List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1974–1983) explained

Constituencies in 1955–1974 | Feb 1974 MPs | Oct 1974 MPs | 1979 MPs | Constituencies in 1983–1997

This is a list of all constituencies that were in existence in the February 1974, October 1974 and 1979 General Elections.

Table of contents:A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
AberavonGlamorgansame constituency
AberdareGlamorgan
Aberdeen NorthAberdeenshiresame constituency
Aberdeen SouthAberdeenshiresame constituency
Aberdeenshire EastAberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire WestAberdeenshire
AbertilleryMonmouthshire
AbingdonBerkshire
AccringtonLancashire
AldershotHampshiresame constituency
Aldridge-BrownhillsStaffordshiresame constituency
Altrincham and SaleCheshiresame constituency
AngleseyAngleseyknown as Ynys Môn
Angus North and MearnsAngus and Kincardineshire
Angus SouthAngus
Antrim NorthNorthern Ireland
Antrim SouthNorthern Ireland
ArgyllArgyll
ArmaghNorthern Ireland
ArundelSussex
AshfieldNottinghamshire
AshfordKent
Ashton-under-LyneLancashire
AylesburyBuckinghamshire
AyrAyrshire
Ayrshire CentralAyrshire
Ayrshire North and ButeAyrshire and Buteshire
Ayrshire SouthAyrshire

B

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
BanburyOxfordshire
BanffshireBanffshire
BarkingGreater London
Barkston AshYorkshire, North Riding
BarnsleyYorkshire, West Riding
Barrow-in-FurnessLancashire
BarryGlamorgan
BasildonEssex
BasingstokeHampshire
BassetlawNottinghamshire
BathSomerset
Batley and MorleyYorkshire, West Riding
Battersea NorthGreater London
Battersea SouthGreater London
BeaconsfieldBuckinghamshire
Bebington and Ellesmere PortCheshire
BeckenhamGreater London
BedfordBedfordshire
Bedfordshire MidBedfordshire
Bedfordshire SouthBedfordshire
BedwelltyMonmouthshire
BeestonNottinghamshire
Belfast EastNorthern Ireland
Belfast NorthNorthern Ireland
Belfast SouthNorthern Ireland
Belfast WestNorthern Ireland
BelperDerbyshire
BermondseyGreater London
Berwick and East LothianBerwickshire and East Lothian
Berwick-upon-TweedNorthumberland
Bethnal Green and BowGreater London
BexleyheathGreater London
BirkenheadCheshire
Birmingham EdgbastonWarwickshire
Birmingham ErdingtonWarwickshire
Birmingham Hall GreenWarwickshire
Birmingham HandsworthWarwickshire
Birmingham LadywoodWarwickshire
Birmingham NorthfieldWarwickshire
Birmingham Perry BarrWarwickshire
Birmingham Selly OakWarwickshire
Birmingham Small HeathWarwickshire
Birmingham SparkbrookWarwickshire
Birmingham StechfordWarwickshire
Birmingham YardleyWarwickshire
Bishop AucklandCounty Durham
BlabyLeicestershire
BlackburnLancashire
Blackpool NorthLancashire
Blackpool SouthLancashire
BlaydonCounty Durham
BlythNorthumberland
BodminCornwall
BolsoverDerbyshire
Bolton EastLancashire
Bolton WestLancashire
BootleLancashire
BosworthLeicestershire
BothwellLanarkshire
Bournemouth EastHampshire
Bournemouth WestHampshire
Bradford NorthYorkshire, West Riding
Bradford SouthYorkshire, West Riding
Bradford WestYorkshire, West Riding
BraintreeEssex
Brecon and RadnorBreconshire and Radnorshire
Brent EastGreater London
Brent NorthGreater London
Brent SouthGreater London
Brentford and IsleworthGreater London
Brentwood and OngarEssex
BridgwaterSomerset
BridlingtonYorkshire, East Riding
Brigg and ScunthorpeLincolnshire
Brighouse and SpenboroughYorkshire, West Riding
Brighton KemptownSussex
Brighton PavilionSussex
Bristol North EastGloucestershire
Bristol North WestGloucestershire
Bristol SouthGloucestershire
Bristol South EastGloucestershire
Bristol WestGloucestershire
Bromsgrove and RedditchWorcestershire
BuckinghamBuckinghamshire
BurnleyLancashire
BurtonStaffordshire
Bury and RadcliffeLancashire
Bury St EdmundsSuffolksame constituency

C

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
CaernarfonCaernarfonshire
CaerphillyGlamorgan
Caithness and SutherlandCaithness and Sutherland
CambridgeCambridgeshire
CambridgeshireCambridgeshire
CannockStaffordshire
CanterburyKent
Cardiff NorthGlamorgan
Cardiff North WestGlamorgan
Cardiff South EastGlamorgan
Cardiff WestGlamorgan
CardiganCardiganshire
CarlisleCumberland
CarltonNottinghamshireGedling
CarmarthenCarmarthenshire
CarshaltonGreater London
CheadleCheshire
ChelmsfordEssex
ChelseaGreater London
CheltenhamGloucestershire
Chertsey and WaltonSurrey
Chesham and AmershamBuckinghamshire
ChesterCheshire
ChesterfieldDerbyshire
Chester-le-StreetCounty Durham
ChichesterSussex
ChingfordGreater London
ChippenhamWiltshire
Chipping BarnetGreater London
ChislehurstGreater London
ChorleyLancashire
Christchurch and LymingtonDorset
Cirencester and TewkesburyGloucestershire
City of London and Westminster SouthGreater London
Cleveland and WhitbyYorkshire, North Riding
ClitheroeLancashire
Coatbridge and AirdrieLanarkshire
ColchesterEssex
Colne ValleyYorkshire, West Riding
ConsettCounty Durham
ConwayCaernarfonshire
Cornwall NorthCornwall
Coventry North EastWarwickshire
Coventry North WestWarwickshire
Coventry South EastWarwickshire
Coventry South WestWarwickshire
CreweCheshire
CrosbyLancashire
Croydon CentralGreater London
Croydon North EastGreater London
Croydon North WestGreater London
Croydon SouthGreater London

D

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
DagenhamGreater London
DarlingtonCounty Durham
DartfordKent
DarwenLancashire
DaventryNorthamptonshire
Dearne ValleyYorkshire, West Riding
DenbighDenbighshire
DeptfordGreater London
Derby NorthDerbyshire
Derby SouthDerbyshire
Derbyshire North EastDerbyshire
Derbyshire South EastDerbyshire
Derbyshire WestDerbyshire
DevizesWiltshire
Devon NorthDevon
Devon WestDevon
DewsburyYorkshire, West Riding
DoncasterYorkshire, West Riding
Don ValleyYorkshire, West Riding
DorkingSurrey
Dorset NorthDorset
Dorset SouthDorset
Dorset WestDorset
Dover and DealKent
Down NorthNorthern Ireland
Down SouthNorthern Ireland
Dudley EastWorcestershire
Dudley WestWorcestershire
DulwichGreater London
DumfriesDumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire CentralDunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire EastDunbartonshire
Dunbartonshire WestDunbartonshire
Dundee EastAngus
Dundee WestAngus
DunfermlineFife
DurhamCounty Durham
Durham North WestCounty Durham

E

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
Ealing ActonGreater London
Ealing NorthGreater London
EasingtonCounty Durham
EastbourneSussex
East GrinsteadSussex
East KilbrideLanarkshire
EastleighHampshire
Ebbw ValeMonmouthshire
EcclesLancashire
Edinburgh CentralMidlothian
Edinburgh EastMidlothian
Edinburgh LeithMidlothian
Edinburgh NorthMidlothian
Edinburgh PentlandsMidlothian
Edinburgh SouthMidlothian
Edinburgh WestMidlothian
EdmontonGreater London
Enfield NorthGreater London
Epping ForestEssex
Epsom and EwellSurrey
Erith and CrayfordGreater London
EsherSurrey
Essex South EastEssex
Eton and SloughBuckinghamshire
ExeterDevon
EyeSuffolkSuffolk Central

F

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
Falmouth and CamborneCornwall
FarehamHampshire
FarnhamSurrey
FarnworthLancashire
FavershamKent
Feltham and HestonGreater London
Fermanagh and South TyroneNorthern Ireland
Fife CentralFife
Fife EastFife
FinchleyGreater London
Flint EastFlintshire
Flint WestFlintshire
Folkestone and HytheKent
FulhamGreater London
Fylde NorthLancashire
Fylde SouthLancashire

G

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
GainsboroughLincolnshire
GallowayKirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire
Gateshead EastCounty Durham
Gateshead WestCounty Durham
GillinghamKent
Glasgow CathcartLanarkshire
Glasgow CentralLanarkshire
Glasgow CraigtonLanarkshire
Glasgow GarscaddenLanarkshire
Glasgow GovanLanarkshire
Glasgow HillheadLanarkshire
Glasgow KelvingroveLanarkshire
Glasgow MaryhillLanarkshire
Glasgow PollokLanarkshire
Glasgow ProvanLanarkshire
Glasgow Queen's ParkLanarkshire
Glasgow ShettlestonLanarkshire
Glasgow SpringburnLanarkshire
GloucesterGloucestershire
Gloucestershire SouthGloucestershire
Gloucestershire WestGloucestershire
GooleYorkshire, East
GosportHampshire
GowerGlamorgan
GranthamLincolnshire
GravesendKent
Greenock and Port GlasgowRenfrewshire
GreenwichGreater London
GrimsbyLincolnshire
GuildfordSurrey

H

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
Hackney CentralGreater London
Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonGreater London
Hackney South and ShoreditchGreater London
Halesowen and StourbridgeWorcestershire
HalifaxYorkshire, West Riding
HaltempriceYorkshire, East Riding
HamiltonLanarkshire
Hammersmith NorthGreater London
HampsteadGreater London
HarboroughLeicestershire
HarlowEssex
HarrogateYorkshire, North Riding
Harrow CentralGreater London
Harrow EastGreater London
Harrow WestGreater London
HartlepoolCounty Durham
HarwichEssex
HastingsSussex
Havant and WaterlooHampshire
Hayes and HarlingtonGreater London
Hazel GroveCheshire
Hemel HempsteadHertfordshire
HemsworthYorkshire, West Riding
Hendon NorthGreater London
Hendon SouthGreater London
HenleyOxfordshire
HerefordHerefordshire
Hertford and StevenageHertfordshire
Hertfordshire EastHertfordshire
Hertfordshire SouthHertfordshire
Hertfordshire South EastHertfordshire
HexhamNorthumberland
Heywood and RoytonLancashire
High PeakDerbyshire
HitchinHertfordshire
Holborn and St PancrasGreater London
Holland and BostonLincolnshire
HonitonDevon
HorncastleLincolnshire
HornchurchGreater London
HornseyGreater London
Horsham and CrawleySussex
Houghton-le-SpringCounty Durham
HoveSussex
HowdenYorkshire, East Riding
Huddersfield EastYorkshire, West Riding
Huddersfield WestYorkshire, West Riding
HuntingdonshireHuntingdonshire
HuytonLancashire

I

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
Ilford NorthGreater London
Ilford SouthGreater London
IlkestonDerbyshire
InceCheshire
InvernessInverness-shire
IpswichSuffolksame constituency
Isle of ElyCambridgeshire
Isle of WightIsle of Wight
Islington CentralGreater London
Islington NorthGreater London
Islington South and FinsburyGreater London

K

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
KeighleyYorkshire, West Riding
KensingtonGreater London
KetteringNorthamptonshire
KidderminsterWorcestershire
KilmarnockAyrshire
Kingston upon Hull CentralYorkshire, East Riding
Kingston upon Hull EastYorkshire, East Riding
Kingston upon Hull WestYorkshire, East Riding
Kingston-upon-ThamesGreater London
KingswoodGloucestershire
Kinross and West PerthshireKinross-shire and Perthshire
KirkcaldyFife
KnutsfordCheshire

L

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
Lambeth CentralGreater London
LanarkLanarkshire
Lanarkshire NorthLanarkshire
LancasterLancashire
Leeds EastYorkshire, West Riding
Leeds North EastYorkshire, West Riding
Leeds North WestYorkshire, West Riding
Leeds SouthYorkshire, West Riding
Leeds South EastYorkshire, West Riding
Leeds WestYorkshire, West Riding
LeekStaffordshire
Leicester EastLeicestershire
Leicester SouthLeicestershire
Leicester WestLeicestershire
LeighLancashire
LeominsterHerefordshire
LewesSussex
Lewisham EastGreater London
Lewisham WestGreater London
LeytonGreater London
Lichfield and TamworthStaffordshire
LincolnLincolnshire
Liverpool Edge HillLancashire
Liverpool GarstonLancashire
Liverpool KirkdaleLancashire
Liverpool Scotland ExchangeLancashire
Liverpool ToxtethLancashire
Liverpool WaltonLancashire
Liverpool WavertreeLancashire
Liverpool West DerbyLancashire
LlanelliCarmarthenshire
LondonderryNorthern Ireland
LoughboroughLeicestershire
Louth, LincolnshireLincolnshire
LowestoftWaveney and
Northern half of Suffolk Coastal
LudlowShropshire
Luton EastBedfordshire
Luton WestBedfordshire

M

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
MacclesfieldCheshire
MaidstoneKent
MaldonEssex
Manchester ArdwickLancashire
Manchester BlackleyLancashire
Manchester CentralLancashire
Manchester GortonLancashire
Manchester Moss SideLancashire
Manchester OpenshawLancashire
Manchester WithingtonLancashire
Manchester WythenshaweLancashire
MansfieldNottinghamshire
MeltonLeicestershire
MeridenWarwickshire
MerionethshireMerionethshire
Merthyr TydfilGlamorgan
MiddlesbroughYorkshire, North Riding
Middleton and PrestwichLancashire
MidlothianMidlothian
Mitcham and MordenGreater London
MonmouthMonmouthshire
MontgomeryshireMontgomeryshire
Moray and NairnMorayshire and Nairnshire
Morecambe and LonsdaleLancashire
MorpethNorthumberland
Motherwell and WishawLanarkshire

N

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
NantwichCheshire
NeathGlamorgan
Nelson and ColneLancashire
NewarkNottinghamshire
NewburyBerkshire
Newcastle-under-LymeStaffordshire
Newcastle upon Tyne CentralNorthumberland
Newcastle upon Tyne EastNorthumberland
Newcastle upon Tyne NorthNorthumberland
Newcastle upon Tyne WestNorthumberland
New ForestHampshire
Newham North EastGreater London
Newham North WestGreater London
Newham SouthGreater London
Newport (Monmouthshire)Monmouthshire
NewtonLancashire
Norfolk NorthNorfolk
Norfolk North WestNorfolk
Norfolk SouthNorfolk
Norfolk South WestNorfolk
NormantonYorkshire, West Riding
Northampton NorthNorthamptonshire
Northampton SouthNorthamptonshire
NorthwichCheshire
Norwich NorthNorfolk
Norwich SouthNorfolk
NorwoodGreater London
Nottingham EastNottinghamshire
Nottingham WestNottinghamshire
NuneatonWarwickshire

O

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
OgmoreGlamorgan
Oldham EastLancashire
Oldham WestLancashire
Orkney and ShetlandOrkney and Shetland
OrmskirkLancashire
OrpingtonGreater London
OswestryShropshire
OxfordOxfordshire
Oxfordshire MidOxfordshire

P

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
PaddingtonGreater London
PaisleyRenfrewshire
PeckhamGreater London
PembrokePembrokeshire
PenistoneYorkshire, West Riding
Penrith and the BorderCumberland
Perth and East PerthshirePerthshire
PeterboroughNorthamptonshire
PetersfieldHampshire
Plymouth DevonportDevon
Plymouth DrakeDevon
Plymouth SuttonDevon
Pontefract and CastlefordYorkshire, West Riding
PontypoolMonmouthshire
PontypriddGlamorgan
PooleDorset
Portsmouth NorthHampshire
Portsmouth SouthHampshire
Preston NorthLancashire
PudseyYorkshire, West Riding
PutneyGreater London

R

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
RavensbourneGreater London
Reading NorthBerkshire
Reading SouthBerkshire
RedcarYorkshire, North Riding
ReigateSurrey
Renfrewshire EastRenfrewshire
Renfrewshire WestRenfrewshire
RhonddaGlamorgan
Richmond upon ThamesGreater London
Richmond (Yorks)Yorkshire, North Riding
RiponYorkshire, North Riding
RochdaleLancashire
Rochester and ChathamKent
RomfordGreater London
Ross and CromartyRoss and Cromarty
RossendaleLancashire
RotherhamYorkshire, West Riding
Rother ValleyYorkshire, West Riding
Roxburgh, Selkirk and PeeblesRoxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire
RugbyWarwickshire
Ruislip NorthwoodGreater London
RuncornCheshire
RushcliffeNottinghamshire
RutherglenLanarkshire
Rutland and StamfordLeicestershire
RyeSussex

S

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
Saffron WaldenEssex
St AlbansHertfordshire
St HelensLancashire
St IvesCornwall
St MaryleboneGreater London
St Pancras NorthGreater London
Salford EastLancashire
Salford WestLancashire
SalisburyWiltshire
ScarboroughYorkshire, North Riding
SevenoaksKent
Sheffield AttercliffeYorkshire, West Riding
Sheffield BrightsideYorkshire, West Riding
Sheffield HallamYorkshire, West Riding
Sheffield HeeleyYorkshire, West Riding
Sheffield HillsboroughYorkshire, West Riding
Sheffield ParkYorkshire, West Riding
ShipleyYorkshire, West Riding
ShorehamSussex
ShrewsburyShropshire
SidcupGreater London
SkiptonYorkshire, North Riding
SolihullWarwickshire
Somerset NorthSomerset
SouthallGreater London
Southampton ItchenHampshire
Southampton TestHampshire
Southend EastEssex
Southend WestEssex
SouthgateGreater London
SouthportLancashire
South ShieldsCounty Durham
SowerbyYorkshire, West Riding
SpelthorneSurrey
Stafford and StoneStaffordshire
Staffordshire South WestStaffordshire
Stalybridge and HydeCheshire
Stepney and PoplarGreater London
Stirling, Falkirk and GrangemouthStirlingshire
Stirlingshire East and ClackmannanStirlingshire and Clackmannanshire
Stirlingshire WestStirlingshire
Stockport NorthCheshire
Stockport SouthCheshire
StocktonCounty Durham
Stoke-on-Trent CentralStaffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent NorthStaffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent SouthStaffordshire
Stratford-on-AvonWarwickshire
StreathamGreater London
StretfordLancashire
StroudGloucestershire
Sudbury and WoodbridgeSuffolkSuffolk South and
southern half of Suffolk Coastal
Sunderland NorthCounty Durham
Sunderland SouthCounty Durham
SurbitonGreater London
Surrey EastSurrey
Surrey North WestSurrey
Sussex MidSussex
Sutton and CheamGreater London
Sutton ColdfieldWarwickshire
Swansea EastGlamorgan
Swansea WestGlamorgan
SwindonWiltshire

T

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
TauntonSomerset
Thanet EastKent
Thanet WestKent
Thirsk and MaltonYorkshire, North Riding
ThornabyYorkshire, North Riding
ThurrockEssex
TivertonDevon
Tonbridge and MallingKent
TootingGreater London
TorbayDevon
TotnesDevon
TottenhamGreater London
TruroCornwall
Tunbridge WellsKent
TwickenhamGreater London
TynemouthNorthumberland

U

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland
UpminsterGreater London
UxbridgeGreater London

W

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
WakefieldYorkshire, West Riding
WallaseyCheshire
WallsendNorthumberland
Walsall NorthStaffordshire
Walsall SouthStaffordshire
WalthamstowGreater London
Wanstead and WoodfordGreater London
Warley EastWorcestershire
Warley WestWorcestershire
WarringtonLancashire
Warwick and LeamingtonWarwickshire
WatfordHertfordshire
WellingboroughNorthamptonshire
WellsSomerset
Welwyn and HatfieldHertfordshire
West Bromwich EastStaffordshire
West Bromwich WestStaffordshire
WestburyWiltshire
Western IslesInverness-shire, Ross and Cromarty
WesthoughtonLancashire
West LothianWest Lothian
WestmorlandWestmorland
Weston-super-MareSomerset
WhitehavenCumberland
WidnesLancashire
WiganLancashire
WimbledonGreater London
WinchesterHampshire
Windsor and MaidenheadBerkshire
WirralCheshire
WokingSurrey
WokinghamBerkshire
Wolverhampton North EastStaffordshire
Wolverhampton South EastStaffordshire
Wolverhampton South WestStaffordshire
Wood GreenGreater London
Woolwich EastGreater London
Woolwich WestGreater London
WorcesterWorcestershire
Worcestershire SouthWorcestershire
WorkingtonCumberland
WorthingSussex
The WrekinShropshire
WrexhamDenbighshire
WycombeBuckinghamshire

Y

ConstituencyRegionSuccessor
YarmouthNorfolk
YeovilSomerset
YorkYorkshire

Note: All regions used are those in force when the constituencies were created.