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1979 United Kingdom general election in England

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← October 1974

3 May 1979

1983 →

← outgoing members

elected members →

All 523 English seats in the House of Commons
262 seats needed for English majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Margaret Thatcher	James Callaghan	David Steel
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Leader since	11 February 1975	5 April 1976	July 1976
Leader's seat	Finchley	Cardiff South East	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
Last election	253 seats, 38.9%	255 seats, 40.1%	8 seats, 20.2%
Seats won	306	203	7
Seat change	53	52	1
Popular vote	12,260,000	9,530,000	3,880,000
Percentage	47.2%	36.7%	14.9%
Swing	8.3%	3.4%	5.3%

The 1979 United Kingdom general election saw the Conservative Party win the most votes and seats in England.^[1] They received 12.26 million English votes, a record at the time.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "1979: Thatcher wins Tory landslide". 5 April 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.

^ Pilling, Sam; Cracknell, Richard (18 August 2021). "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2021: A Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

v t e 1979 United Kingdom general election
MPs elected Scotland Wales Opinion polling
Incumbent prime minister: James Callaghan (Labour) Appointed prime minister: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
Parties elected to the House of Commons	Conservative (Margaret Thatcher) Labour (James Callaghan) Liberal (David Steel) Ulster Unionist Party (Harry West) Democratic Unionist Party (Ian Paisley) Scottish National Party (William Wolfe) Plaid Cymru (Gwynfor Evans) Social Democratic and Labour Party (Gerry Fitt) United Ulster Unionist Party (Ernest Baird) Ulster Popular Unionist Party (James Kilfedder)
Results by area	England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
See also	Thorpe affair Labour Isn't Working Winter of Discontent 1979 Scottish devolution referendum 1979 Welsh devolution referendum 1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry Assassination of Airey Neave Thatcherism
1979 United Kingdom local elections

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