UK General Election May 1979

Constituencies in order of turnout

Constituency	% Turnout	% Majority
Stepney & Poplar	53.31	41.63
City of London & Westminster South	55.15	35.23
Newham North West	55.38	34.94
Bethnal Green & Bow	55.49	26.47
Belfast West	56.53	24.74
Newham South	57.05	41.90
Chelsea	57.30	47.61
Liverpool Scotland Exchange	57.41	62.86
Peckham	57.66	31.77
Antrim South	58.24	52.78
Bermondsey	59.33	38.66
Glasgow Central	59.45	56.04
Hackney Central	59.87	31.59
Hackney South & Shoreditch	60.08	25.90
Holborn & St Pancras South	60.40	9.53
Cardiff West	60.78	75.21
St Marylebone	60.84	33.42
Hackney North & Stoke Newington	60.90	18.33
Tottenham	61.17	24.91
Islington North	61.21	19.03
Down North	62.17	38.06
Birmingham Ladywood	62.29	36.65
Vauxhall	62.45	18.88
Birmingham Small Heath	62.90	39.12
Islington South & Finsbury	62.92	17.97
Newham North East	63.09	23.98
Lambeth Central	63.18	21.65
Paddington	63.32	0.30
Islington Central	63.69	15.89
Manchester Central	63.70	48.65
St Pancras North	63.74	20.29
Deptford	63.76	21.68
Nottingham East	63.92	10.58
Antrim North	64.28	28.23
Salford East	64.34	27.82
Sheffield Park	64.45	50.72
Kensington	64.60	16.14
Liverpool Toxteth	64.78	22.66
Birmingham Sparkbrook	64.97	27.89
Leeds South East	65.00	33.17
Belfast North	65.07	2.35
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	65.25	47.98
Glasgow Kelvingrove	65.63	21.52
Glasgow Provan	66.04	54.37
Brent East	66.90	16.62
West Bromwich West	67.11	23.99
Londonderry	67.13	19.50
Orkney & Shetland	67.20	35.09
Hampstead	67.41	8.53
Wood Green	67.41	7.17
Hull West	67.46	23.04
Edinburgh Central	67.51	18.29
Western Isles	67.52	20.26
Belfast East	67.55	0.13
Nottingham North	67.61	5.75
Glasgow Maryhill	67.69	51.25
Glasgow Springburn	67.81	44.72
Birmingham Edgbaston	67.83	20.59
Middlesbrough	67.87	25.79
Belfast South	67.89	36.61
Birmingham Erdington	67.93	1.56
Newcastle upon Tyne North	67.96	6.40
Battersea North	67.98	22.99
Glasgow Shettleston	68.23	42.08
Brent South	68.26	28.52
Manchester Ardwick	68.36	23.91
Birmingham Handsworth	68.39	10.42
Glasgow Queen's Park	68.43	40.35
Leeds South	68.70	41.62
Oldham East	68.70	12.86
Salford West	68.72	24.22
Sheffield Brightside	68.84	47.20
Liverpool Edge Hill	69.04	17.41
Stoke-on-Trent Central	69.04	30.69
Bradford West	69.05	17.17
Wolverhampton South East	69.10	21.27
Glasgow Govan	69.11	49.34
Dagenham	69.12	21.51
Gateshead West	69.31	41.30
Leyton	69.39	13.96
Sunderland North	69.54	25.42
Aberdeen North	69.67	42.37
Coventry South East	69.86	21.03
Sunderland South	70.00	15.17
Southend East	70.08	26.95
Armagh	70.09	12.45
Woolwich East	70.11	28.41
Dudley East	70.13	18.37
Hornsey	70.13	9.85
Leeds North East	70.13	12.99
Hendon South	70.18	23.11
Liverpool Kirkdale	70.19	25.36
Liverpool West Derby	70.20	20.20
Norwood	70.37	5.64
Hammersmith North	70.40	9.80
Hull Central	70.41	17.74
Dulwich	70.42	0.28
Bootle	70.44	34.39
Bournemouth West	70.46	38.45
Warley East	70.46	13.15
Tooting	70.48	14.48
Birmingham Northfield	70.62	0.37
Greenwich	70.63	18.80
Wolverhampton North East	70.70	12.61
Warley West	70.75	23.43
Sheffield Hillsborough	70.81	23.08
Hull East	70.82	37.58
Leeds East	70.89	22.17
Battersea South	70.92	1.07
Barking	71.06	20.42
West Bromwich East	71.09	4.81
South Shields	71.18	26.13
Walthamstow	71.25	12.53
Warrington	71.30	32.81
Acton	71.40	14.28
Derby South	71.40	11.31
Manchester Moss Side	71.54	13.25
Streatham	71.54	14.41
Birmingham Stechford	71.55	3.77
Bristol West	71.56	29.70
Hove	71.59	38.63
Thanet West	71.60	29.18
Southall	71.65	21.52
Hastings	71.68	21.56
Edinburgh North	71.76	13.53
Bradford North	71.81	15.28
Finchley	71.81	19.78
Bristol South	71.88	25.87
Dearne valley	71.96	49.23
Down South	71.99	12.75
Cambridge	72.02	8.57
Blackpool South	72.09	20.94
Richmond (Yorks)	72.10	40.33
Rotherham	72.12	30.60
Leicester West	72.26	18.20
Walsall North	72.28	11.10
Plymouth Devonport	72.34	2.87
Aberdeenshire East	72.38	1.42
Huyton	72.41	14.21
Newcastle upon Tyne West	72.42	18.66
Banffshire	72.45	3.37
Croydon North West	72.52	9.35
Sheffield Hallam	72.52	26.10
Stoke-on-Trent South	72.52	26.48
Brighton Pavilion	72.55	24.47
Oldham West	72.59	17.02
Folkestone & Hythe	72.62	33.27
Blackpool North	72.63	23.65
Coventry North East	72.68	22.34
Sheffield Attercliffe	72.68	39.55
Thanet East	72.72	28.74
Rochester & Chatham	72.74	4.63
Stoke-on-Trent North	72.75	28.75
Manchester Openshaw	72.78	25.96
Paisley	72.79	29.63
St Helens	72.81	28.55
Liverpool Walton	72.83	20.63
Goole	72.84	23.39
Portsmouth South	72.88	23.49
Houghton-le-Spring	72.89	47.80
Barnsley	72.93	39.92
Bournemouth East	73.08	44.31
Leeds North West	73.08	12.38
Scarborough	73.12	27.68
Glasgow Garscadden	73.17	39.61
Bradford South	73.18	7.73
Nottingham West	73.24	4.42
Hemsworth	73.27	49.65
Worthing	73.27	37.11
Birmingham Hall Green	73.33	19.27
Leeds West	73.33	22.41
Liverpool Wavertree	73.35	16.03
Chesterfield	73.38	25.14
Bristol North East	73.46	15.07
Rochdale	73.66	10.75
Birmingham Selly Oak	73.68	10.03
Glasgow Pollok	73.68	19.52
Greenock & Port Glasgow	73.68	24.85
Wanstead & Woodford	73.70	42.09
Stockton	73.71	16.92
Birmingham Yardley	73.75	2.74
Liverpool Garston	73.76	4.77
Angus North & Mearns	73.79	34.30
Hendon North	73.82	16.02
Cardiff South East	73.85	21.60
Arundel	73.86	45.45
Pontefract & Castleford	73.89	44.38
Oswestry	73.90	31.09
Birkenhead	73.93	14.17
Blackburn	73.96	14.15
Wigan	74.11	29.71
Croydon North East	74.12	16.03
Bridlington	74.18	29.95
Brighton Kemptown	74.18	16.82
Oxford	74.18	2.47
Ince	74.20	23.27
Widnes	74.24	17.70
Harrogate	74.26	36.07
Feltham & Heston	74.32	6.92
Huddersfield East	74.32	7.71
Easington	74.33	36.20
Lewisham East	74.35	3.19
Howden	74.38	30.69
Inverness	74.44	8.93
Westmorland	74.45	27.79
Batley & Morley	74.54	11.42
Newcastle upon Tyne East	74.55	18.61
Holland with Boston	74.58	27.47
Rother Valley	74.63	35.18
Edmonton	74.64	4.51
Tunbridge Wells	74.66	38.29
Harwich	74.67	29.82
Southampton Itchen	74.68	2.64
Beckenham	74.70	31.77
Bishop Auckland	74.70	10.82
Hartlepool	74.71	16.62
Canterbury	74.72	34.00
Don Valley	74.72	24.38
Southport	74.73	12.77
Manchester Withington	74.74	8.40
Thornaby	74.74	11.96
Leicester South	74.80	3.78
Kingston upon Thames	74.89	31.41
Eton & Slough	74.92	2.76
Doncaster	74.95	6.56
Hayes & Harlington	75.01	7.84
Manchester Wythenshawe	75.01	26.65
Torbay	75.08	31.59
Harrow Central	75.10	12.33
Thurrock	75.11	9.32
Glasgow Craigton	75.15	31.44
Crosby	75.18	31.56
Horncastle	75.21	27.17
Edinburgh Leith	75.24	14.35
Northampton South	75.27	9.44
Gateshead East	75.32	31.24
Coatbridge & Airdrie	75.33	33.46
Fylde North	75.33	35.67
Guildford	75.34	36.07
Worcester	75.41	19.70
Windsor & Maidenhead	75.43	38.99
Surbiton	75.48	30.50
Surrey North West	75.55	44.81
Chichester	75.56	42.68
Wakefield	75.57	14.17
Leicester East	75.58	5.62
Chipping Barnet	75.59	31.81
Norwich North	75.61	15.84
Brigg & Scunthorpe	75.62	0.68
Havant & Waterloo	75.62	32.76
Swansea East	75.62	46.50
Croydon Central	75.68	15.78
Cardiff North	75.70	11.15
Glasgow Hillhead	75.72	6.64
Consett	75.76	36.39
Birmingham Perry Barr	75.78	1.25
Grimsby	75.79	12.36
Ayrshire North & Bute	75.85	11.39
Ilford South	75.87	4.10
Reading North	75.87	14.97
Redcar	75.90	16.97
Wallsend	75.90	23.83
Aberdeenshire West	75.94	5.36
Huddersfield West	75.96	3.61
Durham North West	75.98	31.72
Northampton North	76.00	12.09
Lewisham West	76.01	2.33
Fulham	76.08	3.46
Edinburgh East	76.09	20.16
Putney	76.10	5.35
Ormskirk	76.11	1.15
Argyll	76.12	4.97
Beaconsfield	76.19	41.51
Southend West	76.25	33.03
Southgate	76.26	39.09
Lewes	76.27	37.32
Southampton Test	76.30	3.62
Bury St Edmunds	76.32	27.76
Durham	76.35	19.00
Ross & Cromarty	76.36	18.85
Manchester Blackley	76.37	11.15
Swindon	76.41	11.74
Wimbledon	76.42	26.61
Dudley West	76.45	1.77
Aldershot	76.46	35.64
Morecambe & Lonsdale	76.46	30.14
Thirsk & Malton	76.46	37.46
Reading South	76.48	28.02
Woking	76.51	33.08
Chertsey & Walton	76.55	22.85
Epping Forest	76.55	30.25
Wolverhampton South West	76.56	21.24
Ashton-under-Lyne	76.60	18.67
Heywood & Royton	76.61	3.63
Romford	76.61	20.85
Colchester	76.62	19.97
Shrewsbury	76.65	21.01
Ashford	76.67	28.94
Stratford-on-Avon	76.67	38.41
Eastbourne	76.68	44.25
Halifax	76.69	2.52
Brent North	76.71	20.56
Croydon South	76.74	43.84
Walsall South	76.74	3.59
Fylde South	76.75	44.54
Chester-le-Street	76.76	35.23
Edinburgh Pentlands	76.76	2.66
Normanton	76.76	25.87
Carshalton	76.79	20.08
Derby North	76.79	0.33
Mitcham & Morden	76.87	1.29
Essex South East	76.89	38.74
Spelthorne	76.89	29.63
Epsom & Ewell	76.91	41.73
Leigh	76.94	17.61
Plymouth Sutton	76.95	21.41
Penrith & the Border	76.98	38.82
Meriden	77.02	5.42
Lincoln	77.03	1.42
Maidstone	77.03	29.34
St Ives	77.03	33.15
Stalybridge & Hyde	77.06	12.60
Dewsbury	77.09	8.97
East Grinstead	77.09	37.69
Rye	77.13	40.76
Yarmouth	77.14	12.99
Solihull	77.18	49.52
Manchester Gorton	77.19	15.09
Plymouth Drake	77.19	9.87
Preston South	77.19	1.55
New Forest	77.23	38.71
Falmouth & Cambourne	77.26	30.83
Sheffield Heeley	77.26	9.65
Sutton Coldfield	77.26	52.72
Wallasey	77.26	10.06
Edinburgh South	77.30	5.43
Perth & East Perthshire	77.31	6.46
Haltemprice	77.33	32.13
Mansfield	77.34	20.39
Worcestershire South	77.34	33.79
Stockport South	77.35	3.00
Huntingdonshire	77.37	29.69
Salisbury	77.38	12.49
Kirkaldy	77.39	27.65
Honiton	77.41	41.63
Fife Central	77.42	37.86
Morpeth	77.44	30.63
Erith & Crayford	77.45	5.75
The Wrekin	77.45	1.35
Eccles	77.47	17.78
Gosport	77.47	35.45
Moray & Nairn	77.47	1.18
Weston-super-Mare	77.47	34.08
Crewe	77.48	9.19
Esher	77.51	45.40
Henley	77.52	35.78
Jarrow	77.52	26.74
Kidderminster	77.56	25.09
Cheltenham	77.60	20.98
Ravensbourne	77.60	41.66
Wycombe	77.61	30.28
Christchurch & Lymington	77.63	49.07
Chester	77.64	16.65
Dundee East	77.66	5.04
Altrincham & Sale	77.69	26.30
Luton East	77.69	2.08
Stretford	77.69	8.37
Tynemouth	77.69	13.03
Warwick & Leamington	77.70	25.05
York	77.70	2.09
Burnley	77.72	15.40
Farnworth	77.76	14.51
Midlothian	77.77	21.46
Wirral	77.78	30.91
Motherwell & Wishaw	77.80	27.94
Hertfordshire East	77.81	28.63
Preston North	77.82	0.07
Ealing North	77.83	2.48
Runcorn	77.83	16.71
Edinburgh West	77.85	17.25
Harrow East	77.85	20.50
Dorking	77.87	41.86
Maldon	77.92	32.71
Peterborough	77.94	8.98
Darwen	77.97	22.27
Shoreham	77.97	38.29
Sussex Mid	77.98	39.17
Aylesbury	77.99	34.07
Knutsford	77.99	39.58
Basildon	78.01	6.41
Winchester	78.02	33.46
Norfolk South West	78.05	23.69
Bath	78.07	18.36
Enfield North	78.08	6.72
Ilkeston	78.08	14.63
Rutland & Stamford	78.08	31.94
Dumfries	78.09	17.93
Pontypridd	78.09	26.77
Brentford & Isleworth	78.10	8.96
Macclesfield	78.10	34.01
Barkston Ash	78.12	26.06
West Lothian	78.12	30.01
Poole	78.13	34.57
Hornchurch	78.14	1.62
Reigate	78.17	37.74
Louth	78.22	11.65
Wokingham	78.22	28.20
Grantham	78.24	27.46
Barrow-in-Furness	78.26	18.16
Blyth	78.27	11.31
Cambridgeshire	78.27	31.93
Banbury	78.29	25.50
Petersfield	78.29	34.90
Bolsover	78.31	42.08
Dorset South	78.33	26.20
Norfolk South	78.35	24.24
Chingford	78.36	28.19
Dundee West	78.36	20.89
Pontypool	78.36	38.76
Bristol South East	78.39	3.45
Caithness & Sutherland	78.39	10.96
Darlington	78.42	2.12
Surrey East	78.42	43.13
Newton	78.44	14.05
Wrexham	78.44	19.66
Hereford	78.45	10.31
Nuneaton	78.48	12.21
Faversham	78.53	19.73
Aberdeen South	78.55	1.51
Buckingham	78.56	17.18
Devon West	78.57	35.59
Ludlow	78.57	21.16
Flint West	78.59	18.01
Aberdare	78.61	54.27
Bothwell	78.61	31.57
Ruislip Northwood	78.61	39.44
Glasgow Cathcart	78.63	4.19
Bedford	78.65	20.41
Portsmouth North	78.66	4.27
Luton West	78.69	0.51
Sudbury & Woodbridge	78.69	28.59
Melton	78.70	35.45
Harlow	78.72	2.62
Harrow West	78.72	33.96
Accrington	78.73	8.23
Bromsgrove & Redditch	78.73	19.33
Bolton East	78.74	4.02
Norfolk North	78.74	28.25
Burton	78.75	17.75
Cirencester & Tewkesbury	78.75	29.12
Caerphilly	78.81	39.84
Ripon	78.81	38.66
Stafford & Stone	78.81	20.07
Sutton & Cheam	78.84	31.60
Gillingham	78.85	20.82
Uxbridge	78.86	16.81
Middleton & Prestwich	78.89	1.80
Penistone	78.89	16.99
Carlton	78.90	21.14
Gainsborough	78.94	13.80
Chislehurst	78.95	22.89
Stirling Falkirk & Grangemouth	78.95	29.90
Fife East	78.98	19.98
Sevenoaks	78.98	34.59
Dorset West	79.00	36.87
Ilford North	79.00	14.00
Conway	79.02	14.97
Hertfordshire South	79.02	22.90
Staffordshire South West	79.02	32.74
Fareham	79.06	34.99
Blaydon	79.07	18.41
Eye	79.10	27.19
Merthyr Tydfil	79.10	57.22
Oxfordshire Mid	79.11	30.92
Aberavon	79.15	36.95
Norfolk North West	79.15	11.97
Coventry North West	79.21	10.23
Bridgwater	79.22	24.97
Wells	79.24	20.60
Tiverton	79.25	27.53
Sidcup	79.26	33.97
Dunfermline	79.31	14.21
Halesowen & Stourbridge	79.31	13.37
Kettering	79.31	2.11
Nantwich	79.31	15.13
Newbury	79.32	16.14
Bolton West	79.36	1.51
Llanelli	79.39	38.99
Bassetlaw	79.42	12.25
Lancaster	79.45	10.38
Basingstoke	79.48	27.60
Tonbridge & Malling	79.49	30.01
Abingdon	79.50	29.07
Gloucester	79.51	12.42
Hexham	79.52	16.09
Stockport North	79.55	0.78
Bedwellty	79.59	50.64
Hamilton	79.59	35.89
Woolwich West	79.59	5.82
Devizes	79.60	25.25
Swansea West	79.62	0.76
Kinross & West Perthshire	79.64	21.08
Newport	79.68	15.33
Dorset North	79.69	36.21
Ogmore	79.69	28.77
Chesham & Amersham	79.72	38.43
East Kilbride	79.73	24.49
Lanarkshire North	79.73	23.99
Westbury	79.73	22.04
Hertfordshire South West	79.74	26.97
Ayrshire Central	79.75	21.81
Rhondda	79.76	62.24
Cannock	79.79	15.47
Ayr	79.81	6.33
Angus South	79.87	2.10
Bedfordshire South	79.90	28.17
Derbyshire North East	79.90	9.42
Ebbw Vale	79.90	55.62
Ayrshire South	79.92	3.75
Newark	79.94	2.90
Farnham	79.95	31.88
Lowestoft	79.95	11.82
Totnes	79.95	15.74
Chippenham	79.96	7.88
Carlisle	79.98	10.63
Denbigh	79.98	16.79
Dunbartonshire Central	80.01	30.38
Harborough	80.03	39.81
Cleveland & Whitby	80.05	13.19
Bexleyheath	80.12	20.97
Westhoughton	80.12	8.58
Brighouse & Spenborough	80.17	3.31
Dunbartonshire West	80.19	14.77
Abertillery	80.22	59.82
Norwich South	80.23	3.31
Barry	80.33	14.57
Twickenham	80.33	22.36
Pudsey	80.34	16.03
Dartford	80.35	3.01
Hertford & Stevenage	80.37	1.84
Ulster Mid	80.37	15.25
Upminster	80.40	17.09
Leek	80.42	15.02
Rutherglen	80.42	20.20
St Albans	80.44	29.23
Daventry	80.50	29.36
Shipley	80.50	19.41
Keighley	80.51	0.18
Ashfield	80.57	12.43
Cardiff North West	80.58	17.81
Renfrewshire East	80.58	25.49
Brentwood & Ongar	80.62	35.14
Dover & Deal	80.65	12.98
Eastleigh	80.66	29.46
Bebington & Ellesmere Port	80.68	0.66
Clitheroe	80.68	26.35
Derbyshire West	80.69	25.00
Sowerby	80.74	2.97
Taunton	80.74	23.75
Ipswich	80.80	5.23
Gower	80.81	22.69
Isle of Ely	80.81	5.89
Northwich	80.88	19.89
Braintree	80.93	20.59
Chelmsford	81.02	8.02
Yeovil	81.04	17.41
Kilmarnock	81.08	23.43
Derbyshire South East	81.09	15.84
Renfrewshire West	81.17	13.50
Anglesey	81.18	7.27
Galloway	81.20	8.75
Neath	81.22	44.37
Loughborough	81.23	8.37
Lichfield & Tamworth	81.25	10.26
Wellingborough	81.25	17.33
Watford	81.26	7.35
Stroud	81.28	25.04
Bristol North West	81.31	8.77
Pembroke	81.31	12.04
Bedfordshire Mid	81.32	31.03
Beeston	81.34	16.11
Richmond upon Thames	81.37	6.12
Gravesend	81.40	12.92
Horsham & Crawley	81.40	18.44
Montgomery	81.41	5.47
Coventry South West	81.50	9.97
Caernarvon	81.51	24.87
Cardigan	81.51	5.91
Exeter	81.55	14.30
Nelson & Colne	81.55	1.12
Newcastle-under-Lyme	81.59	7.15
Saffron Walden	81.61	28.94
Orpington	81.67	28.98
Rushcliffe	81.69	40.90
Stirlingshire East & Clackmannan	81.69	1.81
Devon North	81.73	13.34
Flint East	81.73	10.25
Whitehaven	81.74	12.64
High Peak	81.77	9.80
Lanark	81.77	12.25
Cheadle	81.78	31.11
Isle of Wight	81.84	0.47
Colne Valley	81.86	4.48
Leominster	81.90	12.32
Stirlingshire West	81.96	21.94
Roxburgh Selkirk & Peebles	82.00	21.84
Chorley	82.01	3.88
Gloucestershire South	82.05	21.77
Hitchin	82.19	20.96
Somerset North	82.24	26.50
Aldridge-Brownhills	82.53	10.84
Bodmin	82.54	19.71
Bury & Radcliffe	82.64	0.06
Berwick & East Lothian	82.94	3.31
Truro	82.94	13.71
Monmouth	83.00	14.69
Blaby	83.32	36.12
Merioneth	83.39	17.21
Hazel Grove	83.44	26.14
Belper	83.58	1.44
Rossendale	83.76	4.42
Workington	83.79	12.48
Berwick-upon-Tweed	83.82	15.97
Dunbartonshire East	83.90	3.78
Rugby	83.90	5.29
Gloucestershire West	83.92	7.09
Skipton	84.06	12.57
Brecon & Radnor	84.21	6.31
Carmarthen	84.40	3.80
Bosworth	84.55	11.05
Hemel Hempstead	84.80	6.41
Welwyn & Hatfield	84.99	5.84
Cornwall North	86.08	7.90
Kingswood	86.19	0.58
Fermanagh & South Tyrone	87.12	8.01



	Last Modified: 13 Feb 10 © Richard Kimber