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The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the House of Commons.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 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 ]
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1979 general election, held on 3 May.This Parliament was dissolved in 1983.. 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.
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.
3 May – 1979 general election. 4 May – The Conservatives win the General Election by a 44-seat majority and Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is the most notable MP to lose his seat in the election.
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom on 3 May 1979 [1] [2] (the same day as the general election).The results provided some source of comfort to the Labour Party, who recovered some lost ground from local election reversals in previous years, despite losing the general election to the Conservative Party on the same day.
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.
The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on 3 May 1979. Pages in category "1979 United Kingdom general election" The following 11 pages are in this category ...