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Unusually, the date chosen coincided with the 1979 local elections. The local government 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. The parish council elections were pushed back a few weeks.
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.
Last election 41 seats, 36.3% 16 seats, 24.7% 3 seats, 8.3% Seats won 44: 22 3 Seat change 3 6 Popular vote 1,211,455: ... Results of the 1979 election in Scotland
The UK Unionist Party gained North Down from the Ulster Popular Unionists. 16 by-elections were a result of the death of the incumbent MP - eight Conservatives died, along with seven Labour MPs and the Ulster Popular Unionist MP Sir James Kilfedder.
22 March – Richard Sykes, UK ambassador to the Netherlands, is shot dead by a Provisional Irish Republican Army member in The Hague. [9] 28 March – 1979 vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry: James Callaghan's government loses a vote of no confidence in Parliament by one vote, forcing a General Election. [10]
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.