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General Election - June 1979 >

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MEPs by Constituency

Candidates by %age of Vote

Votes for Parties

Majorities

Data Last Updated: 26 October 2023
Application Last Updated: 6 September 2022
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Summary
CON	60
LAB	15
LAB Co-op	2
SDLP	1
UUP	1
DUP	1
SNP	1

Bedfordshire	Peter George Beazley (CON)
Birmingham North	Michael Eric Forth (CON)
Birmingham South	Norvela Felicia Forster (CON)
Bristol	Richard John Cottrell (CON)
Cambridgeshire	Sir Henry Frederick Ross Catherwood (CON)
Cheshire East	Thomas Normanton (CON)
Cheshire West	Douglas Andrew Pearce (CON)
Cleveland	Hon Sir Peter Beckford Rutgers Vanneck (CON)
Cornwall and Plymouth	David Anthony Harris (CON)
Cumbria	Mary Elaine Kellett-Bowman (CON)
Derbyshire	Thomas Newnham Bailey Spencer (CON)
Devon	Charles Townley Strachey, Baron O'Hagan (CON)
Durham	Roland Boyes (LAB)
Essex North East	David Maurice Curry (CON)
Essex South West	Alexander Sherlock (CON)
Glasgow	Janey O'Neil Buchan (LAB)
Greater Manchester North	Rt Hon Barbara Anne Castle (LAB)
Greater Manchester South	Harmar Harmar-Nicholls, Baron Harmar-Nicholls (CON)
Greater Manchester West	William Joseph Hopper (CON)
Hampshire West	Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti (CON)
Hereford and Worcester	Sir James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins (CON)
Hertfordshire	Derek Nathan Prag (CON)
Highlands and Islands	Winifred Margaret Ewing (SNP)
Humberside	Robert Christopher Battersby (CON)
Kent East	Christopher Murray Jackson (CON)
Kent West	George Benjamin Patterson (CON)
Lancashire Central	Michael John Welsh (CON)
Lancashire East	Edward Thomas Kellett-Bowman (CON)
Lancashire West	Peter Nicholas Price (CON)
Leeds	Derek Anthony Enright (LAB)
Leicester	Frederick Augustus Tuckman (CON)
Lincolnshire	William Francis Newton Dunn (CON)
Liverpool	Gloria Dorothy Hooper (CON)
London Central	Sir David Lancaster Nicolson (CON)
London East	Alan Rupert Tyrrell (CON)
London North	John Leslie Marshall (CON)
London North East	Alfred Lomas (LAB)
London North West	Nicholas William Bethell, Baron Bethell (CON)
London South	Cecil James Olaf Moorhouse (CON)
London South East	Sir Brandon Meredith Rhys Williams, Bt (CON)
London South Inner	Richard Andrew Balfe (LAB Co-op)
London South West	Shelagh Marjorie Roberts (CON)
London West	Brian Howard Hord (CON)
Lothians	Ian Martin Dalziel (CON)
Midlands Central	John de Courcy Ling (CON)
Midlands East	John Mark Taylor (CON)
Midlands West	Richard James Simmonds (CON)
Norfolk	Paul Frederic Howell (CON)
Northamptonshire	Anthony Maurice Herbert Simpson (CON)
Northern Ireland	Rev Ian Richard Kyle Paisley (DUP) John Hume (SDLP) John David Taylor (UUP)
Northumbria	Gordon Johnston Adam (LAB)
Nottingham	Michael Gallagher (LAB)
Salop and Stafford	Christopher James Prout (CON)
Scotland Mid and Fife	John Robert Purvis (CON)
Scotland North East	James Lyal Clark Provan (CON)
Scotland South	Alasdair Henry Hutton (CON)
Sheffield	Richard George Caborn (LAB)
Somerset	Sir Frederick Archibald Warner (CON)
Staffordshire	Robert John Moreland (CON)
Strathclyde East	Kenneth Darlingston Collins (LAB)
Strathclyde West	Adam Dugdale Fergusson (CON)
Suffolk	Am?d?e Edward Turner (CON)
Surrey	Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Marquess of Douro (CON)
Sussex East	Sir John Stewart-Clark, Bt (CON)
Sussex West	Richard Madron Seligman (CON)
Thames Valley	Rt Hon Diana Louise Elles, Baroness Elles (CON)
The Cotswolds	Sir Charles Henry Plumb (CON)
Tyne and Wear South	Joyce Gwendolen Quin (LAB)
Upper Thames	Robert Victor Jackson (CON)
Wales Mid and West	Ann Clwyd (LAB)
Wales North	Beata Ann Brookes (CON)
Wales South	Winston James Griffiths (LAB)
Wales South East	Allan Ralph Rogers (LAB)
Wessex	James Wilton Spicer (CON)
Wight and Hampshire East	Stanley Patrick Johnson (CON)
Yorkshire North	Neil Roxburgh Balfour (CON)
Yorkshire South	Brian Michael Key (LAB Co-op)
Yorkshire South West	Thomas Megahy (LAB)
Yorkshire West	Barry Herbert Seal (LAB)

By-Elections
20 September 1979	London South West	Shelagh Marjorie Roberts (CON)