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]
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.
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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 1979 1983 Parliament of the United Kingdom October 1974 1979 Parliament 1983 1987 Parliament Palace of Westminster in 1981OverviewLegislative bodyParliament of the United KingdomTerm3 June 1979 1979 06 03 9 June 1983 1983 06 09 Election1979 United Kingdom general electionGovernmentFirst Thatcher ministry House of CommonsMembers635SpeakerGeorge Thomas LeaderNorman St John StevasFrancis PymJohn Biffen Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher Leader of the OppositionJames CallaghanMichael Foot Third party leaderDavid Steel House of LordsLord ChancellorBaron Hailsham of St Marylebone 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 This map shows by geography the colours each of the 635 constituencies of the 1979 1983 Parliament 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 editThese representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1979 general election nbsp 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 Affiliation Members Conservative Party 339 Labour Party 269 Liberal Party 11 Ulster Unionist Party 5 Democratic Unionist Party 3 Plaid Cymru 2 Scottish National Party 2 Independent Republican 1 Independent Ulster Unionist 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 Total 635 Notional government majority 43 Effective government majority 50 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 By elections A edit Constituency MP Party 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 Acton Sir George Young Bt Conservative 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 Hon George Younger Conservative Ayrshire Central David Lambie Labour Ayrshire North and Bute John Alexander Corrie Conservative Ayrshire South George Foulkes Labour Co operative B edit 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 Gilroy 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 Hon Adam Butler Conservative Bothwell James Hamilton Labour Bournemouth East David Atkinson Conservative Bournemouth West Sir John Eden Bt 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 Hon 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 edit 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 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 Bt Conservative Chester Hon 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 Hon Nicholas Ridley Conservative City of London and Westminster South Hon 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 edit 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 Hon 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 edit 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 Lord James Douglas Hamilton Conservative Enfield Edmonton Edward Graham Labour Co operative Enfield North Timothy Eggar Conservative Enfield Southgate Hon Anthony Berry Conservative Epping Forest John Biggs Davison Conservative Epsom amp Ewell Hon 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 edit 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 amp 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 Bt Conservative Folkestone and Hythe Albert Costain Conservative G edit 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 Hon Douglas Hogg Conservative Gravesend Timothy Brinton Conservative Greenock and Port Glasgow 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 edit Hackney Central Stanley 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 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 Bt 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 Hon Tim 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 edit Ilkeston Raymond Fletcher Labour Ince Michael McGuire Labour Inverness Russell Johnston Liberal Ipswich Kenneth Weetch Labour Isle of Ely Clement Freud Liberal Isle of Wight Stephen Ross Liberal Islington Central John Grant Labour then SDP Islington North Michael O Halloran Labour then SDP then Independent Labour Islington South and Finsbury George Cunningham Labour then SDP J edit Jarrow Donald Dixon Labour K edit Keighley Robert Cryer Labour Kensington and Chelsea Chelsea Nicholas Scott Conservative Kensington and Chelsea Kensington Sir Brandon Rhys Williams Bt Conservative Kettering William Homewood Labour Kidderminster Esmond Bulmer Conservative Kilmarnock William McKelvey Labour Kingston upon Hull Central Kevin McNamara Labour Kingston upon Hull East John Prescott Labour Kingston upon Hull West James Johnson Labour Kingston upon Thames Norman Lamont Conservative Kingswood Jack Aspinwall Conservative Kinross and West Perthshire Nicholas Fairbairn Conservative Kirkcaldy Harry Gourlay Labour Knutsford Jock Bruce Gardyne Conservative L edit Lambeth Central John Tilley Labour Co operative Lambeth Norwood John Fraser Labour Lambeth Streatham William Shelton Conservative Lambeth Vauxhall Stuart Holland Labour Lanark Judith Hart Labour Lanarkshire North John Smith Labour Lancaster Elaine Kellett Bowman Conservative Leeds East Denis Healey Labour Leeds North East Sir Keith Joseph Bt Conservative Leeds North West Sir Donald Kaberry Bt Conservative Leeds South Merlyn Rees Labour Leeds South East Stanley Cohen Labour Leeds West Joseph Dean Labour Leek David Knox Conservative Leicester East Tom Bradley Labour then SDP Leicester South Jim Marshall Labour Leicester West Greville Janner Labour Leigh Lawrence Cunliffe Labour Leominster Peter Temple Morris Conservative Lewes Tim Rathbone Conservative Lewisham Deptford Hon John Silkin Labour Lewisham East Roland Moyle Labour Lewisham West Christopher Price Labour Lichfield and Tamworth John Heddle Conservative Lincoln Kenneth Carlisle Conservative Liverpool Edge Hill David Alton Liberal Liverpool Garston Malcolm Thornton Conservative Liverpool Kirkdale James Dunn Labour then SDP Liverpool Scotland Exchange Robert Parry Labour Liverpool Toxteth Richard Crawshaw Labour then SDP Liverpool Walton Eric Heffer Labour Liverpool Wavertree Anthony Steen Conservative Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden Labour then SDP Llanelli Denzil Davies Labour Londonderry William Ross Official Unionist Loughborough Stephen Dorrell Conservative Louth Michael Brotherton Conservative Lowestoft James Prior Conservative Ludlow Eric Cockeram Conservative Luton East Graham Bright Conservative Luton West John Russell Carlisle Conservative M edit Macclesfield Nicholas Winterton Conservative Maidstone John Wells Conservative Maldon John Wakeham Conservative Manchester Ardwick Gerald Kaufman Labour Manchester Blackley Kenneth Eastham Labour Manchester Central Harold Lever Labour Manchester Gorton Kenneth Marks Labour Manchester Moss Side George Morton Labour Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris Labour Manchester Withington Frederick Silvester Conservative Manchester Wythenshawe Alfred Morris Labour Co operative Mansfield Don Concannon Labour Melton Michael Latham Conservative Meriden Iain Mills Conservative Merioneth Dafydd Thomas Plaid Cymru Merthyr Tydfil Edward Rowlands Labour Merton Mitcham and Morden Bruce Douglas Mann Labour then Ind SDP Merton Wimbledon Sir Michael Havers Conservative Middleton and Prestwich James Callaghan Labour Midlothian Alexander Eadie Labour Monmouth John Stradling Thomas Conservative Montgomery Delwyn Williams Conservative Moray and Nairn Alexander Pollock Conservative Morecambe and Lonsdale Hon Mark Lennox Boyd Conservative Morpeth George Grant Labour Motherwell and Wishaw Jeremy Bray Labour N edit Nantwich Sir Nicholas Bonsor Bt Conservative Neath Donald Coleman Labour Nelson and Colne John Lee Conservative Newark Richard Alexander Conservative Newbury Michael McNair Wilson Conservative Newcastle under Lyme John Golding Labour Newcastle upon Tyne Central Harry Cowans Labour Newcastle upon Tyne East Mike Thomas Labour Co operative then SDP Newcastle upon Tyne North Sir William Elliott Conservative Newcastle upon Tyne West Robert Brown Labour New Forest Patrick McNair Wilson Conservative Newham North East Ronald Leighton Labour Newham North West Arthur Lewis Labour Newham South Nigel Spearing Labour Newport Roy Hughes Labour Newton John Evans Labour Norfolk North Ralph Howell Conservative Norfolk North West Christopher Brocklebank Fowler Conservative then SDP Norfolk South John MacGregor Conservative Norfolk South West Sir Paul Hawkins Conservative Normanton Albert Roberts Labour Northampton North Antony Marlow Conservative Northampton South Michael Morris Conservative North Fylde Walter Clegg Conservative Northwich Alastair Goodlad Conservative Norwich North David Ennals Labour Norwich South John Garrett Labour Nottingham East Jack Dunnett Labour Nottingham North William Whitlock Labour Nottingham West Michael English Labour Nuneaton Leslie Huckfield Labour O edit Ogmore Raymond Powell Labour Oldham East James Lamond Labour Oldham West Michael Meacher Labour Orkney and Shetland Jo Grimond Liberal Ormskirk Robert Kilroy Silk Labour Oswestry John Biffen Conservative Oxford John Patten Conservative Oxfordshire Mid Hon Douglas Hurd Conservative P edit Paisley Allen Adams Labour Pembrokeshire Nicholas Edwards Conservative Penistone Allen McKay Labour Penrith and The Border William Whitelaw Conservative Perth and East Perthshire Bill Walker Conservative Peterborough Brian Mawhinney Conservative Petersfield Lt Col Michael Mates Conservative Plymouth Devonport David Owen Labour then SDP Plymouth Drake Janet Fookes Conservative Plymouth Sutton Alan Clark Conservative Pontefract and Castleford Geoffrey Lofthouse Labour Pontypool Leo Abse Labour Pontypridd Brynmor John Labour Poole John Ward Conservative Portsmouth North Peter Griffiths Conservative Portsmouth South Bonner Pink Conservative Preston North Robert Atkins Conservative Preston South Stanley Thorne Labour Pudsey Giles Shaw Conservative R edit Reading North Anthony Durant Conservative Reading South Gerard Vaughan Conservative Redbridge Ilford North Vivian Bendall Conservative Redbridge Ilford South Neil Thorne Conservative Redbridge Wanstead and Woodford Patrick Jenkin Conservative Reigate George Gardiner Conservative Renfrewshire East Allan Stewart Conservative Renfrewshire West Norman Buchan Labour Rhondda Alec Jones Labour Richmond upon Thames Richmond Sir Anthony Royle Conservative Richmond upon Thames Twickenham Toby Jessel Conservative Richmond Yorkshire Sir Timothy Kitson Conservative Ripon Keith Hampson Conservative Rochdale Cyril Smith Liberal Rochester and Chatham Peggy Fenner Conservative Ross and Cromarty Hamish Gray Conservative Rossendale David Trippier Conservative Rotherham Stanley Crowther Labour Rother Valley Peter Hardy Labour Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles David Steel Liberal Royal Tunbridge Wells Patrick Mayhew Conservative Rugby Jim Pawsey Conservative Runcorn Mark Carlisle Conservative Rushcliffe Kenneth Clarke Conservative Rutherglen Gregor Mackenzie Labour Rutland and Stamford Kenneth Lewis Conservative Rye Godman Irvine Conservative S edit Saffron Walden Alan Haselhurst Conservative St Albans Victor Goodhew Conservative St Helens Leslie Spriggs Labour St Ives John Nott Conservative Salford East Frank Allaun Labour Salford West Stanley Orme Labour Salisbury Michael Hamilton Conservative Scarborough Michael Shaw Conservative Sevenoaks Mark Wolfson Conservative Sheffield Attercliffe Patrick Duffy Labour Sheffield Brightside Joan Maynard Labour Sheffield Hallam John Osborn Conservative Sheffield Heeley Frank Hooley Labour Sheffield Hillsborough Martin Flannery Labour Sheffield Park Frederick Mulley Labour Shipley Marcus Fox Conservative Shoreham Richard Luce Conservative Shrewsbury Sir John Langford Holt Conservative Skipton John Watson Conservative Solihull Percy Grieve Conservative Somerset North Paul Dean Conservative Southampton Itchen Bob Mitchell Labour then SDP Southampton Test James Hill Conservative Southend East Sir Stephen McAdden Conservative Southend West Paul Channon Conservative South Fylde Edward Gardner Conservative Southport Ian Percival Conservative South Shields David G Clark Labour Southwark Bermondsey Robert Mellish Labour Southwark Dulwich Hon Samuel Silkin Labour Southwark Peckham Harry Lamborn Labour Sowerby Donald Thompson Conservative Spelthorne Humphrey Atkins Conservative Stafford and Stone Hon Hugh Fraser Conservative Staffordshire South West Patrick Cormack Conservative Stalybridge and Hyde Tom Pendry Labour Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth Harry Ewing Labour Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan Martin O Neill Labour Stirlingshire West Dennis Canavan Labour Stockport North Andrew Bennett Labour Stockport South Tom McNally Labour then SDP Stoke on Trent Central Robert Cant Labour Stoke on Trent North John Forrester Labour Stoke on Trent South Jack Ashley Labour Stratford on Avon Angus Maude Conservative Stretford Winston Churchill Conservative Stroud Anthony Kershaw Conservative Sudbury and Woodbridge Keith Stainton Conservative Sunderland North Frederick Willey Labour Sunderland South Gordon Bagier Labour Surbiton Sir Nigel Fisher Conservative Surrey East Sir Geoffrey Howe Conservative Surrey North West Michael Grylls Conservative Sussex Mid Tim Renton Conservative Sutton Carshalton Nigel Forman Conservative Sutton Sutton and Cheam Neil Macfarlane Conservative Sutton Coldfield Norman Fowler Conservative Swansea East Donald Anderson Labour Swansea West Alan Williams Labour Swindon David Stoddart Labour T edit Taunton Edward du Cann Conservative Teesside Middlesbrough Arthur Bottomley Labour Teesside Redcar James Tinn Labour Teesside Stockton William Rodgers Labour then SDP Teesside Thornaby Ian Wrigglesworth Labour Co operative then SDP Thanet East Jonathan Aitken Conservative Thanet West William Rees Davies Conservative Thirsk and Malton John Spence Conservative Thurrock Oonagh McDonald Labour Tiverton Robin Maxwell Hyslop Conservative Tonbridge and Malling John Stanley Conservative Torbay Sir Frederic Bennett Conservative Totnes Ray Mawby Conservative Tower Hamlets Bethnal Green and Bow Ian Mikardo Labour Tower Hamlets Stepney and Poplar Peter Shore Labour Truro David Penhaligon Liberal Tynemouth Neville Trotter Conservative U edit Ulster Mid John Dunlop United Ulster Unionist W edit Wakefield Walter Harrison Labour Wallasey Lynda Chalker Conservative Wallsend Ted Garrett Labour Walsall North David Winnick Labour Walsall South Bruce George Labour Waltham Forest Chingford Norman Tebbit Conservative Waltham Forest Leyton Bryan Magee Labour then SDP Waltham Forest Walthamstow Eric Deakins Labour Wandsworth Battersea North Douglas Jay Labour Wandsworth Battersea South Alfred Dubs Labour Wandsworth Putney David Mellor Conservative Wandsworth Tooting Tom Cox Labour Warley East Andrew Faulds Labour Warley West Peter Archer Labour Warrington Sir Thomas Williams Labour Co operative Warwick and Leamington Dudley Smith Conservative Watford Tristan Garel Jones Conservative Wellingborough Peter Fry Conservative Wells Hon Robert Boscawen Conservative Welwyn and Hatfield Christopher Murphy Conservative West Bromwich East Peter Snape Labour West Bromwich West Betty Boothroyd Labour Westbury Dennis Walters Conservative Western Isles Donald Stewart Scottish National Party Westhoughton Roger Stott Labour West Lothian Tam Dalyell Labour Westmorland Michael Jopling Conservative Weston super Mare Jerry Wiggin Conservative Whitehaven John Cunningham Labour Widnes Gordon Oakes Labour Wigan Alan Fitch Labour Winchester John Browne Conservative Windsor and Maidenhead Alan Glyn Conservative Wirral David Hunt Conservative Woking Cranley Onslow Conservative Wokingham William van Straubenzee Conservative Wolverhampton North East Renee Short Labour Wolverhampton South East Robert Edwards Labour Co operative Wolverhampton South West Nicholas Budgen Conservative Worcester Peter Walker Conservative Worcestershire South Michael Spicer Conservative Workington Dale Campbell Savours Labour Worthing Terence Higgins Conservative Wrekin The Warren Hawksley Conservative Wrexham Tom Ellis Labour then SDP Wycombe Ray Whitney Conservative Y edit Yarmouth Anthony Fell Conservative Yeovil John Peyton Conservative York Alexander Lyon LabourBy elections editSee the list of United Kingdom by elections Two seats were vacant when Parliament was dissolved preparatory to the 1983 general election Cardiff North West Michael Roberts Con died 10 February 1983 Rhondda Alec Jones Lab died 20 March 1983References edit Women MPS and parliamentary candidates since 1945 UK Political Info Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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