United Kingdom 1979 Election

3 May 1979
76.0% Turnout
29,543,945 Total Votes
619 Seats
# Party Votes % Seats
1 Conservative 13,697,923 43.9% 339
2 Labour 11,532,218 37.0% 269
3 Liberal 4,313,804 13.8% 11

Previous parliamentary election: 1974 – won by Labour (turnout -2.8pp)