1979 United Kingdom general election in England information
1979 United Kingdom general election in England
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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]
Main article: 1979 United Kingdom general election
^"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.
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