG Holder	Conservative	21,752	37.46%
LA Self	Liberal	4,290	7.39%

Electorate: 78,228; Turnout: 74.24%;
Majority: 10,281 (17.70%)

Wigan
[E] Labour hold

EA Fitch	Labour	26,144	59.77%
T Peet	Conservative	13,149	30.06%
K Bruce	Liberal	4,102	9.38%
A Smith	Workers Revolutionary Party	348	0.80%

Electorate: 59,024; Turnout: 74.11%;
Majority: 12,995 (29.71%)

Wimbledon
[E] Conservative hold

M Havers	Conservative	27,567	55.10%
RB Tansey	Labour	14,252	28.48%
D Twigg	Liberal	7,604	15.20%
A Bailey	National Front	612	1.22%

Electorate: 65,471; Turnout: 76.42%;
Majority: 13,315 (26.61%)

Winchester
[E] Conservative hold

J Browne	Conservative	38,198	56.01%
WH Allchin	Labour	15,378	22.55%
J Morgan	Liberal	14,228	20.86%
M Mahoney	Wessex Regionalist	395	0.58%

Electorate: 87,412; Turnout: 78.02%;
Majority: 22,820 (33.46%)

Windsor & Maidenhead
[E] Conservative hold

A Glyn	Conservative	38,451	59.66%
VI Price	Labour	13,321	20.67%
J Farrand	Liberal	11,496	17.84%
P Crowley	National Front	930	1.44%
C Bex	Wessex Regionalist	251	0.39%

Electorate: 85,441; Turnout: 75.43%;
Majority: 25,130 (38.99%)

Wirral
[E] Conservative hold

D Hunt	Conservative	44,519	58.98%
C Ryder	Labour	21,188	28.07%
R Barnett	Liberal	9,769	12.94%

Electorate: 97,033; Turnout: 77.78%;
Majority: 23,331 (30.91%)

Woking
[E] Conservative hold

CGD Onslow	Conservative	31,719	57.05%
CN Beard	Labour	13,327	23.97%
GH Dunk	Liberal	9,991	17.97%
PA Gleave	National Front	564	1.01%

Electorate: 72,670; Turnout: 76.51%;
Majority: 18,392 (33.08%)

Wokingham
[E] Conservative hold

WR van Straubenzee	Conservative	36,194	54.44%
AE Furley	Labour	17,448	26.24%
P Mullarky	Liberal	12,120	18.23%
G Sanders	National Front	722	1.09%

Electorate: 85,001; Turnout: 78.22%;
Majority: 18,746 (28.20%)

Wolverhampton North East
[E] Labour hold

R Short	Labour	24,046	50.02%
J Evans	Conservative	17,986	37.41%
L McLean	Liberal	4,760	9.90%
G Cooper	National Front	1,283	2.67%

Electorate: 67,994; Turnout: 70.70%;
Majority: 6,060 (12.61%)

Wolverhampton South East
[E] Labour hold

R Edwards	Labour	20,708	55.74%
P Chalkley	Conservative	12,807	34.47%
M Parley	Liberal	2,499	6.73%
G Jones	National Front	1,139	3.07%

Electorate: 53,764; Turnout: 69.10%;
Majority: 7,901 (21.27%)

Wolverhampton South West
[E] Conservative hold

NW Budgen	Conservative	26,587	52.48%
IE Geffen	Labour	15,827	31.24%
J Wernick	Liberal	6,939	13.70%
J Lees	National Front	912	1.80%
J Deary	Anti Common Market Free Enterprise	401	0.79%

Electorate: 66,180; Turnout: 76.56%;
Majority: 10,760 (21.24%)

Wood Green
[E] Labour hold

R Race	Labour	16,465	46.94%
J Riley	Conservative	13,950	39.77%
G Davies	Liberal	3,665	10.45%
R Frost	National Front	998	2.85%

Electorate: 52,039; Turnout: 67.41%;
Majority: 2,515 (7.17%)

Woolwich East
[E] Labour hold

JC Cartwright	Labour	21,700	58.93%
P Rock	Conservative	11,240	30.53%
DJ Woodhead	Liberal	2,998	8.14%
I Steven	National Front	884	2.40%

Electorate: 52,523; Turnout: 70.11%;
Majority: 10,460 (28.41%)

Woolwich West
[E] Conservative hold

PJ Bottomley	Conservative	21,222	47.34%
D Page	Labour	18,613	41.52%
J Churchill	Liberal	4,363	9.73%
M Skeggs	National Front	630	1.41%

Electorate: 56,327; Turnout: 79.59%;
Majority: 2,609 (5.82%)

Worcester
[E] Conservative hold

PE Walker	Conservative	30,194	51.31%
D Sparks	Labour	18,605	31.62%
D Elliott	Liberal	8,886	15.10%
J Davenport	Ecology	707	1.20%
K Stevens	National Front	450	0.76%

Electorate: 78,026; Turnout: 75.41%;
Majority: 11,589 (19.70%)

Worcestershire South
[E] Conservative hold

WHM Spicer	Conservative	34,926	57.14%
D Phillips	Liberal	14,272	23.35%
G Daniel	Labour	10,206	16.70%
G Woodford	Ecology	1,722	2.82%

Electorate: 79,036; Turnout: 77.34%;
Majority: 20,654 (33.79%)

Workington
[E] Labour gain

D Campbell-Savours	Labour	24,523	53.18%
RL Page	Conservative	18,767	40.70%
N Blackshaw	Liberal	2,819	6.11%

Electorate: 55,030; Turnout: 83.79%;
Majority: 5,756 (12.48%)

Worthing
[E] Conservative hold

TL Higgins	Conservative	33,624	61.22%
B Sudbury	Liberal	13,244	24.11%
K Underwood	Labour	7,163	13.04%
A Hough	National Front	893	1.63%

Electorate: 74,961; Turnout: 73.27%;
Majority: 20,380 (37.11%)

The Wrekin
[E] Conservative gain

W Hawksley	Conservative	32,672	45.56%
GT Fowler	Labour	31,707	44.22%
R Yarnell	Liberal	7,331	10.22%

Electorate: 92,592; Turnout: 77.45%;
Majority: 965 (1.35%)

Wrexham
[W] Labour hold

RT Ellis	Labour	30,405	49.21%
R Graham-Palmer	Conservative	18,256	29.55%
M Thomas	Liberal	11,389	18.43%
HW Roberts	Plaid Cymru	1,740	2.82%

Electorate: 78,771; Turnout: 78.44%;
Majority: 12,149 (19.66%)

Wycombe
[E] Conservative hold

R Whitney	Conservative	38,171	57.30%
TJ Fowler	Labour	18,000	27.02%
A Lawson	Liberal	9,615	14.43%
S Jones	National Front	833	1.25%

Electorate: 85,843; Turnout: 77.61%;
Majority: 20,171 (30.28%)

Yarmouth
[E] Conservative hold

A Fell	Conservative	28,066	50.43%
P Hollis	Labour	20,838	37.44%
E Minett	Liberal	6,112	10.98%
T Holmes	National Front	640	1.15%

Electorate: 72,154; Turnout: 77.14%;
Majority: 7,228 (12.99%)

Yeovil
[E] Conservative hold

JWW Peyton	Conservative	31,321	47.92%
JJD Ashdown	Liberal	19,939	30.51%
ID Luder	Labour	14,098	21.57%

Electorate: 80,646; Turnout: 81.04%;
Majority: 11,382 (17.41%)

York
[E] Labour hold

AW Lyon	Labour	26,703	44.73%
EDM Tod	Conservative	25,453	42.64%
M Pemberton	Liberal	6,752	11.31%
FCJ Radcliffe	Christian Stop Abortion	569	0.95%
PA Spink	National Front	221	0.37%

Electorate: 76,832; Turnout: 77.70%;
Majority: 1,250 (2.09%)

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