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1979 general election map

Map of the 1979 UK general election: each nation and region coloured by the party that won most of its seats.

South East: Conservative 69 of 72 seatsWest Midlands: Conservative 31 of 56 seatsNorth West: Labour 48 of 82 seatsEast Midlands: Conservative 24 of 40 seatsLondon: Conservative 50 of 92 seatsYorkshire and the Humber: Labour 34 of 54 seatsEast of England: Conservative 39 of 45 seatsSouth West: Conservative 38 of 44 seatsNorth East: Labour 26 of 31 seatsNorthern Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party 5 of 12 seatsScotland: Labour 44 of 71 seatsWales: Labour 22 of 36 seats
Each nation and region is coloured by the party that won most of its seats; darker means a larger share of the seats. Constituency maps start in 2010, when the hexagon layouts begin.

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