Skip to content

1979 general election · Yorkshire and the Humber

Harrogate: 1979 general election result

The Conservatives won Harrogate at the 1979 general election with a majority of 18,530. Full result by party, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
ConservativeConservative
Majority
18,53036.1% of valid votes
Turnout
74.3%51,378 valid votes
Electorate
69,182
Result
Con hold
Result
PartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Conservative Won30,55159.5%+5.6
Liberal12,02123.4%−1.3
Labour8,22116.0%−1.6
Others5851.1%−2.7
Valid votes51,378
Majority18,53036.1%

Change compared with the October 1974 general election (same boundaries).

Download this result (CSV)

Questions and answers

Who won Harrogate at the 1979 general election?

The Conservative candidate won with 30,551 votes (59.5%). Result: Con hold.

What was the majority in Harrogate in 1979?

18,530 votes (36.1% of valid votes) over the Liberal.

What was the turnout in Harrogate in 1979?

74.3% of the 69,182 registered electors cast a valid vote (51,378 votes).

Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

Report an error on this page