1979 General election results
summary
Majority – 43
PM Margaret Thatcher (Biography)
Held on Thursday, 3 May
Electorate – 41,093,264
Turnout – 76%
| Party |
Seats |
Votes |
% Share |
Candidates |
| |
Conservative |
339 |
13,697,690 |
43.9 |
622 |
| |
Labour |
269 |
11,532,148 |
36.9 |
|
| |
Liberal |
11 |
4,313,811 |
13.8 |
577 |
| |
Official Unionist |
5 |
|
|
|
| |
Democratic Unionists |
3 |
|
|
|
| |
Plaid Cymru |
2 |
132,544 |
0.4 |
36 |
| |
Scottish National |
2 |
504,259 |
1.6 |
71 |
| |
Speaker |
1 |
|
|
|
| |
Social Democratic & Labour |
1 |
|
|
|
| |
Ulster Unionist |
1 |
|
|
|
| |
United Ulster Unionists |
1 |
|
|
|
| |
Independent |
1 |
|
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