England: 1979 general election results

How England voted at the 1979 general election: the Conservatives won 306 of 516 seats with 47.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

259 for a majority

Con306
Lab203
Lib7

England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	306	+53	12,255,105	47.2%	+8.3	516
Labour	203	−52	9,525,410	36.7%	−3.4	516
Liberal	7	−1	3,877,872	14.9%	−5.2	506
Others	0	0	314,279	1.2%	+0.4	367

Change compared with the October 1974 general election in England.

Constituencies

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

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Questions and answers

Who won in England at the 1979 general election?

The Conservatives won 306 of the 516 seats in England, with 47.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in England in 1979?

516 constituencies.

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