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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 ]
The election was held following the defeat of the Labour government in a no-confidence motion on 28 March 1979, six months before the Parliament was due for dissolution in October 1979. The Conservative Party , led by Margaret Thatcher , ousted the incumbent Labour government of Prime Minister James Callaghan , gaining a parliamentary majority ...
Parliament, which consists of the House of Lords and the elected House of Commons, was convened on Tuesday 15 May 1979 at the Palace of Westminster by Queen Elizabeth II. This map shows by geography the colours each of the 635 constituencies of the 1979–1983 Parliament. Of the 77 newcomers, two were women (Sheila Faith and Sheila Wright). In ...
Constituencies 1950–1974 | Feb 1974 MPs | Oct 1974 MPs | 1979 MPs | Constituencies 1983–1997. This is a list of all constituencies that were in existence at the February 1974, October 1974 and 1979 General Elections, showing the winning party and broken down by region and county.
After the election, Anthony Finlay wrote in The Glasgow Herald that the SNP's support for the motion of no confidence "seemed an odd move at the time", but was based on the notion that Scottish electors would be so outraged at devolution not being enacted, despite winning the support of 52% who voted, that they would turn to the SNP in protest.
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
These records detail the change in the share of the vote by parties when compared to the same constituency in the previous general election. In some cases, such as Brent East in 2005 for the Liberal Democrats, the figures should be framed by the context of a by-election in that constituency between the two elections.
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties.Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal gain, yellow for an SNP gain, green for a Plaid Cymru gain and grey for any other gain.