1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
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1979 United Kingdom general election
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3 May 1979
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All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout
76.84%, 2.03%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
David Steel
Party
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Leader since
5 April 1976
11 February 1975
7 July 1976
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
916,155
262,224
Percentage
41.5%
31.4%
9.0%
Swing
5.2%
6.7%
0.7%
Fourth party
Leader
William Wolfe
Party
SNP
Leader since
1 June 1969
Last election
11 seats, 30.4%
Seats won
2
Seat change
9
Popular vote
504,259
Percentage
17.3%
Swing
13.1%
Results of the 1979 election in Scotland
Main article: 1979 United Kingdom general election
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 3 May 1979 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
^"Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2021.
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