List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election explained

1979–1983 Parliament of the United Kingdom
Body:Parliament of the United Kingdom
Election:1979 United Kingdom general election
Government:First Thatcher ministry 
Before:October 1974–1979 Parliament
After:1983–1987 Parliament
Chamber1:House of Commons
Membership1:635
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber1 Leader1:George Thomas 
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:Leader
Chamber1 Leader2:Norman St John-Stevas
Francis Pym
John Biffen 
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Prime Minister
Chamber1 Leader3:Margaret Thatcher 
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Leader of the Opposition
Chamber1 Leader4:James Callaghan
Michael Foot 
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Third-party leader
Chamber1 Leader5:David Steel 
Chamber2:House of Lords
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Lord Chancellor
Chamber2 Leader1:Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone 

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.Of the 77 newcomers, two were women (Sheila Faith and Sheila Wright). In total, the Parliament had 19 female members (8 Conservative, 11 Labour), fewer than any post-war parliament before or since, with the sole exception of 1951.[1]

It was the election from which Margaret Thatcher, the incumbent Conservative Party leader became Prime Minister, the first female head of government in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Composition

These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1979 general election.

Note: The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru sit together as a party group. This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.

AffiliationMembers
Conservative Party339
Labour Party269
Liberal Party11
Ulster Unionist Party5
Democratic Unionist Party3
Plaid Cymru2
Scottish National Party2
Independent Republican1
Independent Ulster Unionist1
Social Democratic and Labour Party1
United Ulster Unionist Party1
 Total635
 Notional government majority43
 Effective government majority50
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A

ConstituencyMPParty
AberavonJohn MorrisLabour
AberdareIoan EvansLabour Co-operative
Aberdeen, NorthRobert HughesLabour
Aberdeen, SouthIain SproatConservative
Aberdeenshire, EastAlbert McQuarrieConservative
Aberdeenshire, WestRussell FairgrieveConservative
AbertilleryJeffrey ThomasLabour, then SDP
AbingdonThomas BenyonConservative
AccringtonArthur DavidsonLabour
ActonSir George Young, BtConservative
AldershotJulian CritchleyConservative
Aldridge-BrownhillsRichard ShepherdConservative
Altrincham and SaleFergus MontgomeryConservative
AngleseyKeith BestConservative
Angus, North, and MearnsAlick Buchanan-SmithConservative
Angus, SouthPeter FraserConservative
Antrim, NorthRev. Ian PaisleyDemocratic Unionist
Antrim, SouthJames MolyneauxOfficial Unionist
ArgyllJohn MacKayConservative
ArmaghHarold McCuskerOfficial Unionist
ArundelMichael MarshallConservative
AshfieldFrank HaynesLabour
AshfordKeith SpeedConservative
Ashton-under-LyneRobert SheldonLabour
AylesburyTimothy RaisonConservative
AyrHon. George YoungerConservative
Ayrshire, CentralDavid LambieLabour
Ayrshire, North, and ButeJohn Alexander CorrieConservative
Ayrshire, SouthGeorge FoulkesLabour Co-operative

B

BanburyNeil MartenConservative
BanffDavid MylesConservative
Barking, BarkingJosephine RichardsonLabour
Barking, DagenhamJohn ParkerLabour
Barkston AshMichael AlisonConservative
Barnet, Chipping BarnetSydney ChapmanConservative
Barnet, FinchleyMargaret ThatcherConservative
Barnet, Hendon, NorthJohn GorstConservative
Barnet, Hendon, SouthPeter ThomasConservative
BarnsleyRoy MasonLabour
Barrow-in-FurnessAlbert BoothLabour
BarrySir Raymond GowerConservative
BasildonHarvey ProctorConservative
BasingstokeDavid MitchellConservative
BassetlawJoseph AshtonLabour
BathChris PattenConservative
Batley and MorleyKenneth WoolmerLabour
BeaconsfieldRonald BellConservative
Bebington and Ellesmere PortBarry PorterConservative
BedfordTrevor SkeetConservative
Bedfordshire, MidStephen HastingsConservative
Bedfordshire, SouthDavid MadelConservative
BedwelltyNeil KinnockLabour
BeestonJames LesterConservative
Belfast, EastPeter RobinsonDemocratic Unionist
Belfast, NorthJohn McQuadeDemocratic Unionist
Belfast, SouthRev. Robert BradfordOfficial Unionist
Belfast, WestGerard "Gerry" FittSocial Democratic and Labour
BelperSheila FaithConservative
Berwick and East LothianJohn RobertsonLabour
Berwick-upon-TweedAlan BeithLiberal
Bexley, BexleyheathCyril TownsendConservative
Bexley, Erith and CrayfordJames WellbelovedLabour, then SDP
Bexley, SidcupEdward HeathConservative
BirkenheadFrank FieldLabour
Birmingham, EdgbastonJill KnightConservative
Birmingham, ErdingtonJulius SilvermanLabour
Birmingham, Hall GreenReginald EyreConservative
Birmingham, HandsworthSheila WrightLabour
Birmingham, LadywoodJohn SeverLabour
Birmingham, NorthfieldJocelyn CadburyConservative
Birmingham, Perry BarrJeff RookerLabour
Birmingham, Selly OakAnthony Beaumont-DarkConservative
Birmingham, Small HeathDenis HowellLabour
Birmingham, SparkbrookRoy HattersleyLabour
Birmingham, StechfordTerence DavisLabour
Birmingham, YardleyDavid Gilroy BevanConservative
Bishop AucklandDerek FosterLabour
BlabyNigel LawsonConservative
BlackburnJack StrawLabour
Blackpool, NorthNorman MiscampbellConservative
Blackpool, SouthPeter BlakerConservative
BlaydonJohn McWilliamLabour
BlythJohn RymanLabour
BodminRobert HicksConservative
BolsoverDennis SkinnerLabour
Bolton, EastDavid YoungLabour
Bolton, WestAnn TaylorLabour
BootleAllan RobertsLabour
BosworthHon. Adam ButlerConservative
BothwellJames HamiltonLabour
Bournemouth, EastDavid AtkinsonConservative
Bournemouth, WestSir John Eden, BtConservative
Bradford, NorthBenjamin FordLabour
Bradford, SouthThomas TorneyLabour
Bradford, WestEdward LyonsLabour, then SDP
BraintreeAnthony NewtonConservative
Brecon and RadnorTom HoosonConservative
Brent, EastReginald FreesonLabour
Brent, NorthRhodes BoysonConservative
Brent, SouthLaurence PavittLabour Co-operative
Brentwood and OngarRobert McCrindleConservative
BridgwaterTom KingConservative
BridlingtonJohn TownendConservative
Brigg and ScunthorpeMichael BrownConservative
Brighouse and SpenboroughGary WallerConservative
Brighton, KemptownAndrew BowdenConservative
Brighton, PavilionJulian AmeryConservative
Bristol, North EastArthur PalmerLabour Co-operative
Bristol, North WestMichael ColvinConservative
Bristol, SouthMichael CocksLabour
Bristol, South EastTony BennLabour
Bristol, WestHon. William WaldegraveConservative
Bromley, BeckenhamPhilip GoodhartConservative
Bromley, ChislehurstRoger SimsConservative
Bromley, OrpingtonIvor StanbrookConservative
Bromley, RavensbourneJohn HuntConservative
Bromsgrove and RedditchHal MillerConservative
BuckinghamWilliam BenyonConservative
BurnleyDan JonesLabour
BurtonIvan LawrenceConservative
Bury and RadcliffeFrank WhiteLabour
Bury St EdmundsEldon GriffithsConservative

C

CaernarfonDafydd WigleyPlaid Cymru
CaerphillyEdnyfed Hudson DaviesLabour, then SDP
Caithness and SutherlandRobert MaclennanLabour, then SDP
CambridgeRobert Rhodes JamesConservative
CambridgeshireFrancis PymConservative
Camden, HampsteadGeoffrey FinsbergConservative
Camden, Holborn and St Pancras SouthFrank DobsonLabour
Camden, St Pancras, NorthAlbert StallardLabour
CannockGwilym RobertsLabour
CanterburyDavid CrouchConservative
Cardiff, NorthIan GristConservative
Cardiff, North WestMichael RobertsConservative
Cardiff, South EastJames CallaghanLabour
Cardiff, WestGeorge ThomasLabour
CardiganGeraint HowellsLiberal
CarlisleRonald LewisLabour
CarltonPhilip HollandConservative
CarmarthenRoger ThomasLabour
CheadleTom NormantonConservative
ChelmsfordNorman St John-StevasConservative
CheltenhamCharles IrvingConservative
Chertsey and WaltonGeoffrey PattieConservative
Chesham and AmershamSir Ian Gilmour, BtConservative
ChesterHon. Peter MorrisonConservative
ChesterfieldEric VarleyLabour
Chester-le-StreetGiles RadiceLabour
ChichesterAnthony NelsonConservative
ChippenhamRichard NeedhamConservative
ChorleyDen DoverConservative
Christchurch and LymingtonRobert AdleyConservative
Cirencester and TewkesburyHon. Nicholas RidleyConservative
City of London and Westminster, SouthHon. Peter BrookeConservative
City of Westminster, PaddingtonJohn WheelerConservative
City of Westminster, St MaryleboneKenneth BakerConservative
Cleveland and WhitbyLeon BrittanConservative
ClitheroeDavid WaddingtonConservative
Coatbridge and AirdrieJames DempseyLabour
ColchesterAntony BuckConservative
Colne ValleyRichard WainwrightLiberal
ConsettDavid WatkinsLabour
ConwayWyn RobertsConservative
Cornwall, NorthGerrard NealeConservative
Coventry, North EastGeorge ParkLabour
Coventry, North WestGeoffrey RobinsonLabour
Coventry, South EastWilliam WilsonLabour
Coventry, South WestJohn ButcherConservative
CreweGwyneth DunwoodyLabour
CrosbyGraham PageConservative
Croydon, CentralJohn MooreConservative
Croydon, North EastBernard WeatherillConservative
Croydon, North WestRobert TaylorConservative
Croydon, SouthWilliam ClarkConservative

D

DarlingtonEdward FletcherLabour
DartfordBob DunnConservative
DarwenCharles Fletcher-CookeConservative
DaventryReginald PrenticeConservative
Dearne ValleyEdwin WainwrightLabour
DenbighGeraint MorganConservative
Derby, NorthPhillip WhiteheadLabour
Derby, SouthWalter JohnsonLabour
Derbyshire, North EastRaymond EllisLabour
Derbyshire, South EastPeter RostConservative
Derbyshire, WestMatthew ParrisConservative
DevizesHon. Charles MorrisonConservative
Devon, NorthAntony SpellerConservative
Devon, WestPeter MillsConservative
DewsburyDavid GinsburgLabour, then SDP
DoncasterHarold WalkerLabour
Don ValleyMichael WelshLabour
DorkingKeith WickendenConservative
Dorset, NorthNicholas BakerConservative
Dorset, SouthViscount CranborneConservative
Dorset, WestJames SpicerConservative
Dover and DealPeter ReesConservative
Down, NorthJames KilfedderIndependent Ulster Unionist
Down, SouthEnoch PowellOfficial Unionist
Dudley, EastJohn GilbertLabour
Dudley, WestJohn BlackburnConservative
DumfriesHector MonroConservative
Dunbartonshire, CentralHugh McCartneyLabour
Dunbartonshire, EastNorman HoggLabour
Dunbartonshire, WestIan CampbellLabour
Dundee, EastGordon WilsonScottish National Party
Dundee, WestErnie RossLabour
DunfermlineRichard DouglasLabour Co-operative
DurhamMark HughesLabour
Durham, North WestErnest ArmstrongLabour

E

Ealing, NorthHarry GreenwayConservative
Ealing, SouthallSydney BidwellLabour
EasingtonJack DormandLabour
EastbourneIan GowConservative
East GrinsteadGeoffrey Johnson-SmithConservative
East KilbrideDr Maurice MillerLabour
EastleighDavid PriceConservative
Ebbw ValeMichael FootLabour
EcclesLewis Carter-JonesLabour
Edinburgh, CentralRobin CookLabour
Edinburgh, EastGavin StrangLabour
Edinburgh, LeithRonald BrownLabour
Edinburgh, NorthAlex FletcherConservative
Edinburgh, PentlandsMalcolm RifkindConservative
Edinburgh, SouthMichael AncramConservative
Edinburgh, WestLord James Douglas-HamiltonConservative
Enfield, EdmontonEdward GrahamLabour Co-operative
Enfield, NorthTimothy EggarConservative
Enfield, SouthgateHon. Anthony BerryConservative
Epping ForestJohn Biggs-DavisonConservative
Epsom & EwellHon. Archie HamiltonConservative
EsherCarol MatherConservative
Essex, South EastSir Bernard BraineConservative
Eton and SloughJoan LestorLabour
ExeterJohn HannamConservative
EyeJohn GummerConservative

F

Falmouth and CamborneDavid MuddConservative
FarehamPeter LloydConservative
FarnhamMaurice MacmillanConservative
FarnworthJohn RoperLabour Co-operative, then SDP
FavershamRoger MoateConservative
Fermanagh & South TyroneFrank MaguireIndependent Republican
Fife, CentralWillie HamiltonLabour
Fife, EastBarry HendersonConservative
Flint, EastBarry JonesLabour
Flint, WestSir Anthony Meyer, BtConservative
Folkestone and HytheAlbert CostainConservative

G

GainsboroughMarcus KimballConservative
GallowayIan LangConservative
Gateshead, EastBernard ConlanLabour
Gateshead, WestJohn HoramLabour, then SDP
GillinghamFrederick BurdenConservative
Glasgow, CathcartJohn MaxtonLabour
Glasgow, CentralThomas McMillanLabour
Glasgow, CraigtonBruce MillanLabour
Glasgow, GarscaddenDonald DewarLabour
Glasgow, GovanAndrew McMahonLabour
Glasgow, HillheadThomas GalbraithConservative
Glasgow, KelvingroveNeil CarmichaelLabour
Glasgow, MaryhillJames CraigenLabour Co-operative
Glasgow, PollokJames WhiteLabour
Glasgow, ProvanHugh BrownLabour
Glasgow, Queen's ParkFrank McElhoneLabour
Glasgow, ShettlestonDavid MarshallLabour
Glasgow, SpringburnMichael MartinLabour
GloucesterSally OppenheimConservative
Gloucestershire, SouthJohn CopeConservative
Gloucestershire, WestPaul MarlandConservative
GooleEdmund MarshallLabour
GosportPeter ViggersConservative
GowerIfor DaviesLabour
GranthamHon. Douglas HoggConservative
GravesendTimothy BrintonConservative
Greenock and Port GlasgowDickson MabonLabour Co-operative, then SDP
Greenwich, GreenwichGuy BarnettLabour
Greenwich, Woolwich, EastJohn CartwrightLabour, then SDP
Greenwich, Woolwich, WestPeter BottomleyConservative
GrimsbyAustin MitchellLabour
GuildfordDavid HowellConservative

H

Hackney, CentralStanley Clinton-DavisLabour
Hackney, North and Stoke NewingtonErnest RobertsLabour
Hackney, South and ShoreditchRonald BrownLabour, then SDP
Halesowen and StourbridgeJohn StokesConservative
HalifaxShirley SummerskillLabour
HaltempricePatrick WallConservative
HamiltonGeorge RobertsonLabour
Hammersmith, FulhamMartin StevensConservative
Hammersmith, NorthClive SoleyLabour
HarboroughJohn FarrConservative
Haringey, HornseyHugh RossiConservative
Haringey, TottenhamNorman AtkinsonLabour
Haringey, Wood GreenReg RaceLabour
HarlowStanley NewensLabour Co-operative
HarrogateRobert BanksConservative
Harrow, CentralAnthony GrantConservative
Harrow, EastHugh DykesConservative
Harrow, WestJohn PageConservative
HartlepoolEdward LeadbitterLabour
HarwichJulian RidsdaleConservative
HastingsKenneth WarrenConservative
Havant and WaterlooIan LloydConservative
Havering, HornchurchRobin SquireConservative
Havering, RomfordMichael NeubertConservative
Havering, UpminsterJohn LoveridgeConservative
Hazel GroveTom ArnoldConservative
Hemel HempsteadNicholas LyellConservative
HemsworthAlec WoodallLabour
HenleyMichael HeseltineConservative
HerefordColin ShepherdConservative
Hertford and StevenageBowen WellsConservative
Hertfordshire, EastSir Derek Walker-Smith, BtConservative
Hertfordshire, SouthCecil ParkinsonConservative
Hertfordshire, South WestGeoffrey DodsworthConservative
HexhamGeoffrey RipponConservative
Heywood and RoytonJoel BarnettLabour
High PeakSpencer Le MarchantConservative
Hillingdon, Hayes and HarlingtonNeville SandelsonLabour, then SDP
Hillingdon, Ruislip-NorthwoodJohn WilkinsonConservative
Hillingdon, UxbridgeMichael ShersbyConservative
HitchinIan StewartConservative
Holland with BostonRichard BodyConservative
HonitonPeter EmeryConservative
HorncastlePeter TapsellConservative
Horsham and CrawleyPeter HordernConservative
Houghton-le-SpringThomas UrwinLabour
Hounslow, Brentford and IsleworthBarney HayhoeConservative
Hounslow, Feltham and HestonRussell KerrLabour
HoveHon. Tim SainsburyConservative
HowdenSir Paul BryanConservative
Huddersfield, EastBarry SheermanLabour Co-operative
Huddersfield, WestGeoffrey DickensConservative
HuntingdonshireJohn MajorConservative
HuytonSir Harold WilsonLabour

I

IlkestonRaymond FletcherLabour
InceMichael McGuireLabour
InvernessRussell JohnstonLiberal
IpswichKenneth WeetchLabour
Isle of ElyClement FreudLiberal
Isle of WightStephen RossLiberal
Islington, CentralJohn GrantLabour, then SDP
Islington, NorthMichael O'HalloranLabour, then SDP, then Independent Labour
Islington, South and FinsburyGeorge CunninghamLabour, then SDP

J

JarrowDonald DixonLabour

K

KeighleyRobert CryerLabour
Kensington and Chelsea, ChelseaNicholas ScottConservative
Kensington and Chelsea, KensingtonSir Brandon Rhys-Williams, BtConservative
KetteringWilliam HomewoodLabour
KidderminsterEsmond BulmerConservative
KilmarnockWilliam McKelveyLabour
Kingston upon Hull CentralKevin McNamaraLabour
Kingston upon Hull EastJohn PrescottLabour
Kingston upon Hull WestJames JohnsonLabour
Kingston upon ThamesNorman LamontConservative
KingswoodJack AspinwallConservative
Kinross and West PerthshireNicholas FairbairnConservative
KirkcaldyHarry GourlayLabour
KnutsfordJock Bruce-GardyneConservative

L

Lambeth, CentralJohn TilleyLabour Co-operative
Lambeth, NorwoodJohn FraserLabour
Lambeth, StreathamWilliam SheltonConservative
Lambeth, VauxhallStuart HollandLabour
LanarkJudith HartLabour
Lanarkshire, NorthJohn SmithLabour
LancasterElaine Kellett-BowmanConservative
Leeds, EastDenis HealeyLabour
Leeds, North EastSir Keith Joseph, BtConservative
Leeds, North WestSir Donald Kaberry, BtConservative
Leeds, SouthMerlyn ReesLabour
Leeds, South EastStanley CohenLabour
Leeds, WestJoseph DeanLabour
LeekDavid KnoxConservative
Leicester, EastTom BradleyLabour, then SDP
Leicester SouthJim MarshallLabour
Leicester, WestGreville JannerLabour
LeighLawrence CunliffeLabour
LeominsterPeter Temple-MorrisConservative
LewesTim RathboneConservative
Lewisham DeptfordHon. John SilkinLabour
Lewisham, EastRoland MoyleLabour
Lewisham, WestChristopher PriceLabour
Lichfield and TamworthJohn HeddleConservative
LincolnKenneth CarlisleConservative
Liverpool, Edge HillDavid AltonLiberal
Liverpool, GarstonMalcolm ThorntonConservative
Liverpool, KirkdaleJames DunnLabour, then SDP
Liverpool, Scotland ExchangeLabour
Liverpool, ToxtethRichard CrawshawLabour, then SDP
Liverpool, WaltonEric HefferLabour
Liverpool, WavertreeAnthony SteenConservative
Liverpool, West DerbyEric OgdenLabour, then SDP
LlanelliDenzil DaviesLabour
LondonderryWilliam RossOfficial Unionist
LoughboroughStephen DorrellConservative
LouthMichael BrothertonConservative
LowestoftJames PriorConservative
LudlowEric CockeramConservative
Luton, EastGraham BrightConservative
Luton, WestJohn Russell CarlisleConservative

M

MacclesfieldNicholas WintertonConservative
MaidstoneJohn WellsConservative
MaldonJohn WakehamConservative
Manchester, ArdwickGerald KaufmanLabour
Manchester, BlackleyKenneth EasthamLabour
Manchester, CentralHarold LeverLabour
Manchester, GortonKenneth MarksLabour
Manchester, Moss SideGeorge MortonLabour
Manchester, OpenshawCharles MorrisLabour
Manchester, WithingtonFrederick SilvesterConservative
Manchester, WythenshaweAlfred MorrisLabour Co-operative
MansfieldDon ConcannonLabour
MeltonMichael LathamConservative
MeridenIain MillsConservative
MerionethDafydd ThomasPlaid Cymru
Merthyr TydfilEdward RowlandsLabour
Merton, Mitcham and MordenBruce Douglas-MannLabour, then Ind SDP
Merton, WimbledonSir Michael HaversConservative
Middleton and PrestwichJames CallaghanLabour
MidlothianAlexander EadieLabour
MonmouthJohn Stradling ThomasConservative
MontgomeryDelwyn WilliamsConservative
Moray and NairnAlexander PollockConservative
Morecambe and LonsdaleHon. Mark Lennox-BoydConservative
MorpethGeorge GrantLabour
Motherwell and WishawJeremy BrayLabour

N

NantwichSir Nicholas Bonsor, BtConservative
NeathDonald ColemanLabour
Nelson and ColneJohn LeeConservative
NewarkRichard AlexanderConservative
NewburyMichael McNair-WilsonConservative
Newcastle-under-LymeJohn GoldingLabour
Newcastle upon Tyne, CentralHarry CowansLabour
Newcastle upon Tyne, EastMike ThomasLabour Co-operative, then SDP
Newcastle upon Tyne, NorthSir William ElliottConservative
Newcastle upon Tyne, WestRobert BrownLabour
New ForestPatrick McNair-WilsonConservative
Newham, North EastRonald LeightonLabour
Newham, North WestArthur LewisLabour
Newham, SouthNigel SpearingLabour
NewportRoy HughesLabour
NewtonJohn EvansLabour
Norfolk NorthRalph HowellConservative
Norfolk, North WestChristopher Brocklebank-FowlerConservative, then SDP
Norfolk, SouthJohn MacGregorConservative
Norfolk, South WestSir Paul HawkinsConservative
NormantonAlbert RobertsLabour
Northampton, NorthAntony MarlowConservative
Northampton, SouthMichael MorrisConservative
North FyldeWalter CleggConservative
NorthwichAlastair GoodladConservative
Norwich, NorthDavid EnnalsLabour
Norwich, SouthJohn GarrettLabour
Nottingham, EastJack DunnettLabour
Nottingham, NorthWilliam WhitlockLabour
Nottingham, WestMichael EnglishLabour
NuneatonLeslie HuckfieldLabour

O

OgmoreRaymond PowellLabour
Oldham, EastJames LamondLabour
Oldham, WestMichael MeacherLabour
Orkney and ShetlandJo GrimondLiberal
OrmskirkRobert Kilroy-SilkLabour
OswestryJohn BiffenConservative
OxfordJohn PattenConservative
Oxfordshire, MidHon. Douglas HurdConservative

P

PaisleyAllen AdamsLabour
PembrokeshireNicholas EdwardsConservative
PenistoneAllen McKayLabour
Penrith and The BorderWilliam WhitelawConservative
Perth and East PerthshireBill WalkerConservative
PeterboroughBrian MawhinneyConservative
PetersfieldLt.-Col. Michael MatesConservative
Plymouth, DevonportDavid OwenLabour, then SDP
Plymouth, DrakeJanet FookesConservative
Plymouth, SuttonAlan ClarkConservative
Pontefract and CastlefordGeoffrey LofthouseLabour
PontypoolLeo AbseLabour
PontypriddBrynmor JohnLabour
PooleJohn WardConservative
Portsmouth, NorthPeter GriffithsConservative
Portsmouth, SouthBonner PinkConservative
Preston, NorthRobert AtkinsConservative
Preston, SouthStanley ThorneLabour
PudseyGiles ShawConservative

R

Reading, NorthAnthony DurantConservative
Reading, SouthGerard VaughanConservative
Redbridge, Ilford, NorthVivian BendallConservative
Redbridge, Ilford, SouthNeil ThorneConservative
Redbridge, Wanstead and WoodfordPatrick JenkinConservative
ReigateGeorge GardinerConservative
Renfrewshire, EastAllan StewartConservative
Renfrewshire, WestNorman BuchanLabour
RhonddaAlec JonesLabour
Richmond upon Thames, RichmondSir Anthony RoyleConservative
Richmond upon Thames, TwickenhamToby JesselConservative
Richmond (Yorkshire)Sir Timothy KitsonConservative
RiponKeith HampsonConservative
RochdaleCyril SmithLiberal
Rochester and ChathamPeggy FennerConservative
Ross and CromartyHamish GrayConservative
RossendaleDavid TrippierConservative
RotherhamStanley CrowtherLabour
Rother ValleyPeter HardyLabour
Roxburgh, Selkirk and PeeblesDavid SteelLiberal
Royal Tunbridge WellsPatrick MayhewConservative
RugbyJim PawseyConservative
RuncornMark CarlisleConservative
RushcliffeKenneth ClarkeConservative
RutherglenGregor MackenzieLabour
Rutland and StamfordKenneth LewisConservative
RyeGodman IrvineConservative

S

Saffron WaldenAlan HaselhurstConservative
St AlbansVictor GoodhewConservative
St HelensLeslie SpriggsLabour
St IvesJohn NottConservative
Salford, EastFrank AllaunLabour
Salford, WestStanley OrmeLabour
SalisburyMichael HamiltonConservative
ScarboroughMichael ShawConservative
SevenoaksMark WolfsonConservative
Sheffield, AttercliffePatrick DuffyLabour
Sheffield, BrightsideJoan MaynardLabour
Sheffield, HallamJohn OsbornConservative
Sheffield, HeeleyFrank HooleyLabour
Sheffield, HillsboroughMartin FlanneryLabour
Sheffield, ParkFrederick MulleyLabour
ShipleyMarcus FoxConservative
ShorehamRichard LuceConservative
ShrewsburySir John Langford-HoltConservative
SkiptonJohn WatsonConservative
SolihullPercy GrieveConservative
Somerset, NorthPaul DeanConservative
Southampton, ItchenBob MitchellLabour, then SDP
Southampton, TestJames HillConservative
Southend, EastSir Stephen McAddenConservative
Southend, WestPaul ChannonConservative
South FyldeEdward GardnerConservative
SouthportIan PercivalConservative
South ShieldsDavid G. ClarkLabour
Southwark, BermondseyRobert MellishLabour
Southwark, DulwichHon. Samuel SilkinLabour
Southwark, PeckhamHarry LambornLabour
SowerbyDonald ThompsonConservative
SpelthorneHumphrey AtkinsConservative
Stafford and StoneHon. Hugh FraserConservative
Staffordshire, South WestPatrick CormackConservative
Stalybridge and HydeTom PendryLabour
Stirling, Falkirk and GrangemouthHarry EwingLabour
Stirlingshire, East and ClackmannanMartin O'NeillLabour
Stirlingshire, WestDennis CanavanLabour
Stockport, NorthAndrew BennettLabour
Stockport, SouthTom McNallyLabour, then SDP
Stoke-on-Trent, CentralRobert CantLabour
Stoke-on-Trent, NorthJohn ForresterLabour
Stoke-on-Trent, SouthJack AshleyLabour
Stratford-on-AvonAngus MaudeConservative
StretfordWinston ChurchillConservative
StroudAnthony KershawConservative
Sudbury and WoodbridgeKeith StaintonConservative
Sunderland, NorthFrederick WilleyLabour
Sunderland, SouthGordon BagierLabour
SurbitonSir Nigel FisherConservative
Surrey, EastSir Geoffrey HoweConservative
Surrey, North WestMichael GryllsConservative
Sussex, MidTim RentonConservative
Sutton, CarshaltonNigel FormanConservative
Sutton, Sutton and CheamNeil MacfarlaneConservative
Sutton ColdfieldNorman FowlerConservative
Swansea, EastDonald AndersonLabour
Swansea, WestAlan WilliamsLabour
SwindonDavid StoddartLabour

T

TauntonEdward du CannConservative
Teesside, MiddlesbroughArthur BottomleyLabour
Teesside, RedcarJames TinnLabour
Teesside, StocktonWilliam RodgersLabour, then SDP
Teesside, ThornabyIan WrigglesworthLabour Co-operative, then SDP
Thanet, EastJonathan AitkenConservative
Thanet, WestWilliam Rees-DaviesConservative
Thirsk and MaltonJohn SpenceConservative
ThurrockOonagh McDonaldLabour
TivertonRobin Maxwell-HyslopConservative
Tonbridge and MallingJohn StanleyConservative
TorbaySir Frederic BennettConservative
TotnesRay MawbyConservative
Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green and BowIan MikardoLabour
Tower Hamlets, Stepney and PoplarPeter ShoreLabour
TruroDavid PenhaligonLiberal
TynemouthNeville TrotterConservative

U

Ulster, MidJohn DunlopUnited Ulster Unionist

W

WakefieldWalter HarrisonLabour
WallaseyLynda ChalkerConservative
WallsendTed GarrettLabour
Walsall, NorthDavid WinnickLabour
Walsall, SouthBruce GeorgeLabour
Waltham Forest, ChingfordNorman TebbitConservative
Waltham Forest, LeytonBryan MageeLabour, then SDP
Waltham Forest, WalthamstowEric DeakinsLabour
Wandsworth, Battersea, NorthDouglas JayLabour
Wandsworth, Battersea, SouthAlfred DubsLabour
Wandsworth, PutneyDavid MellorConservative
Wandsworth, TootingTom CoxLabour
Warley, EastAndrew FauldsLabour
Warley, WestPeter ArcherLabour
WarringtonSir Thomas WilliamsLabour Co-operative
Warwick and LeamingtonDudley SmithConservative
WatfordTristan Garel-JonesConservative
WellingboroughPeter FryConservative
WellsHon. Robert BoscawenConservative
Welwyn and HatfieldChristopher MurphyConservative
West Bromwich, EastPeter SnapeLabour
West Bromwich, WestBetty BoothroydLabour
WestburyDennis WaltersConservative
Western IslesDonald StewartScottish National Party
WesthoughtonRoger StottLabour
West LothianTam DalyellLabour
WestmorlandMichael JoplingConservative
Weston-super-MareJerry WigginConservative
WhitehavenJohn CunninghamLabour
WidnesGordon OakesLabour
WiganAlan FitchLabour
WinchesterJohn BrowneConservative
Windsor and MaidenheadAlan GlynConservative
WirralDavid HuntConservative
WokingCranley OnslowConservative
WokinghamWilliam van StraubenzeeConservative
Wolverhampton, North EastRenee ShortLabour
Wolverhampton, South EastRobert EdwardsLabour Co-operative
Wolverhampton, South WestNicholas BudgenConservative
WorcesterPeter WalkerConservative
Worcestershire, SouthMichael SpicerConservative
WorkingtonDale Campbell-SavoursLabour
WorthingTerence HigginsConservative
Wrekin, TheWarren HawksleyConservative
WrexhamTom EllisLabour, then SDP
WycombeRay WhitneyConservative

Y

YarmouthAnthony FellConservative
YeovilJohn PeytonConservative
YorkAlexander LyonLabour

By-elections

See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.

Two seats were vacant when Parliament was dissolved preparatory to the 1983 general election:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women MPS and parliamentary candidates since 1945 | UK Political Info.