Thursday 3 May 1979

1979 UK general election results

The Conservatives won 339 of 635 seats with 43.9% of the vote, an overall majority of 43. Afterwards: Conservative majority government, with Margaret Thatcher as prime minister.

318 for a majority

Con339
Lab269
Lib11
UUP5
Oth3
DUP3
SNP2
PC2
Smaller parties1

Results by party
Party	Leader	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	339	+62	13,697,516	43.9%	+8.0	622
Labour	James Callaghan	269	−50	11,532,348	37.0%	−2.3	623
Liberal	David Steel	11	−2	4,313,821	13.8%	−4.5	577
Ulster Unionist Party	—	5	−1	254,578	0.8%	−0.1	11
Others	—	3	+1	492,281	1.6%	+0.3	412
Democratic Unionist Party	—	3	+2	70,975	0.2%	0	5
Scottish National Party	—	2	−9	504,259	1.6%	−1.3	71
Plaid Cymru	—	2	−1	132,544	0.4%	−0.2	36
Social Democratic and Labour Party	—	1	0	126,325	0.4%	0	9
1 other parties and independents				82,892	0.3%

Change is compared with the October 1974 general election. Before 2010 “Others” groups all smaller parties and independents, as in the source.

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Closest results

Preston North Con by 29 votes
Bury and Radcliffe Lab by 38 votes
Belfast East DUP by 64 votes
Keighley Lab by 78 votes
Paddington Con by 106 votes
Camberwell Dulwich Lab by 122 votes
Birmingham Northfield Con by 204 votes
Derby North Lab by 214 votes
Luton West Con by 246 votes
Kingswood Con by 303 votes

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71 seats changed hands

Compared with the previous general election, where the constituency had the same boundaries.

Conservative gained 53 from Labour
Conservative gained 7 from Scottish National Party
Conservative gained 3 from Liberal
Democratic Unionist Party gained 1 from Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Democratic Unionist Party gained 1 from Ulster Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party gained 1 from Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Labour gained 1 from Plaid Cymru
Others gained 1 from Ulster Unionist Party
Labour gained 1 from Scottish National Party
Labour gained 1 from Conservative

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Constituency	Region	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Aberavon	Wales	Lab	18,973	37.0	79.2%	Lab hold
Aberdare	Wales	Lab	20,263	54.3	78.6%	Lab hold
Aberdeen North	Scotland	Lab	19,114	42.4	69.7%	Lab hold
Aberdeen South	Scotland	Con	772	1.5	78.6%	Con hold
Abertillery	Wales	Lab	17,085	59.8	80.2%	Lab hold
Abingdon	South East	Con	22,291	29.1	79.5%	Con hold
Accrington	North West	Lab	3,294	8.2	78.7%	Lab hold
Acton	London	Con	5,798	14.3	71.4%	Con hold
Aldershot	South East	Con	23,576	35.6	76.5%	Con hold
Aldridge-Brownhill	West Midlands	Con	5,668	10.8	82.5%	Con gain from Lab
Altrincham and Sale	North West	Con	15,230	26.3	77.7%	Con hold
Anglesey	Wales	Con	2,817	7.3	81.2%	Con gain from Lab
Antrim North	Northern Ireland	DUP	18,543	28.2	64.3%	DUP hold
Antrim South	Northern Ireland	UUP	38,868	52.8	58.2%	UUP hold
Argyll	Scotland	Con	1,646	5.0	76.1%	Con gain from SNP
Armagh	Northern Ireland	UUP	8,123	12.5	70.1%	UUP hold
Arundel	South East	Con	30,760	45.5	73.9%	Con hold
Ashfield	East Midlands	Lab	7,797	12.4	80.6%	Lab hold
Ashford	South East	Con	13,638	28.9	76.7%	Con hold
Ashton under Lyne	North West	Lab	8,379	18.7	76.6%	Lab hold
Aylesbury	South East	Con	19,862	34.1	78.0%	Con hold
Ayr	Scotland	Con	2,768	6.3	79.8%	Con hold
Ayrshire Central	Scotland	Lab	11,704	21.8	79.8%	Lab hold
Ayrshire South	Scotland	Lab	1,521	3.8	79.9%	Lab hold
Banbury	South East	Con	14,514	25.5	78.3%	Con hold
Banff	Scotland	Con	799	3.4	72.5%	Con gain from SNP
Barking	London	Lab	7,008	20.4	71.1%	Lab hold
Barkston Ash	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	18,711	26.1	78.1%	Con hold
Barnsley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	22,622	39.9	72.9%	Lab hold
Barrow in Furness	North West	Lab	7,741	18.2	78.3%	Lab hold
Barry	Wales	Con	8,792	14.6	80.3%	Con hold
Basildon	East of England	Con	5,180	6.4	78.0%	Con gain from Lab
Basingstoke	South East	Con	21,746	27.6	79.5%	Con hold
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	Lab	7,179	12.3	79.4%	Lab hold
Bath	South West	Con	9,112	18.4	78.1%	Con hold
Batley and Morley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,352	11.4	74.5%	Lab hold
Battersea North	London	Lab	6,476	23.0	68.0%	Lab hold
Battersea South	London	Lab	332	1.1	70.9%	Lab hold
Beaconsfield	South East	Con	21,495	41.5	76.2%	Con hold
Bebington and Ellesmere Port	North West	Con	486	0.7	80.7%	Con gain from Lab
Beckenham	London	Con	13,751	31.8	74.7%	Con hold
Bedford	East of England	Con	12,413	20.4	78.7%	Con hold
Bedwellty	Wales	Lab	20,436	50.6	79.6%	Lab hold
Beeston	East Midlands	Con	10,196	16.1	81.3%	Con hold
Belfast East	Northern Ireland	DUP	64	0.1	67.6%	DUP gain from VUPP
Belfast North	Northern Ireland	DUP	995	2.4	65.1%	DUP gain from UUP
Belfast South	Northern Ireland	UUP	17,130	36.6	67.9%	UUP gain from VUPP
Belfast West	Northern Ireland	SDLP	8,235	24.7	59.6%	SDLP hold
Belper	East Midlands	Con	882	1.4	83.6%	Con gain from Lab
Bermondsey	London	Lab	11,756	38.7	59.3%	Lab hold
Berwick and East Lothian	Scotland	Lab	1,673	3.3	82.9%	Lab hold
Berwick upon Tweed	North East	Lib	5,688	16.0	83.8%	Lib hold
Bethnal Green	London	Lab	7,554	26.5	55.5%	Lab hold
Bexley Heath	London	Con	8,546	21.0	80.1%	Con hold
Birkenhead	North West	Lab	5,909	14.2	73.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	Con	9,587	20.6	67.8%	Con hold
Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	Lab	680	1.6	67.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Hall Green	West Midlands	Con	9,564	19.3	73.3%	Con hold
Birmingham Handsworth	West Midlands	Lab	3,209	10.4	68.4%	Lab hold
Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	Lab	7,759	36.7	62.3%	Lab hold
Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	Con	204	0.4	70.6%	Con gain from Lab
Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	Lab	491	1.3	75.8%	Lab hold
Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	Con	4,775	10.0	73.7%	Con gain from Lab
Birmingham Small Heath	West Midlands	Lab	11,467	39.1	62.9%	Lab hold
Birmingham Sparkbrook	West Midlands	Lab	8,319	27.9	65.0%	Lab hold
Birmingham Stechford	West Midlands	Lab	1,649	3.8	71.6%	Lab hold
Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	Con	1,164	2.7	73.8%	Con gain from Lab
Bishop Auckland	North East	Lab	6,040	10.8	74.7%	Lab hold
Blaby	East Midlands	Con	20,640	36.1	83.3%	Con hold
Blackburn	North West	Lab	5,490	14.2	74.0%	Lab hold
Blackpool North	North West	Con	10,229	23.7	72.6%	Con hold
Blackpool South	North West	Con	8,848	20.9	72.1%	Con hold
Blaydon	North East	Lab	8,509	18.4	79.1%	Lab hold
Blyth	North East	Lab	7,060	11.3	78.3%	Lab hold
Bodmin	South West	Con	10,029	19.7	82.5%	Con hold
Bolsover	East Midlands	Lab	17,379	42.1	78.3%	Lab hold
Bolton East	North West	Lab	1,852	4.0	78.7%	Lab hold
Bolton West	North West	Lab	600	1.5	79.4%	Lab hold
Bootle	North West	Lab	15,159	34.4	70.4%	Lab hold
Bosworth	East Midlands	Con	8,435	11.1	84.5%	Con hold
Bothwell	Scotland	Lab	15,217	31.6	78.6%	Lab hold
Bournemouth East	South East	Con	18,255	44.3	73.1%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	South East	Con	16,626	38.5	70.5%	Con hold
Bradford North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,521	15.3	71.8%	Lab hold
Bradford South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,318	7.7	73.2%	Lab hold
Bradford West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,755	17.2	69.1%	Lab hold
Braintree	East of England	Con	12,518	20.6	80.9%	Con hold
Brecon and Radnor	Wales	Con	3,027	6.3	84.2%	Con gain from Lab
Brent East	London	Lab	6,343	16.6	66.9%	Lab hold
Brent North	London	Con	10,983	19.8	76.7%	Con hold
Brent South	London	Lab	11,616	28.6	68.2%	Lab hold
Brentford and Isleworth	London	Con	4,994	9.0	78.1%	Con hold
Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	Con	16,931	35.1	80.6%	Con hold
Bridgwater	South West	Con	14,450	25.0	79.1%	Con hold
Bridlington	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	15,295	30.0	74.2%	Con hold
Brigg and Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	486	0.7	75.6%	Con gain from Lab
Brighouse and Spenborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,734	3.3	80.2%	Con gain from Lab
Brighton Kemptown	South East	Con	8,008	16.8	74.2%	Con hold
Brighton Pavilion	South East	Con	10,119	24.5	72.6%	Con hold
Bristol North East	South West	Lab	5,652	15.1	73.5%	Lab hold
Bristol North West	South West	Con	4,677	8.8	81.3%	Con gain from Lab
Bristol South	South West	Lab	11,183	25.9	71.9%	Lab hold
Bristol South East	South West	Lab	1,890	3.5	78.4%	Lab hold
Bristol West	South West	Con	12,567	29.7	71.6%	Con hold
Bromsgrove and Redditch	West Midlands	Con	15,885	19.3	78.7%	Con hold
Buckingham	South East	Con	13,967	17.2	78.6%	Con hold
Burnley	North West	Lab	6,110	15.4	77.7%	Lab hold
Burton	West Midlands	Con	9,801	17.8	78.7%	Con hold
Bury and Radcliffe	North West	Lab	38	0.1	82.6%	Lab hold
Bury St Edmunds	East of England	Con	20,259	27.8	76.3%	Con hold
Bute and North Ayrshire	Scotland	Con	4,313	11.4	75.9%	Con hold
Caernarvon	Wales	PC	8,724	24.9	81.5%	PC hold
Caerphilly	Wales	Lab	18,497	39.8	78.8%	Lab hold
Caithness and Sutherland	Scotland	Lab	2,539	11.0	78.4%	Lab hold
Camberwell Dulwich	London	Lab	122	0.3	70.4%	Lab hold
Camberwell Peckham	London	Lab	10,811	31.8	57.7%	Lab hold
Cambridge	East of England	Con	4,796	8.6	72.0%	Con hold
Cambridgeshire	East of England	Con	23,289	31.9	78.3%	Con hold
Cannock	West Midlands	Lab	7,346	15.5	79.8%	Lab hold
Canterbury	South East	Con	22,637	34.0	74.7%	Con hold
Cardiff North	Wales	Con	4,048	11.2	75.7%	Con hold
Cardiff North West	Wales	Con	6,262	17.8	80.6%	Con hold
Cardiff South East	Wales	Lab	8,701	21.6	73.8%	Lab hold
Cardiff West	Wales	Lab	23,763	75.2	60.8%	Lab hold
Cardigan	Wales	Lib	2,194	5.9	81.5%	Lib hold
Carlisle	North West	Lab	4,566	10.6	80.0%	Lab hold
Carlton	East Midlands	Con	12,773	21.1	78.9%	Con hold
Carmarthen	Wales	Lab	1,978	3.8	84.4%	Lab gain from PC
Carshalton	London	Con	10,371	20.1	76.8%	Con hold
Cheadle	North West	Con	17,139	31.1	81.8%	Con hold
Chelmsford	East of England	Con	5,471	8.0	81.0%	Con hold
Chelsea	London	Con	15,690	47.6	57.3%	Con hold
Cheltenham	South West	Con	10,538	21.0	77.6%	Con hold
Chertsey and Walton	South East	Con	12,024	22.9	76.5%	Con hold
Chesham and Amersham	South East	Con	20,596	38.4	79.7%	Con hold
Chester-le-Street	North East	Lab	22,560	35.2	76.8%	Lab hold
Chesterfield	East Midlands	Lab	13,604	25.1	73.4%	Lab hold
Chichester	South East	Con	23,776	42.7	75.6%	Con hold
Chingford	London	Con	12,383	28.2	78.4%	Con hold
Chippenham	South West	Con	4,697	7.9	80.0%	Con hold
Chipping Barnet	London	Con	14,007	31.8	75.6%	Con hold
Chislehurst	London	Con	9,765	22.9	79.0%	Con hold
Chorley	North West	Con	2,579	3.9	82.0%	Con gain from Lab
Christchurch	South West	Con	22,163	49.1	77.6%	Con hold
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	South West	Con	19,594	29.1	78.7%	Con hold
Cities of London and Westminster	London	Con	9,784	35.2	55.1%	Con hold
City of Chester	North West	Con	9,314	16.7	77.6%	Con hold
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire	Scotland	Lab	984	1.8	—
Cleveland	North East	Con	6,917	13.2	80.0%	Con hold
Clitheroe	North West	Con	11,579	26.4	80.7%	Con hold
Coatbridge and Airdrie	Scotland	Lab	15,156	33.5	75.3%	Lab hold
Colchester	East of England	Con	13,863	20.0	76.6%	Con hold
Colne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lib	2,352	4.5	81.9%	Lib hold
Consett	North East	Lab	15,867	36.4	75.8%	Lab hold
Conway	Wales	Con	6,073	15.0	79.0%	Con hold
Coventry North East	West Midlands	Lab	10,523	22.3	72.7%	Lab hold
Coventry North West	West Midlands	Lab	3,971	10.2	79.2%	Lab hold
Coventry South East	West Midlands	Lab	7,486	21.0	69.9%	Lab hold
Coventry South West	West Midlands	Con	5,654	10.0	81.5%	Con gain from Lab
Crewe	North West	Lab	4,237	9.2	77.5%	Lab hold
Crosby	North West	Con	19,272	31.6	75.2%	Con hold
Croydon Central	London	Con	7,958	15.8	75.7%	Con hold
Croydon North East	London	Con	6,776	16.0	74.1%	Con hold
Croydon North West	London	Con	3,769	9.4	72.5%	Con hold
Croydon South	London	Con	20,868	43.8	76.7%	Con hold
Dagenham	London	Lab	10,107	21.5	69.1%	Lab hold
Darlington	North East	Lab	1,052	2.1	78.4%	Lab hold
Dartford	South East	Con	1,392	3.0	80.4%	Con gain from Lab
Darwen	North West	Con	13,026	22.3	78.0%	Con hold
Daventry	East Midlands	Con	21,483	29.4	80.5%	Con hold
Dearne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	22,735	49.2	72.0%	Lab hold
Denbigh	Wales	Con	8,850	16.8	80.0%	Con hold
Deptford	London	Lab	7,753	21.7	63.8%	Lab hold
Derby North	East Midlands	Lab	214	0.3	76.8%	Lab hold
Derby South	East Midlands	Lab	6,092	11.3	71.4%	Lab hold
Derbyshire West	East Midlands	Con	10,217	25.0	80.7%	Con hold
Devizes	South West	Con	16,088	25.3	79.6%	Con hold
Devon North	South West	Con	8,473	13.3	81.7%	Con gain from Lib
Devon West	South West	Con	17,172	35.6	78.6%	Con hold
Dewsbury	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,381	9.0	77.1%	Lab hold
Don Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	17,360	24.4	74.7%	Lab hold
Doncaster	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	2,976	6.6	75.0%	Lab hold
Dorking	South East	Con	19,763	41.9	77.9%	Con hold
Dorset West	South West	Con	16,505	36.9	79.0%	Con hold
Dover	South East	Con	7,942	13.0	80.6%	Con hold
Down North	Northern Ireland	Oth	23,625	38.1	62.2%	Oth gain from UUP
Down South	Northern Ireland	UUP	8,221	13.5	67.8%	UUP hold
Dudley East	West Midlands	Lab	7,687	18.4	70.1%	Lab hold
Dudley West	West Midlands	Con	1,139	1.9	76.3%	Con gain from Lab
Dumfries	Scotland	Con	9,004	17.9	78.1%	Con hold
Dunbartonshire Central	Scotland	Lab	12,003	30.4	80.0%	Lab hold
Dunbartonshire East	Scotland	Lab	2,324	3.8	83.9%	Lab gain from SNP
Dunbartonshire West	Scotland	Lab	6,457	14.8	80.2%	Lab hold
Dundee East	Scotland	SNP	2,519	5.0	77.7%	SNP hold
Dundee West	Scotland	Lab	10,457	20.9	78.4%	Lab hold
Dunfermline	Scotland	Lab	7,313	14.2	79.3%	Lab hold
Durham	North East	Lab	11,237	19.0	76.3%	Lab hold
Durham North West	North East	Lab	15,280	31.7	76.0%	Lab hold
Ealing North	London	Con	1,480	2.5	77.8%	Con gain from Lab
Easington	North East	Lab	17,556	36.2	74.3%	Lab hold
East Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Con	558	1.4	72.4%	Con gain from SNP
East Flintshire	Wales	Lab	6,223	10.3	81.7%	Lab hold
East Grinstead	South East	Con	17,177	37.7	77.1%	Con hold
East Hertfordshire	East of England	Con	21,420	28.6	77.8%	Con hold
East Kilbride	Scotland	Lab	14,273	24.5	79.7%	Lab hold
East Renfrewshire	Scotland	Con	13,238	25.5	—
Eastbourne	South East	Con	26,084	44.3	76.7%	Con hold
Eastleigh	South East	Con	20,294	29.5	80.7%	Con hold
Ebbw Vale	Wales	Lab	16,091	55.6	79.9%	Lab hold
Eccles	North West	Lab	8,059	17.8	77.5%	Lab hold
Edinburgh Central	Scotland	Lab	4,661	18.3	67.5%	Lab hold
Edinburgh East	Scotland	Lab	8,817	20.2	76.1%	Lab hold
Edinburgh Leith	Scotland	Lab	4,017	14.4	75.2%	Lab hold
Edinburgh North	Scotland	Con	4,397	13.5	71.8%	Con hold
Edinburgh Pentlands	Scotland	Con	1,198	2.7	76.8%	Con hold
Edinburgh South	Scotland	Con	2,460	5.4	77.3%	Con hold
Edinburgh West	Scotland	Con	7,351	17.3	77.8%	Con hold
Edmonton	London	Lab	1,980	4.5	74.6%	Lab hold
Enfield North	London	Con	3,483	6.7	78.1%	Con gain from Lab
Epping	East of England	Con	15,453	30.3	76.6%	Con hold
Epsom	South East	Con	26,358	41.7	76.9%	Con hold
Erith and Crayford	London	Lab	2,733	5.8	77.5%	Lab hold
Esher	South East	Con	16,841	45.4	77.5%	Con hold
Eton and Slough	South East	Lab	1,340	2.8	74.9%	Lab hold
Exeter	South West	Con	8,027	14.3	81.6%	Con hold
Eye	East of England	Con	15,021	27.2	79.1%	Con hold
Falmouth and Camborne	South West	Con	16,600	30.8	77.3%	Con hold
Fareham	South East	Con	17,045	35.0	79.1%	Con hold
Farnham	South East	Con	16,469	31.9	77.6%	Con hold
Farnworth	North West	Lab	8,107	14.5	77.8%	Lab hold
Faversham	South East	Con	12,162	19.7	78.5%	Con hold
Feltham and Heston	London	Lab	4,105	6.9	74.3%	Lab hold
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Northern Ireland	Oth	15,772	30.5	72.3%	Oth hold
Fife Central	Scotland	Lab	18,022	37.9	77.4%	Lab hold
Fife East	Scotland	Con	9,355	20.0	79.0%	Con hold
Finchley	London	Con	7,878	19.8	71.8%	Con hold
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	Con	16,020	33.3	72.6%	Con hold
Fulham	London	Con	1,499	3.5	76.1%	Con gain from Lab
Gainsborough	East Midlands	Con	7,155	13.8	78.9%	Con hold
Galloway	Scotland	Con	2,922	8.8	81.2%	Con gain from SNP
Gateshead East	North East	Lab	14,698	31.2	75.3%	Lab hold
Gateshead West	North East	Lab	8,312	41.3	69.3%	Lab hold
Gillingham	South East	Con	10,499	20.8	78.8%	Con hold
Glasgow Cathcart	Scotland	Lab	1,600	4.2	78.6%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow Central	Scotland	Lab	6,605	56.0	59.5%	Lab hold
Glasgow Craigton	Scotland	Lab	10,472	31.4	75.2%	Lab hold
Glasgow Garscadden	Scotland	Lab	15,198	39.6	73.2%	Lab hold
Glasgow Govan	Scotland	Lab	8,488	49.3	69.1%	Lab hold
Glasgow Hillhead	Scotland	Con	2,002	6.6	75.7%	Con hold
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Scotland	Lab	4,759	21.5	65.6%	Lab hold
Glasgow Maryhill	Scotland	Lab	17,496	51.3	67.7%	Lab hold
Glasgow Pollok	Scotland	Lab	8,492	19.5	73.7%	Lab hold
Glasgow Provan	Scotland	Lab	18,844	54.4	66.0%	Lab hold
Glasgow Queen'S Park	Scotland	Lab	9,478	40.4	68.3%	Lab hold
Glasgow Shettleston	Scotland	Lab	9,161	42.1	68.2%	Lab hold
Glasgow Springburn	Scotland	Lab	12,771	44.7	67.8%	Lab hold
Gloucester	South West	Con	6,416	12.4	79.5%	Con hold
Gloucestershire West	South West	Con	4,174	7.1	83.9%	Con gain from Lab
Goole	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,251	23.4	72.8%	Lab hold
Gosport	South East	Con	14,093	35.5	77.5%	Con hold
Gower	Wales	Lab	10,641	22.7	80.8%	Lab hold
Grantham	East Midlands	Con	18,150	27.5	78.2%	Con hold
Gravesend	South East	Con	9,346	12.9	81.4%	Con gain from Lab
Greenock and Port Glasgow	Scotland	Lab	11,282	24.9	73.7%	Lab hold
Greenwich	London	Lab	6,842	18.8	70.6%	Lab hold
Grimsby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	6,241	12.4	75.8%	Lab hold
Guildford	South East	Con	19,906	36.1	75.3%	Con hold
Hackney Central	London	Lab	8,788	31.4	60.2%	Lab hold
Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	Lab	6,704	25.9	60.1%	Lab hold
Halesowen and Stourbridge	West Midlands	Con	8,965	13.4	79.3%	Con hold
Halifax	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	1,234	2.5	76.7%	Lab hold
Haltemprice	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	19,888	32.1	77.3%	Con hold
Hamilton	Scotland	Lab	14,799	35.9	79.6%	Lab hold
Hammersmith North	London	Lab	3,506	9.8	70.4%	Lab hold
Hampstead	London	Con	3,681	8.5	67.4%	Con hold
Harborough	East Midlands	Con	21,978	39.8	80.0%	Con hold
Harlow	East of England	Lab	1,392	2.6	78.7%	Lab hold
Harrogate	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	18,530	36.1	74.3%	Con hold
Harrow Central	London	Con	4,503	13.3	75.9%	Con hold
Harrow East	London	Con	7,878	20.5	77.8%	Con hold
Harrow West	London	Con	15,213	34.0	78.7%	Con hold
Harwich	East of England	Con	20,687	29.8	74.7%	Con hold
Hastings	South East	Con	8,919	21.6	71.7%	Con hold
Havant and Waterloo	South East	Con	20,340	32.8	75.6%	Con hold
Hayes and Harlington	London	Lab	3,302	7.8	75.0%	Lab hold
Hazel Grove	North West	Con	15,272	26.1	83.4%	Con hold
Hemel Hempstead	East of England	Con	4,989	6.4	84.8%	Con gain from Lab
Hemsworth	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	26,043	49.7	73.3%	Lab hold
Hendon North	London	Con	6,392	16.0	73.8%	Con hold
Hendon South	London	Con	8,750	23.1	70.2%	Con hold
Henley	South East	Con	18,289	35.8	77.5%	Con hold
Hereford	West Midlands	Con	4,970	10.3	78.4%	Con hold
Hertford Stevenage	East of England	Con	1,296	1.8	80.4%	Con gain from Lab
Hertfordshire South	East of England	Con	11,799	22.9	79.0%	Con hold
Hexham	North East	Con	8,548	16.1	79.5%	Con hold
Heywood and Royton	North West	Lab	2,287	3.6	76.6%	Lab hold
High Peak	East Midlands	Con	4,755	9.8	81.8%	Con hold
Hitchin	East of England	Con	13,229	21.0	82.2%	Con hold
Holborn and St Pancras	London	Lab	2,323	9.5	60.4%	Lab hold
Holland With Boston	East Midlands	Con	17,532	27.5	74.6%	Con hold
Honiton	South West	Con	25,231	41.6	77.4%	Con hold
Horncastle	East Midlands	Con	10,529	27.2	75.2%	Con hold
Hornchurch	London	Con	769	1.6	78.1%	Con gain from Lab
Hornsey	London	Con	4,037	9.9	70.1%	Con hold
Horsham	South East	Con	15,021	18.4	81.4%	Con hold
Houghton-le-Spring	North East	Lab	21,076	47.8	72.9%	Lab hold
Hove	South East	Con	19,449	38.6	71.6%	Con hold
Howden	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	14,544	30.7	74.4%	Con hold
Huddersfield East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,095	7.7	74.3%	Lab hold
Huddersfield West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,508	3.6	76.0%	Con gain from Lab
Huntingdonshire	East of England	Con	21,563	29.7	77.4%	Con hold
Huyton	North West	Lab	7,510	14.2	72.4%	Lab hold
Ilford North	London	Con	7,195	14.0	79.0%	Con gain from Lab
Ilford South	London	Con	1,688	4.1	75.9%	Con gain from Lab
Ilkeston	East Midlands	Lab	8,600	14.6	78.1%	Lab hold
Ince	North West	Lab	14,336	23.3	74.2%	Lab hold
Inverness	Scotland	Lib	4,157	8.9	74.4%	Lib hold
Ipswich	East of England	Lab	3,741	5.2	80.8%	Lab hold
Isle of Wight	South East	Lib	352	0.5	81.8%	Lib hold
Islington Central	London	Lab	4,139	15.9	63.7%	Lab hold
Islington North	London	Lab	4,456	19.0	61.2%	Lab hold
Islington South and Finsbury	London	Lab	4,344	18.0	62.9%	Lab hold
Jarrow	North East	Lab	11,528	26.7	77.5%	Lab hold
Keighley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	78	0.2	80.5%	Lab hold
Kensington	London	Con	5,463	16.1	64.6%	Con hold
Kettering	East Midlands	Lab	1,478	2.1	79.3%	Lab hold
Kidderminster	West Midlands	Con	15,652	25.1	77.6%	Con hold
Kilmarnock	Scotland	Lab	11,467	23.4	81.1%	Lab hold
Kingston upon Thames	London	Con	13,544	31.4	74.9%	Con hold
Kingston-upon-Hull Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,593	17.7	70.4%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	23,692	37.6	70.8%	Lab hold
Kingston-upon-Hull West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,158	23.0	67.5%	Lab hold
Kingswood	South West	Con	303	0.6	86.2%	Con gain from Lab
Kinross and West Perthshire	Scotland	Con	6,478	21.1	79.6%	Con hold
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Scotland	Lab	13,063	27.7	—
Knutsford	North West	Con	17,803	39.6	78.0%	Con hold
Lambeth Central	London	Lab	5,976	21.7	63.2%	Lab hold
Lambeth Norwood	London	Lab	1,940	5.6	70.4%	Lab hold
Lambeth Vauxhall	London	Lab	4,700	18.9	62.5%	Lab hold
Lanark	Scotland	Lab	5,139	12.3	81.8%	Lab hold
Lanarkshire North	Scotland	Lab	10,820	24.0	79.7%
Lancaster	North West	Con	4,226	10.4	79.4%	Con hold
Leeds East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	10,536	22.2	70.9%	Lab hold
Leeds North East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	5,384	13.0	70.1%	Con hold
Leeds North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	6,214	12.4	73.1%	Con hold
Leeds South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	14,330	41.6	68.7%	Lab hold
Leeds South East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,372	33.2	65.0%	Lab hold
Leeds West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,664	22.4	73.3%	Lab hold
Leek	West Midlands	Con	10,571	15.0	80.4%	Con hold
Leicester East	East Midlands	Lab	2,856	5.6	75.6%	Lab hold
Leicester South	East Midlands	Lab	1,998	3.8	74.8%	Lab hold
Leicester West	East Midlands	Lab	8,838	18.2	72.3%	Lab hold
Leigh	North West	Lab	9,023	17.6	76.9%	Lab hold
Leominster	West Midlands	Con	4,865	12.3	81.9%	Con hold
Lewes	South East	Con	21,713	37.3	76.3%	Con hold
Lewisham East	London	Lab	1,593	3.2	74.3%	Lab hold
Lewisham West	London	Lab	1,050	2.3	76.0%	Lab hold
Leyton	London	Lab	5,734	14.0	69.4%	Lab hold
Lichfield and Tamworth	West Midlands	Con	8,448	10.3	81.3%	Con gain from Lab
Lincoln	East Midlands	Con	602	1.4	77.0%	Con gain from Lab
Liverpool Edge Hill	North West	Lib	4,248	17.4	69.0%	Lib gain from Lab
Liverpool Garston	North West	Con	2,787	4.8	73.8%	Con gain from Lab
Liverpool Kirkdale	North West	Lab	7,709	25.4	70.2%	Lab hold
Liverpool Scotland	North West	Lab	11,656	62.9	57.4%	Lab hold
Liverpool Toxteth	North West	Lab	6,143	22.7	64.8%	Lab hold
Liverpool Walton	North West	Lab	7,558	20.6	72.8%	Lab hold
Liverpool Wavertree	North West	Con	6,942	16.0	73.3%	Con hold
Liverpool West Derby	North West	Lab	8,220	20.2	70.2%	Lab hold
Llanelli	Wales	Lab	19,945	39.0	79.4%	Lab hold
Londonderry	Northern Ireland	UUP	12,407	19.5	67.1%	UUP hold
Loughborough	East Midlands	Con	5,199	8.4	81.2%	Con gain from Lab
Louth	East Midlands	Con	6,675	11.7	78.2%	Con hold
Lowestoft	East of England	Con	7,821	11.8	80.0%	Con hold
Ludlow	West Midlands	Con	8,382	21.2	78.6%	Con hold
Luton East	East of England	Con	847	2.1	77.7%	Con gain from Lab
Luton West	East of England	Con	246	0.5	78.7%	Con gain from Lab
Macclesfield	North West	Con	23,337	34.0	78.1%	Con hold
Maidstone	South East	Con	21,051	29.3	77.0%	Con hold
Maldon	East of England	Con	16,737	32.7	77.9%	Con hold
Manchester Ardwick	North West	Lab	7,272	23.9	68.4%	Lab hold
Manchester Blackley	North West	Lab	4,504	11.2	76.4%	Lab hold
Manchester Central	North West	Lab	9,704	48.7	63.7%	Lab hold
Manchester Gorton	North West	Lab	6,284	15.1	77.2%	Lab hold
Manchester Moss Side	North West	Lab	4,531	13.3	71.5%	Lab hold
Manchester Openshaw	North West	Lab	7,144	26.0	72.8%	Lab hold
Manchester Withington	North West	Con	3,352	8.4	74.7%	Con hold
Manchester Wythenshawe	North West	Lab	12,113	26.7	75.0%	Lab hold
Mansfield	East Midlands	Lab	11,331	20.4	77.3%	Lab hold
Melton	East Midlands	Con	24,360	35.5	78.7%	Con hold
Meriden	West Midlands	Con	4,127	5.4	77.0%	Con gain from Lab
Merioneth	Wales	PC	3,910	17.2	83.4%	PC hold
Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	Lab	17,960	57.2	79.1%	Lab hold
Mid Oxfordshire	South East	Con	15,461	30.9	79.1%	Con hold
Mid-Bedfordshire	East of England	Con	20,584	31.0	81.3%	Con hold
Mid-Ulster	Northern Ireland	Oth	23,452	35.8	80.4%	Oth hold
Middlesborough	North East	Lab	11,409	25.8	67.9%	Lab hold
Middleton and Prestwick	North West	Lab	1,098	1.8	78.9%	Lab hold
Midlothian	Scotland	Lab	16,936	21.5	77.8%	Lab hold
Mitcham and Morden	London	Lab	618	1.3	76.9%	Lab hold
Monmouth	Wales	Con	9,762	14.7	83.0%	Con hold
Montgomery	Wales	Con	1,593	5.5	81.4%	Con gain from Lib
Moray and Nairn	Scotland	Con	422	1.2	77.5%	Con gain from SNP
Morecambe and Lonsdale	North West	Con	15,815	30.1	76.5%	Con hold
Morpeth	North East	Lab	11,831	30.6	77.4%	Lab hold
Motherwell and Wishaw	Scotland	Lab	10,937	27.9	77.8%	Lab hold
Nantwich	North West	Con	7,705	15.1	79.3%	Con hold
Neath	Wales	Lab	18,616	44.4	81.2%	Lab hold
Nelson and Colne	North West	Con	436	1.1	81.5%	Con gain from Lab
New Forest	South East	Con	25,450	38.7	77.2%	Con hold
Newark	East Midlands	Con	1,751	2.9	79.9%	Con gain from Lab
Newbury	South East	Con	10,289	16.1	79.3%	Con hold
Newcastle under Lyme	West Midlands	Lab	4,228	7.2	81.6%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	North East	Lab	7,413	48.0	65.3%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	North East	Lab	6,170	18.6	74.5%	Lab hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	North East	Con	1,711	6.4	68.0%	Con hold
Newcastle-upon-Tyne West	North East	Lab	11,236	18.7	72.4%	Lab hold
Newham North East	London	Lab	10,040	24.0	63.1%	Lab hold
Newham South	London	Lab	12,773	41.9	57.1%	Lab hold
Newport	Wales	Lab	9,177	15.3	79.7%	Lab hold
Newton	North West	Lab	11,341	14.1	78.4%	Lab hold
Norfolk North West	East of England	Con	7,928	12.0	79.2%	Con hold
Normanton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,193	25.9	76.8%	Lab hold
North Angus and Mearns	Scotland	Con	10,915	34.3	73.8%	Con hold
North Cornwall	South West	Con	3,747	7.9	86.1%	Con gain from Lib
North Dorset	South West	Con	23,296	36.2	—
North East Derbyshire	East Midlands	Lab	5,329	9.4	79.9%	Lab hold
North Fylde	North West	Con	20,990	35.7	75.3%	Con hold
North Norfolk	East of England	Con	21,826	28.3	78.7%	Con hold
North Somerset	South West	Con	21,051	26.5	82.2%	Con hold
Northampton North	East Midlands	Con	4,663	12.1	76.0%	Con gain from Lab
Northampton South	East Midlands	Con	3,634	9.4	75.3%	Con hold
Northwich	North West	Con	8,746	19.9	80.9%	Con hold
Norwich North	East of England	Lab	5,591	15.8	75.6%	Lab hold
Norwich South	East of England	Lab	1,198	3.3	80.2%	Lab hold
Nottingham East	East Midlands	Lab	3,234	10.6	63.9%	Lab hold
Nottingham North	East Midlands	Lab	3,072	5.8	67.6%	Lab hold
Nottingham West	East Midlands	Lab	2,500	4.4	73.2%	Lab hold
Nuneaton	West Midlands	Lab	7,688	12.2	78.5%	Lab hold
Ogmore	Wales	Lab	16,087	28.8	79.7%	Lab hold
Oldham East	North West	Lab	4,632	12.9	68.7%	Lab hold
Oldham West	North West	Lab	5,777	17.0	72.6%	Lab hold
Orkney and Zetland	Scotland	Lib	6,810	35.1	—
Ormskirk	North West	Lab	858	1.2	76.1%	Lab hold
Orpington	London	Con	16,076	29.0	81.7%	Con hold
Oswestry	West Midlands	Con	13,401	31.1	73.9%	Con hold
Oxford	South East	Con	1,497	2.5	74.2%	Con gain from Lab
Paddington	London	Con	106	0.3	63.3%	Con gain from Lab
Paisley	Scotland	Lab	13,755	29.6	72.8%	Lab hold
Pembroke	Wales	Con	7,468	12.0	81.3%	Con hold
Penistone	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	9,701	17.0	78.9%	Lab hold
Penrith and the Borders	North West	Con	17,096	38.8	77.0%	Con hold
Perth and East Perthshire	Scotland	Con	3,103	6.5	77.3%	Con gain from SNP
Peterborough	East of England	Con	5,102	9.0	77.9%	Con gain from Lab
Petersfield	South East	Con	22,375	34.9	78.3%	Con hold
Plymouth Devonport	South West	Lab	1,001	2.9	72.3%	Lab hold
Plymouth Drake	South West	Con	4,244	9.9	77.2%	Con hold
Plymouth Sutton	South West	Con	11,287	21.4	76.9%	Con hold
Pontefract	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	19,901	44.4	73.9%	Lab hold
Pontypool	Wales	Lab	17,368	38.8	78.4%	Lab hold
Pontypridd	Wales	Lab	15,687	26.8	78.1%	Lab hold
Poole	South West	Con	23,555	34.6	78.1%	Con hold
Portsmouth North	South East	Con	2,311	4.3	78.7%	Con gain from Lab
Portsmouth South	South East	Con	11,529	23.5	72.9%	Con hold
Preston North	North West	Con	29	0.1	77.8%	Con gain from Lab
Preston South	North West	Lab	621	1.6	77.2%	Lab hold
Pudsey	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	8,739	16.0	80.3%	Con hold
Ravensbourne	London	Con	15,390	41.7	77.6%	Con hold
Reading North	South East	Con	7,423	15.0	75.9%	Con hold
Reading South	South East	Con	15,645	28.0	76.5%	Con hold
Redcar	North East	Lab	8,053	17.0	75.9%	Lab hold
Reigate	South East	Con	21,313	37.7	78.2%	Con hold
Rhondda	Wales	Lab	31,481	62.2	79.8%	Lab hold
Richmond (Surrey)	London	Con	2,530	6.1	81.4%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorkshire)	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	18,994	40.3	72.1%	Con hold
Ripon	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	16,203	38.7	78.8%	Con hold
Rochdale	North West	Lib	5,294	10.8	73.7%	Lib hold
Rochester and Chatham	South East	Con	2,688	4.6	72.7%	Con gain from Lab
Romford	London	Con	8,812	20.9	76.6%	Con hold
Ross and Cromarty	Scotland	Con	4,735	18.9	76.4%	Con hold
Rossendale	North West	Con	1,873	4.4	83.8%	Con gain from Lab
Rother Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	26,002	35.2	74.6%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	13,435	30.6	72.1%	Lab hold
Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles	Scotland	Lib	10,690	21.8	82.0%	Lib hold
Rugby	West Midlands	Con	2,729	5.3	83.9%	Con gain from Lab
Ruislip Northwood	London	Con	17,207	39.4	78.6%	Con hold
Runcorn	North West	Con	10,681	16.7	77.8%	Con hold
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	Con	22,484	40.9	81.7%	Con hold
Rutherglen	Scotland	Lab	8,023	20.2	80.4%	Lab hold
Rutland and Stamford	East Midlands	Con	14,815	31.9	78.1%	Con hold
Rye	South East	Con	23,078	40.8	77.1%	Con hold
Saffron Waldon	East of England	Con	15,363	28.9	81.6%	Con hold
Salford East	North West	Lab	5,856	27.8	64.3%	Lab hold
Salford West	North West	Lab	7,254	24.2	68.7%	Lab hold
Salisbury	South West	Con	6,244	12.5	77.4%	Con hold
Scarborough and Whitby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	12,325	27.7	73.1%	Con hold
Sevenoaks	South East	Con	22,114	34.6	79.0%	Con hold
Sheffield Attercliffe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	18,103	39.6	72.7%	Lab hold
Sheffield Brightside	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	17,693	47.2	68.8%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	14,934	26.1	72.5%	Con hold
Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,773	9.7	77.3%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hillsborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,350	23.1	70.8%	Lab hold
Sheffield Park	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	20,324	50.7	64.4%	Lab hold
Shipley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	8,360	19.4	80.5%	Con hold
Shoreham	South East	Con	21,585	38.3	78.0%	Con hold
Shrewsbury	West Midlands	Con	10,184	21.0	76.6%	Con hold
Sidcup	London	Con	13,456	34.0	79.3%	Con hold
Skipton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	5,693	12.6	84.1%	Con hold
Solihull	West Midlands	Con	32,207	49.5	77.2%	Con hold
South Angus	Scotland	Con	963	2.1	79.9%	Con gain from SNP
South Bedfordshire	East of England	Con	16,483	28.2	79.9%	Con hold
South Dorset	South West	Con	15,239	26.2	78.3%	Con hold
South East Derbyshie	East Midlands	Con	7,387	15.8	81.1%	Con hold
South East Essex	East of England	Con	24,532	38.7	76.9%	Con hold
South Fylde	North West	Con	32,247	44.5	76.7%	Con hold
South Gloucestershire	South West	Con	15,162	21.8	82.1%	Con hold
South Norfolk	East of England	Con	19,037	24.2	78.3%	Con hold
South Shields	North East	Lab	13,124	26.1	71.2%	Lab hold
South West Hertfordshire	East of England	Con	16,328	27.0	79.7%	Con hold
South West Norfolk	East of England	Con	10,704	23.7	78.1%	Con hold
South Worcestershire	West Midlands	Con	20,654	33.8	77.3%	Con hold
Southall	London	Lab	11,278	21.5	71.7%	Lab hold
Southampton Test	South East	Con	2,123	3.6	76.3%	Con gain from Lab
Southamptonitchen	South East	Lab	1,602	2.6	74.7%	Lab hold
Southend East	East of England	Con	10,774	27.0	70.1%	Con hold
Southend West	East of England	Con	16,864	33.0	76.2%	Con hold
Southgate	London	Con	20,079	39.1	76.3%	Con hold
Southport	North West	Con	6,527	12.8	74.7%	Con hold
Sowerby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,180	3.0	80.7%	Con gain from Lab
Spelthorne	South East	Con	16,153	29.6	76.9%	Con hold
St.Albans	East of England	Con	17,244	29.2	80.4%	Con hold
St.Helens	North West	Lab	15,555	28.6	72.8%	Lab hold
St.Ives	South West	Con	13,716	33.2	77.0%	Con hold
St.Marylebone	London	Con	8,313	33.4	60.8%	Con hold
St.Pancras North	London	Lab	5,446	20.3	63.7%	Lab hold
Stafford and Stone	West Midlands	Con	13,177	20.1	78.8%	Con hold
Staffordshire South West	West Midlands	Con	17,433	32.7	79.0%	Con hold
Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	Lab	6,580	12.6	77.1%	Lab hold
Stepney and Poplar	London	Lab	13,015	41.6	53.3%	Lab hold
Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth	Scotland	Lab	15,618	29.9	78.9%	Lab hold
Stockport North	North West	Lab	333	0.8	79.5%	Lab hold
Stockport South	North West	Lab	1,125	3.0	77.4%	Lab hold
Stockton	North East	Lab	11,127	16.9	73.7%	Lab hold
Stoke Newington and Hackney North	London	Lab	5,221	18.3	60.9%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent Central	West Midlands	Lab	12,603	30.7	69.0%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent North	West Midlands	Lab	12,424	28.8	72.8%	Lab hold
Stoke on Trent South	West Midlands	Lab	14,246	26.5	72.5%	Lab hold
Stratford	West Midlands	Con	22,554	38.4	76.7%	Con hold
Stretford	North West	Con	4,506	8.4	77.7%	Con hold
Stroud	South West	Con	15,497	25.0	81.3%	Con hold
Sudbury and Woodbridge	East of England	Con	20,572	28.6	78.7%	Con hold
Sunderland North	North East	Lab	12,902	25.4	69.5%	Lab hold
Sunderland South	North East	Lab	8,401	15.2	70.0%	Lab hold
Surbiton	London	Con	10,802	30.5	75.5%	Con hold
Surrey East	South East	Con	19,400	43.1	78.4%	Con hold
Surrey North West	South East	Con	25,456	44.8	75.6%	Con hold
Sussex Mid	South East	Con	20,843	39.2	78.0%	Con hold
Sutton and Cheam	London	Con	15,706	31.6	78.8%	Con hold
Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	Con	26,107	52.7	77.3%	Con hold
Swansea East	Wales	Lab	21,220	46.5	75.6%	Lab hold
Swansea West	Wales	Lab	401	0.8	79.6%	Lab hold
Swindon	South West	Lab	5,899	11.7	76.4%	Lab hold
Taunton	South West	Con	12,724	23.8	80.7%	Con hold
Thanet East	South East	Con	10,239	28.7	72.7%	Con hold
Thanet West	South East	Con	9,546	29.2	71.6%	Con hold
The Hartlepools	North East	Lab	8,162	16.6	74.7%	Lab hold
The Isle of Ely	East of England	Lib	3,330	5.9	80.8%	Lib hold
The Wrekin	West Midlands	Con	965	1.4	77.4%	Con gain from Lab
Thirsk and Malton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	20,596	37.5	76.5%	Con hold
Thornaby	North East	Lab	5,524	12.0	74.7%	Lab hold
Thurrock	East of England	Lab	6,419	9.3	75.1%	Lab hold
Tiverton	South West	Con	16,229	27.5	79.3%	Con hold
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	Con	16,252	30.0	79.5%	Con hold
Tooting	London	Lab	5,200	14.5	70.5%	Lab hold
Torbay	South West	Con	20,868	31.6	75.1%	Con hold
Totnes	South West	Con	10,565	15.7	79.9%	Con hold
Tottenham	London	Lab	7,133	24.9	61.2%	Lab hold
Truro	South West	Lib	8,708	13.7	82.9%	Lib hold
Tunbridge Wells	South East	Con	20,536	38.3	74.7%	Con hold
Twickenham	London	Con	12,848	22.4	80.3%	Con hold
Tynemouth	North East	Con	7,564	13.0	77.7%	Con hold
Upminster	London	Con	9,065	17.1	80.4%	Con hold
Uxbridge	London	Con	7,995	16.8	78.9%	Con hold
Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	7,553	14.2	75.6%	Lab hold
Wallasey	North West	Con	5,381	10.1	77.3%	Con hold
Wallsend	North East	Lab	16,519	23.8	75.9%	Lab hold
Walsall North	West Midlands	Lab	5,866	11.1	72.3%	Lab hold
Walsall South	West Midlands	Lab	1,588	3.6	76.7%	Lab hold
Walthamstow	London	Lab	4,403	12.5	71.2%	Lab hold
Wandsworth Putney	London	Con	2,630	5.4	76.1%	Con gain from Lab
Wandsworth Streatham	London	Con	5,500	14.4	71.5%	Con hold
Wanstead and Woodfod	London	Con	17,750	42.1	73.7%	Con hold
Warley East	West Midlands	Lab	5,097	13.2	70.5%	Lab hold
Warley West	West Midlands	Lab	10,101	23.4	70.8%	Lab hold
Warrington	North West	Lab	10,274	32.8	71.3%	Lab hold
Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	Con	16,558	25.1	77.7%	Con hold
Watford	East of England	Con	3,290	7.4	81.3%	Con gain from Lab
Wellingborough	East Midlands	Con	12,534	17.3	81.3%	Con hold
Wells	South West	Con	12,196	20.6	79.2%	Con hold
Welwyn and Hatfield	East of England	Con	3,474	5.8	85.0%	Con gain from Lab
West Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Con	2,766	5.4	75.9%	Con hold
West Bromwich East	West Midlands	Lab	1,971	4.8	71.1%	Lab hold
West Bromwich West	West Midlands	Lab	9,468	24.0	67.1%	Lab hold
West Flint	Wales	Con	9,686	18.0	78.6%	Con hold
West Ham North	London	Lab	10,455	34.9	—
West Lothian	Scotland	Lab	20,082	30.0	78.1%	Lab hold
West Renfrewshire	Scotland	Lab	8,572	13.5	—
West Stirlingshire	Scotland	Lab	10,356	21.9	—
Westbury	South West	Con	13,979	22.0	79.7%	Con hold
Western Isles	Scotland	SNP	3,063	20.3	67.5%	SNP hold
Westhoughton	North West	Lab	5,287	8.6	80.1%	Lab hold
Westmorland	North West	Con	12,407	27.8	74.5%	Con hold
Weston Super Mare	South West	Con	24,313	34.1	77.5%	Con hold
Whitehaven	North West	Lab	5,455	12.6	81.7%	Lab hold
Widnes	North West	Lab	10,281	17.7	74.2%	Lab hold
Wigan	North West	Lab	12,995	29.7	74.1%	Lab hold
Wimbledon	London	Con	13,315	26.6	76.4%	Con hold
Winchester	South East	Con	22,820	33.5	78.0%	Con hold
Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	Con	25,130	39.0	75.4%	Con hold
Wirral	North West	Con	23,331	30.9	77.8%	Con hold
Woking	South East	Con	18,392	33.1	76.5%	Con hold
Wokingham	South East	Con	18,746	28.2	78.2%	Con hold
Wolverhampton N.e.	West Midlands	Lab	6,060	12.6	—
Wolverhampton S.w.	West Midlands	Con	10,760	21.2	—
Wolverhampton Se	West Midlands	Lab	7,901	21.3	—
Wood Green	London	Lab	2,515	7.2	67.4%	Lab hold
Woolwich East	London	Lab	10,460	28.4	70.1%	Lab hold
Woolwich West	London	Con	2,609	5.8	79.6%	Con gain from Lab
Worcester	West Midlands	Con	11,589	19.7	75.4%	Con hold
Workington	North West	Lab	5,756	12.5	83.8%	Lab hold
Worthing	South East	Con	20,380	37.1	73.3%	Con hold
Wrexham	Wales	Lab	12,149	19.7	78.4%	Lab hold
Wycombe	South East	Con	20,171	30.3	77.6%	Con hold
Yarmouth	East of England	Con	7,228	13.0	77.1%	Con hold
Yeovil	South West	Con	11,382	17.4	81.0%	Con hold
York	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	1,250	2.1	77.7%	Lab hold

Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk / cbp-8647

Questions and answers

Who won the 1979 general election?

The Conservatives won 339 of 635 seats with 43.9% of the vote, an overall majority of 43. Margaret Thatcher became (or remained) prime minister: Conservative majority government.

How many seats did each party win in 1979?

Conservative 339; Labour 269; Liberal 11; Ulster Unionist Party 5; Others 3; Democratic Unionist Party 3 (out of 635 seats; 318 were needed for a majority).

Who won the most votes in 1979?

The Conservatives won the most votes: 13,697,516 (43.9% of the 31,207,539 votes counted).

What was the turnout at the 1979 general election?

Turnout was 75.9% in contested constituencies (valid votes as a share of the electorate).

How many seats changed hands in 1979?

71 seats changed hands compared with the previous general election, where the constituency had the same boundaries.

What was the closest result in 1979?

Preston North, where the Conservatives won by 29 votes.

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