1979 General election results summary

Chart: Seats won at the 1979 general election

Con — 339
Lab — 268
Liberal — 11
Others — 16

Table: 1979 general election results summary

Party	Seats	Gain	Loss	Net	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	339	63	1	+62	13,697,923	43.9	+8.1
Labour	269	4	54	–50	11,532,218	36.9	–2.3
Liberal	11	1	3	–2	4,313,804	13.8	–4.5
Ulster Unionist	5	1	2	–1	254,578	0.8	–0.1
Democratic Unionist	3	2	0	+2	70,795	0.2	–0.1
Scottish National	2	0	9	–9	504,259	1.6	–1.3
Plaid Cymru	2	0	1	–1	132,544	0.6	–0.2
SDLP	1	0	0	0	126,325	0.4	–0.2
United Ulster Unionist	1	1	0	+1	39,856	0.1	0.0
Ulster Popular Unionists	1	1	0	+1	36,989	0.1	+0.1
Independent Republican	1	0	0	0	22,398	0.1	0.0

BBC coverage of the 1979 general election results

Election 1979 manifestos

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