 |
MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1979
Totally Explained
|
|  |
|
NEW! |
All the latest news in the worlds of
computer gaming,
entertainment,
the environment,
finance,
health,
politics,
science,
stocks & shares,
technology
and much,
much,
more.
|
Everything about Mps Elected In The United Kingdom General Election 1979 totally explained
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected to the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom in the 1979 general election, held on 3 May 1979. This Parliament was dissolved in 1983.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included John Major, Jack Straw and Chris Patten.
Composition
A
|
| Constituency |
P |
arty |
| Aberavon |
John Morris |
Labour |
| Aberdare |
Ioan Evans |
Labour Co-operative |
| Aberdeen, North |
Robert Hughes |
Labour |
| Aberdeen, South |
Iain Sproat |
Conservative |
| Aberdeenshire, East |
Albert McQuarrie |
Conservative |
| Aberdeenshire, West |
Russell Fairgrieve |
Conservative |
| Abertillery |
Jeffrey Thomas |
Labour, then SDP |
| Abingdon |
Thomas Benyon |
Conservative |
| Accrington |
Arthur Davidson |
Labour |
| Aldershot |
Julian Critchley |
Conservative |
| Aldridge-Brownhills |
Richard Shepherd |
Conservative |
| Altrincham and Sale |
Fergus Montgomery |
Conservative |
| Anglesey |
Keith Best |
Conservative |
| Angus, North, and Mearns |
Alick Buchanan-Smith |
Conservative |
| Angus, South |
Peter Fraser |
Conservative |
| Antrim, North |
Rev. Ian Paisley |
Democratic Unionist |
| Antrim, South |
James Molyneaux |
Official Unionist |
| Argyll |
John MacKay |
Conservative |
| Armagh |
Harold McCusker |
Official Unionist |
| Arundel |
Michael Marshall |
Conservative |
| Ashfield |
Frank Haynes |
Labour |
| Ashford |
Keith Speed |
Conservative |
| Ashton-under-Lyne |
Robert Sheldon |
Labour |
| Aylesbury |
Timothy Raison |
Conservative |
| Ayr |
George Younger |
Conservative |
| Ayrshire, Central |
David Lambie |
Labour |
| Ayrshire, North, and Bute |
John Alexander Corrie |
Conservative |
| Ayrshire, South |
George Foulkes |
Labour Co-operative |
B
|
| Banbury |
Neil Marten |
Conservative |
| Banff |
David Myles |
Conservative |
| Barking, Barking |
Josephine Richardson |
Labour |
| Barking, Dagenham |
John Parker |
Labour |
| Barkston Ash |
Michael Alison |
Conservative |
| Barnet, Chipping Barnet |
Sydney Chapman |
Conservative |
| Barnet, Finchley |
Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative |
| Barnet, Hendon, North |
John Gorst |
Conservative |
| Barnet, Hendon, South |
Peter Thomas |
Conservative |
| Barnsley |
Roy Mason |
Labour |
| Barrow-in-Furness |
Albert Booth |
Labour |
| Barry |
Sir Raymond Gower |
Conservative |
| Basildon |
Harvey Proctor |
Conservative |
| Basingstoke |
David Mitchell |
Conservative |
| Bassetlaw |
Joseph Ashton |
Labour |
| Bath |
Chris Patten |
Conservative |
| Batley and Morley |
Kenneth Woolmer |
Labour |
| Beaconsfield |
Ronald Bell |
Conservative |
| Bebington and Ellesmere Port |
Barry Porter |
Conservative |
| Bedford |
Trevor Skeet |
Conservative |
| Bedfordshire, Mid |
Stephen Hastings |
Conservative |
| Bedfordshire, South |
David Madel |
Conservative |
| Bedwellty |
Neil Kinnock |
Labour |
| Beeston |
James Lester |
Conservative |
| Belfast, East |
Peter Robinson |
Democratic Unionist |
| Belfast, North |
John McQuade |
Democratic Unionist |
| Belfast, South |
Rev. Robert Bradford |
Official Unionist |
| Belfast, West |
Gerard "Gerry" Fitt |
Social Democratic and Labour |
| Belper |
Sheila Faith |
Conservative |
| Berwick and East Lothian |
John Robertson |
Labour |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Alan Beith |
Liberal |
| Bexley, Bexleyheath |
Cyril Townsend |
Conservative |
| Bexley, Erith and Crayford |
James Wellbeloved |
Labour, then SDP |
| Bexley, Sidcup |
Edward Heath |
Conservative |
| Birkenhead |
Frank Field |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Edgbaston |
Jill Knight |
Conservative |
| Birmingham, Erdington |
Julius Silverman |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Hall Green |
Reginald Eyre |
Conservative |
| Birmingham, Handsworth |
Sheila Wright |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Ladywood |
John Sever |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Northfield |
Jocelyn Cadbury |
Conservative |
| Birmingham, Perry Barr |
Jeff Rooker |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Selly Oak |
Anthony Beaumont-Dark |
Conservative |
| Birmingham, Small Heath |
Denis Howell |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Sparkbrook |
Roy Hattersley |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Stechford |
Terence Davis |
Labour |
| Birmingham, Yardley |
David Bevan |
Conservative |
| Bishop Auckland |
Derek Foster |
Labour |
| Blaby |
Nigel Lawson |
Conservative |
| Blackburn |
Jack Straw |
Labour |
| Blackpool, North |
Norman Miscampbell |
Conservative |
| Blackpool, South |
Peter Blaker |
Conservative |
| Blaydon |
John McWilliam |
Labour |
| Blyth |
John Ryman |
Labour |
| Bodmin |
Robert Hicks |
Conservative |
| Bolsover |
Dennis Skinner |
Labour |
| Bolton, East |
David Young |
Labour |
| Bolton, West |
Ann Taylor |
Labour |
| Bootle |
Allan Roberts |
Labour |
| Bosworth |
Adam Butler |
Conservative |
| Bothwell |
James Hamilton |
Labour |
| Bournemouth, East |
David Atkinson |
Conservative |
| Bournemouth, West |
Sir John Eden |
Conservative |
| Bradford, North |
Benjamin Ford |
Labour |
| Bradford, South |
Thomas Torney |
Labour |
| Bradford, West |
Edward Lyons |
Labour, then SDP |
| Braintree |
Anthony Newton |
Conservative |
| Brecon and Radnor |
Tom Hooson |
Conservative |
| Brent, East |
Reginald Freeson |
Labour |
| Brent, North |
Rhodes Boyson |
Conservative |
| Brent, South |
Laurence Pavitt |
Labour Co-operative |
| Brentwood and Ongar |
Robert McCrindle |
Conservative |
| Bridgwater |
Tom King |
Conservative |
| Bridlington |
John Townend |
Conservative |
| Brigg and Scunthorpe |
Michael Brown |
Conservative |
| Brighouse and Spenborough |
Gary Waller |
Conservative |
| Brighton, Kemptown |
Andrew Bowden |
Conservative |
| Brighton, Pavilion |
Julian Amery |
Conservative |
| Bristol, North East |
Arthur Palmer |
Labour Co-operative |
| Bristol, North West |
Michael Colvin |
Conservative |
| Bristol, South |
Michael Cocks |
Labour |
| Bristol, South East |
Tony Benn |
Labour |
| Bristol, West |
William Waldegrave |
Conservative |
| Bromley, Beckenham |
Philip Goodhart |
Conservative |
| Bromley, Chislehurst |
Roger Sims |
Conservative |
| Bromley, Orpington |
Ivor Stanbrook |
Conservative |
| Bromley, Ravensbourne |
John Hunt |
Conservative |
| Bromsgrove and Redditch |
Hal Miller |
Conservative |
| Buckingham |
William Benyon |
Conservative |
| Burnley |
Dan Jones |
Labour |
| Burton |
Ivan Lawrence |
Conservative |
| Bury and Radcliffe |
Frank White |
Labour |
| Bury St Edmunds |
Eldon Griffiths |
Conservative |
C
|
| Caernarfon |
Dafydd Wigley |
Plaid Cymru |
| Caerphilly |
Ednyfed Hudson Davies |
Labour, then SDP |
| Caithness and Sutherland |
Robert Maclennan |
Labour, then SDP |
| Cambridge |
Robert Rhodes James |
Conservative |
| Cambridgeshire |
Francis Pym |
Conservative |
| Camden, Hampstead |
Geoffrey Finsberg |
Conservative |
| Camden, Holborn and St Pancras South |
Frank Dobson |
Labour |
| Camden, St Pancras, North |
Albert Stallard |
Labour |
| Cannock |
Gwilym Roberts |
Labour |
| Canterbury |
David Crouch |
Conservative |
| Cardiff, North |
Ian Grist |
Conservative |
| Cardiff, North West |
Michael Roberts |
Conservative |
| Cardiff, South East |
James Callaghan |
Labour |
| Cardiff, West |
George Thomas |
Labour |
| Cardigan |
Geraint Howells |
Liberal |
| Carlisle |
Ronald Lewis |
Labour |
| Carlton |
Philip Holland |
Conservative |
| Carmarthen |
Dr. Roger Thomas |
Labour |
| Cheadle |
Tom Normanton |
Conservative |
| Chelmsford |
Norman St John-Stevas |
Conservative |
| Cheltenham |
Charles Irving |
Conservative |
| Chertsey and Walton |
Geoffrey Pattie |
Conservative |
| Chesham and Amersham |
Sir Ian Gilmour |
Conservative |
| Chester |
Peter Morrison |
Conservative |
| Chesterfield |
Eric Varley |
Labour |
| Chester-le-Street |
Giles Radice |
Labour |
| Chichester |
Anthony Nelson |
Conservative |
| Chippenham |
Richard Needham |
Conservative |
| Chorley |
Den Dover |
Conservative |
| Christchurch and Lymington |
Robert Adley |
Conservative |
| Cirencester and Tewkesbury |
Nicholas Ridley |
Conservative |
| City of London and Westminster, South |
Peter Brooke |
Conservative |
| City of Westminster, Paddington |
John Wheeler |
Conservative |
| City of Westminster, St Marylebone |
Kenneth Baker |
Conservative |
| Cleveland and Whitby |
Leon Brittan |
Conservative |
| Clitheroe |
David Waddington |
Conservative |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie |
James Dempsey |
Labour |
| Colchester |
Antony Buck |
Conservative |
| Colne Valley |
Richard Wainwright |
Liberal |
| Consett |
David Watkins |
Labour |
| Conway |
Wyn Roberts |
Conservative |
| Cornwall, North |
Gerrard Neale |
Conservative |
| Coventry, North East |
George Park |
Labour |
| Coventry, North West |
Geoffrey Robinson |
Labour |
| Coventry, South East |
William Wilson |
Labour |
| Coventry, South West |
John Butcher |
Conservative |
| Crewe |
Gwyneth Dunwoody |
Labour |
| Crosby |
Graham Page |
Conservative |
| Croydon, Central |
John Moore |
Conservative |
| Croydon, North East |
Bernard Weatherill |
Conservative |
| Croydon, North West |
Robert Taylor |
Conservative |
| Croydon, South |
William Clark |
Conservative |
D
|
| Darlington |
Edward Fletcher |
Labour |
| Dartford |
Bob Dunn |
Conservative |
| Darwen |
Charles Fletcher-Cooke |
Conservative |
| Daventry |
Reginald Prentice |
Conservative |
| Dearne Valley |
Edwin Wainwright |
Labour |
| Denbigh |
Geraint Morgan |
Conservative |
| Derby, North |
Phillip Whitehead |
Labour |
| Derby, South |
Walter Johnson |
Labour |
| Derbyshire, North East |
Raymond Ellis |
Labour |
| Derbyshire, South East |
Peter Rost |
Conservative |
| Derbyshire, West |
Matthew Parris |
Conservative |
| Devizes |
Charles Morrison |
Conservative |
| Devon, North |
Antony Speller |
Conservative |
| Devon, West |
Peter Mills |
Conservative |
| Dewsbury |
David Ginsburg |
Labour, then SDP |
| Doncaster |
Harold Walker |
Labour |
| Don Valley |
Michael Welsh |
Labour |
| Dorking |
Keith Wickenden |
Conservative |
| Dorset, North |
Nicholas Baker |
Conservative |
| Dorset, South |
Viscount Cranborne |
Conservative |
| Dorset, West |
James Spicer |
Conservative |
| Dover and Deal |
Peter Rees |
Conservative |
| Down, North |
James Kilfedder |
Independent Ulster Unionist |
| Down, South |
Enoch Powell |
Official Unionist |
| Dudley, East |
John Gilbert |
Labour |
| Dudley, West |
John Blackburn |
Conservative |
| Dumfries |
Hector Monro |
Conservative |
| Dunbartonshire, Central |
Hugh McCartney |
Labour |
| Dunbartonshire, East |
Norman Hogg |
Labour |
| Dunbartonshire, West |
Ian Campbell |
Labour |
| Dundee, East |
Gordon Wilson |
Scottish National Party |
| Dundee, West |
Ernie Ross |
Labour |
| Dunfermline |
Richard Douglas |
Labour Co-operative |
| Durham |
Mark Hughes |
Labour |
| Durham, North West |
Ernest Armstrong |
Labour |
E
|
| Ealing, Acton |
Sir George Young |
Conservative |
| Ealing, North |
Harry Greenway |
Conservative |
| Ealing, Southall |
Sydney Bidwell |
Labour |
| Easington |
Jack Dormand |
Labour |
| Eastbourne |
Ian Gow |
Conservative |
| East Grinstead |
Geoffrey Johnson-Smith |
Conservative |
| East Kilbride |
Dr Maurice Miller |
Labour |
| Eastleigh |
David Price |
Conservative |
| Ebbw Vale |
Michael Foot |
Labour |
| Eccles |
Lewis Carter-Jones |
Labour |
| Edinburgh, Central |
Robin Cook |
Labour |
| Edinburgh, East |
Gavin Strang |
Labour |
| Edinburgh, Leith |
Ronald Brown |
Labour |
| Edinburgh, North |
Alex Fletcher |
Conservative |
| Edinburgh, Pentlands |
Malcolm Rifkind |
Conservative |
| Edinburgh, South |
Michael Ancram |
Conservative |
| Edinburgh, West |
The Lord James Douglas-Hamilton |
Conservative |
| Enfield, Edmonton |
Edward Graham |
Labour Co-operative |
| Enfield, North |
Timothy Eggar |
Conservative |
| Enfield, Southgate |
Anthony Berry |
Conservative |
| Epping Forest |
John Biggs-Davison |
Conservative |
| Epsom & Ewell |
Archie Hamilton |
Conservative |
| Esher |
Carol Mather |
Conservative |
| Essex, South East |
Sir Bernard Braine |
Conservative |
| Eton and Slough |
Joan Lestor |
Labour |
| Exeter |
John Hannam |
Conservative |
| Eye |
John Gummer |
Conservative |
F
|
| Falmouth and Camborne |
David Mudd |
Conservative |
| Fareham |
Peter Lloyd |
Conservative |
| Farnham |
Maurice Macmillan |
Conservative |
| Farnworth |
John Roper |
Labour Co-operative, then SDP |
| Faversham |
Roger Moate |
Conservative |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone |
Frank Maguire |
Independent Republican |
| Fife, Central |
Willie Hamilton |
Labour |
| Fife, East |
Barry Henderson |
Conservative |
| Flint, East |
Barry Jones |
Labour |
| Flint, West |
Sir Anthony Meyer |
Conservative |
| Folkestone and Hythe |
Albert Costain |
Conservative |
G
|
| Gainsborough |
Marcus Kimball |
Conservative |
| Galloway |
Ian Lang |
Conservative |
| Gateshead, East |
Bernard Conlan |
Labour |
| Gateshead, West |
John Horam |
Labour, then SDP |
| Gillingham |
Frederick Burden |
Conservative |
| Glasgow, Cathcart |
John Maxton |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Central |
Thomas McMillan |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Craigton |
Bruce Millan |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Garscadden |
Donald Dewar |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Govan |
Andrew McMahon |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Hillhead |
Thomas Galbraith |
Conservative |
| Glasgow, Kelvingrove |
Neil Carmichael |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Maryhill |
James Craigen |
Labour Co-operative |
| Glasgow, Pollok |
James White |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Provan |
Hugh Brown |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Queen's Park |
Frank McElhone |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Shettleston |
David Marshall |
Labour |
| Glasgow, Springburn |
Michael Martin |
Labour |
| Gloucester |
Sally Oppenheim |
Conservative |
| Gloucestershire, South |
John Cope |
Conservative |
| Gloucestershire, West |
Paul Marland |
Conservative |
| Goole |
Edmund Marshall |
Labour |
| Gosport |
Peter Viggers |
Conservative |
| Gower |
Ifor Davies |
Labour |
| Grantham |
Douglas Hogg |
Conservative |
| Gravesend |
Timothy Brinton |
Conservative |
| Greenock and Port Glasgow |
Dr. Dickson Mabon |
Labour Co-operative, then SDP |
| Greenwich, Greenwich |
Guy Barnett |
Labour |
| Greenwich, Woolwich, East |
John Cartwright |
Labour, then SDP |
| Greenwich, Woolwich, West |
Peter Bottomley |
Conservative |
| Grimsby |
Austin Mitchell |
Labour |
| Guildford |
David Howell |
Conservative |
H
|
| Hackney, Central |
Clinton Davis |
Labour |
| Hackney, North and Stoke Newington |
Ernest Roberts |
Labour |
| Hackney, South and Shoreditch |
Ronald Brown |
Labour, then SDP |
| Halesowen and Stourbridge |
John Stokes |
Conservative |
| Halifax |
Dr. Shirley Summerskill |
Labour |
| Haltemprice |
Patrick Wall |
Conservative |
| Hamilton |
George Robertson |
Labour |
| Hammersmith, Fulham |
Martin Stevens |
Conservative |
| Hammersmith, North |
Clive Soley |
Labour |
| Harborough |
John Farr |
Conservative |
| Haringey, Hornsey |
Hugh Rossi |
Conservative |
| Haringey, Tottenham |
Norman Atkinson |
Labour |
| Haringey, Wood Green |
Reg Race |
Labour |
| Harlow |
Stanley Newens |
Labour Co-operative |
| Harrogate |
Robert Banks |
Conservative |
| Harrow, Central |
Anthony Grant |
Conservative |
| Harrow, East |
Hugh Dykes |
Conservative |
| Harrow, West |
John Page |
Conservative |
| Hartlepool |
Edward Leadbitter |
Labour |
| Harwich |
Julian Ridsdale |
Conservative |
| Hastings |
Kenneth Warren |
Conservative |
| Havant and Waterloo |
Ian Lloyd |
Conservative |
| Havering, Hornchurch |
Robin Squire |
Conservative |
| Havering, Romford |
Michael Neubert |
Conservative |
| Havering, Upminster |
John Loveridge |
Conservative |
| Hazel Grove |
Tom Arnold |
Conservative |
| Hemel Hempstead |
Nicholas Lyell |
Conservative |
| Hemsworth |
Alec Woodall |
Labour |
| Henley |
Michael Heseltine |
Conservative |
| Hereford |
Colin Shepherd |
Conservative |
| Hertford and Stevenage |
Bowen Wells |
Conservative |
| Hertfordshire, East |
Sir Derek Walker-Smith |
Conservative |
| Hertfordshire, South |
Cecil Parkinson |
Conservative |
| Hertfordshire, South West |
Geoffrey Dodsworth |
Conservative |
| Hexham |
Geoffrey Rippon |
Conservative |
| Heywood and Royton |
Joel Barnett |
Labour |
| High Peak |
Spencer Le Marchant |
Conservative |
| Hillingdon, Hayes and Harlington |
Neville Sandelson |
Labour, then SDP |
| Hillingdon, Ruislip-Northwood |
John Wilkinson |
Conservative |
| Hillingdon, Uxbridge |
Michael Shersby |
Conservative |
| Hitchin |
Ian Stewart |
Conservative |
| Holland with Boston |
Richard Body |
Conservative |
| Honiton |
Peter Emery |
Conservative |
| Horncastle |
Peter Tapsell |
Conservative |
| Horsham and Crawley |
Peter Hordern |
Conservative |
| Houghton-le-Spring |
Thomas Urwin |
Labour |
| Hounslow, Brentford and Isleworth |
Barney Hayhoe |
Conservative |
| Hounslow, Feltham and Heston |
Russell Kerr |
Labour |
| Hove |
Timothy Sainsbury |
Conservative |
| Howden |
Sir Paul Bryan |
Conservative |
| Huddersfield, East |
Barry Sheerman |
Labour Co-operative |
| Huddersfield, West |
Geoffrey Dickens |
Conservative |
| Huntingdonshire |
John Major |
Conservative |
| Huyton |
Sir Harold Wilson |
Labour |
I
|
| Ilkeston |
Raymond Fl | |
|
