List of MPs elected in the October 1974 United Kingdom general election

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October 1974–1979 Parliament of the United Kingdom
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This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the October 1974 general election, held on 10 October. This Parliament was dissolved in 1979.

Composition

These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the October 1974 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.

Affiliation Members
Labour Party 319
Conservative Party 277
Liberal Party 13
Scottish National Party 11
Ulster Unionist Party 6
Plaid Cymru 3
Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party 3
Democratic Unionist Party 1
Social Democratic and Labour Party 1
Independent Republican 1
 Total 635
 Notional government majority 0 (-5)
 Effective government majority 2

This is a list of

Members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in October 1974 general election
, held on 10 October. This was the second general election to be held that year. The Parliament lasted until 1979.

Notable newcomers to the

House of Commons included Margaret Jackson (later Margaret Beckett), David Penhaligon, Bryan Gould, Margaret Bain (later Margaret Ewing), Helene Hayman and Ann Taylor
.


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

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 Douglas Henderson Scottish National Party
Aberdeenshire West Russell Fairgrieve Conservative
Abertillery Jeffrey Thomas Labour
Abingdon Airey Neave Conservative
Accrington Arthur Davidson Labour
Aldershot Julian Critchley Conservative
Aldridge-Brownhills Geoff Edge Labour
Altrincham and Sale Fergus Montgomery Conservative
Anglesey Cledwyn Hughes Labour
Angus North and Mearns Alick Buchanan-Smith Conservative
Angus South Andrew Welsh Scottish National Party
Antrim, North Rev. Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist
Antrim, South James Molyneaux Ulster Unionist
Argyll Iain MacCormick Scottish National Party
Armagh Harold McCusker Ulster Unionist
Arundel Michael Marshall Conservative
Ashfield David Marquand 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 Corrie Conservative
Ayrshire, South
James Sillars
Labour

B

Banbury Neil Marten Conservative
Banffshire Hamish Watt Scottish National Party
Barking, Barking
Josephine Richardson
Labour
Barking, Dagenham John Parker Labour
Barkston Ash Michael Alison Conservative
Barnet, Chipping Barnet Reginald Maudling 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 Eric Moonman Labour
Basingstoke David Mitchell Conservative
Bassetlaw
Joseph Ashton
Labour
Bath Sir
Edward Brown
Conservative
Batley and Morley Sir Alfred Broughton Labour
Beaconsfield
Ronald Bell
Conservative
Bebington and Ellesmere Port Alfred Bates Labour
Bedford Trevor Skeet Conservative
Bedfordshire, Mid Stephen Hastings Conservative
Bedfordshire, South David Madel Conservative
Bedwellty Neil Kinnock Labour
Beeston
James Lester
Conservative
Belfast, East
William Craig Vanguard Progressive Unionist
Belfast, North
John Carson Ulster Unionist
Belfast, South
Rev.
Robert Bradford
Vanguard Progressive Unionist
Belfast, West
Gerard "Gerry" Fitt Social Democratic and Labour
Belper Roderick MacFarquhar Labour
Berwick and East Lothian John Mackintosh Labour
Berwick-upon-Tweed Alan Beith Liberal
Bexley, Bexleyheath Cyril Townsend Conservative
Bexley, Erith and Crayford James Wellbeloved Labour
Bexley, Sidcup Edward Heath Conservative
Birkenhead Edmund Dell Labour
Birmingham, Edgbaston
Jill Knight Conservative
Birmingham, Erdington Julius Silverman Labour
Birmingham, Hall Green Reginald Eyre Conservative
Birmingham, Handsworth
John Lee
Labour
Birmingham, Ladywood Brian Walden Labour
Birmingham, Northfield Raymond Carter Labour
Birmingham, Perry Barr
Jeff Rooker
Labour
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Thomas Litterick
Labour
Birmingham, Small Heath Denis Howell Labour
Birmingham, Sparkbrook Roy Hattersley Labour
Birmingham, Stechford Roy Jenkins Labour
Birmingham, Yardley
Sydney Tierney
Labour
Bishop Auckland James Boyden Labour
Blaby Nigel Lawson Conservative
Blackburn Barbara Castle Labour
Blackpool, North Norman Miscampbell Conservative
Blackpool, South Peter Blaker Conservative
Blaydon Robert Woof Labour
Blyth
John Ryman Labour
Bodmin Robert Hicks Conservative
Bolsover Dennis Skinner Labour
Bolton, East
David Young
Labour
Bolton, West Ann Taylor Labour
Bootle Simon Mahon Labour
Bosworth
Hon. Adam Butler
Conservative
Bothwell James Hamilton Labour
Bournemouth, East John Cordle Conservative
Bournemouth, West Sir John Eden Conservative
Bradford, North Benjamin Ford Labour
Bradford, South Thomas Torney Labour
Bradford, West Edward Lyons Labour
Braintree
Antony Newton
Conservative
Brecon and Radnor
Caerwyn Roderick Labour
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 Hon. Richard Wood Conservative
Brigg and Scunthorpe
John Ellis
Labour
Brighouse and Spenborough
Colin Jackson
Labour
Brighton, Kemptown Andrew Bowden Conservative
Brighton, Pavilion Julian Amery Conservative
Bristol, North East Arthur Palmer Labour Co-operative
Bristol, North West Ronald Thomas Labour
Bristol, South Michael Cocks Labour
Bristol, South East Tony Benn Labour
Bristol, West Robert Cooke 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 Alfred Evans Labour
Caithness and Sutherland
Robert Maclennan
Labour
Cambridge David Lane Conservative
Cambridgeshire Francis Pym Conservative
Camden, Hampstead Geoffrey Finsberg Conservative
Camden, Holborn and St Pancras South
Lena Jeger
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
Gwynfor Evans Plaid Cymru
Cheadle Tom Normanton Conservative
Chelmsford Norman St John-Stevas Conservative
Cheltenham Charles Irving Conservative
Chertsey and Walton Geoffrey Pattie Conservative
Chesham and Amersham
Ian Gilmour
Conservative
Chester, City of Hon. Peter Morrison Conservative
Chesterfield Eric Varley Labour
Chester-le-Street Giles Radice Labour
Chichester Anthony Nelson Conservative
Chippenham Daniel Awdry Conservative
Chorley
George Rodgers
Labour
Christchurch and Lymington Robert Adley Conservative
Cirencester and Tewkesbury Hon. Nicholas Ridley Conservative
City of London and Westminster South
Christopher Tugendhat
Conservative
City of Westminster, Paddington Arthur Latham Labour
City of Westminster, St Marylebone Kenneth Baker Conservative
Cleveland and Whitby Leon Brittan Conservative
Clitheroe David Walder 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 John Pardoe Liberal
Coventry, North East George Park Labour
Coventry, North West Maurice Edelman Labour
Coventry, South East
William Wilson
Labour
Coventry, South West Audrey Wise Labour
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 Sydney Irving Labour Co-operative
Darwen Charles Fletcher-Cooke Conservative
Daventry Arthur Jones Conservative
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright Labour
Denbigh Geraint Morgan Conservative
Derby, North Phillip Whitehead Labour
Derby, South
Walter Johnson
Labour
Derbyshire, North East Thomas Swain Labour
Derbyshire, South East
Peter Rost
Conservative
Derbyshire, West James Scott-Hopkins Conservative
Devizes Hon. Charles Morrison Conservative
Devon, North Jeremy Thorpe Liberal
Devon, West
Peter Mills
Conservative
Dewsbury David Ginsburg Labour
Doncaster Harold Walker Labour
Don Valley Richard Kelley Labour
Dorking Sir George Sinclair Conservative
Dorset, North
David James
Conservative
Dorset, South
Evelyn King
Conservative
Dorset, West James Spicer Conservative
Dover and Deal
Peter Rees Conservative
Down, North James Kilfedder Ulster Unionist
Down, South Enoch Powell Ulster Unionist
Dudley, East John Gilbert Labour
Dudley, West Colin Phipps Labour
Dumfries Hector Monro Conservative
Dunbartonshire, Central Hugh McCartney Labour
Dunbartonshire, East
Margaret Bain
Scottish National Party
Dunbartonshire, West Ian Campbell Labour
Dundee, East Gordon Wilson Scottish National Party
Dundee, West Peter Doig Labour
Dunfermline
Adam Hunter
Labour
Durham
Mark Hughes Labour
Durham, North West Ernest Armstrong Labour

E

Ealing, Acton
Sir George Young, 6th Baronet
Conservative
Ealing, North William Molloy Labour
Ealing, Southall
Sydney Bidwell
Labour
Easington Jack Dormand Labour
Eastbourne Ian Gow Conservative
East Grinstead
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Conservative
East Kilbride 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 King Murray Labour
Edinburgh North
Alex Fletcher
Conservative
Edinburgh Pentlands Malcolm Rifkind Conservative
Edinburgh South Michael Hutchison Conservative
Edinburgh West Lord James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative
Enfield, Edmonton
Edward Graham
Labour Co-operative
Enfield, North Bryan Davies Labour
Enfield, Southgate Hon. Anthony Berry Conservative
Epping Forest John Biggs-Davison Conservative
Epsom & Ewell
Sir Peter Rawlinson Conservative
Esher Carol Mather Conservative
Essex, South East Sir Bernard Braine Conservative
Eton and Slough Joan Lestor Labour
Exeter John Hannam Conservative
Eye Sir Harwood Harrison Conservative

F

Falmouth and Camborne David Mudd Conservative
Fareham Reginald Bennett Conservative
Farnham Maurice Macmillan Conservative
Farnworth John Roper Labour Co-operative
Faversham Roger Moate Conservative
Fermanagh & South Tyrone Frank Maguire Independent Republican
Fife, Central Willie Hamilton Labour
Fife, East Sir John E. Gilmour, Bt. Conservative
Flint, East
Barry Jones Labour Co-operative
Flint, West
Sir Anthony Meyer Conservative
Folkestone and Hythe Albert Costain Conservative

G

Gainsborough Marcus Kimball Conservative
Galloway George Thompson Scottish National Party
Gateshead, East Bernard Conlan Labour
Gateshead, West John Horam Labour
Gillingham Frederick Burden Conservative
Glasgow, Cathcart Edward Taylor Conservative
Glasgow, Central
Thomas McMillan
Labour
Glasgow, Craigton Bruce Millan Labour
Glasgow, Garscadden William Small Labour
Glasgow, Govan Harry Selby 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 Sir Myer Galpern Labour
Glasgow, Springburn Richard Buchanan Labour
Gloucester
Sally Oppenheim
Conservative
Gloucestershire, South John Cope Conservative
Gloucestershire, West John Watkinson Labour
Goole Edmund Marshall Labour
Gosport Peter Viggers Conservative
Gower Ifor Davies Labour
Grantham Joseph Godber Conservative
Gravesend John Ovenden Labour
Greenock and Port Glasgow Dickson Mabon Labour Co-operative
Greenwich, Greenwich
Guy Barnett
Labour
Greenwich, Woolwich, East
John Cartwright
Labour
Greenwich, Woolwich, West William Hamling Labour
Grimsby
Anthony Crosland Labour
Guildford David Howell Conservative

H

Hackney, Central Stanley Clinton-Davis Labour
Hackney, North and Stoke Newington David Weitzman Labour
Hackney, South and Shoreditch Ronald Brown Labour
Halesowen and Stourbridge
John Stokes
Conservative
Halifax Shirley Summerskill Labour
Haltemprice Patrick Wall Conservative
Hamilton Alexander Wilson Labour
Hammersmith, Fulham Michael Stewart Labour
Hammersmith, North Frank Tomney Labour
Harborough
John Farr
Conservative
Haringey, Hornsey Hugh Rossi Conservative
Haringey, Tottenham Norman Atkinson Labour
Haringey, Wood Green Joyce Butler Labour Co-operative
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 Alan Lee Williams Labour
Havering, Romford Michael Neubert Conservative
Havering, Upminster John Loveridge Conservative
Hazel Grove Tom Arnold Conservative
Hemel Hempstead Robin Corbett Labour
Hemsworth Alec Woodall Labour
Henley Michael Heseltine Conservative
Hereford Colin Shepherd Conservative
Hertford and Stevenage Shirley Williams Labour
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
Hillingdon, Ruislip-Northwood Petre Crowder 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
Joseph Mallalieu
Labour
Huddersfield, West Kenneth Lomas Labour
Huntingdonshire Sir David Renton Conservative
Huyton Harold Wilson Labour

I

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
Islington, North
Michael O'Halloran
Labour
Islington, South and Finsbury
George Cunningham
Labour

J

Jarrow Ernest Fernyhough Labour

K

Keighley
Robert Cryer
Labour
Kensington and Chelsea, Chelsea Nicholas Scott Conservative
Kensington and Chelsea, Kensington Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams Conservative
Kettering Sir Geoffrey de Freitas Labour
Kidderminster Esmond Bulmer Conservative
Kilmarnock
William Ross
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 Terence Walker Labour
Kinross and West Perthshire Nicholas Fairbairn Conservative
Kirkcaldy Harry Gourlay Labour
Knutsford John Davies Conservative

L

Lambeth, Central Marcus Lipton Labour
Lambeth, Norwood
John Fraser
Labour
Lambeth, Streatham
William Shelton
Conservative
Lambeth, Vauxhall George Strauss 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 Conservative
Leeds, North West Sir
Donald Kaberry
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
Leicester South
Jim Marshall
Labour
Leicester, West Greville Janner Labour
Leigh Harold Boardman 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
Bruce Grocott
Labour
Lincoln Margaret Jackson Labour
Liverpool, Edge Hill Sir Arthur Irvine Labour
Liverpool, Garston
Edward Loyden
Labour
Liverpool, Kirkdale
James Dunn
Labour
Liverpool, Scotland Exchange
Robert Parry
Labour
Liverpool, Toxteth
Richard Crawshaw
Labour
Liverpool, Walton Eric Heffer Labour
Liverpool, Wavertree Anthony Steen Conservative
Liverpool, West Derby
Eric Ogden
Labour
Llanelli Denzil Davies Labour
Londonderry
William Ross
Ulster Unionist
Loughborough
John Desmond Cronin
Labour
Louth Lt.-Cmdr. Michael Brotherton Conservative
Lowestoft
James Prior
Conservative
Ludlow Jasper More Conservative
Luton, East Ivor Clemitson Labour
Luton, West Brian Sedgemore Labour

M

Macclesfield Nicholas Winterton Conservative
Maidstone
John Wells
Conservative
Maldon John Wakeham Conservative
Manchester, Ardwick Gerald Kaufman Labour
Manchester, Blackley
Paul Rose
Labour
Manchester, Central Harold Lever Labour
Manchester, Gorton Kenneth Marks Labour
Manchester, Moss Side
Frank Hatton
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
John Tomlinson
Labour
Merioneth
Dafydd Thomas
Plaid Cymru
Merthyr Tydfil
Edward Rowlands
Labour
Merton, Mitcham and Morden Bruce Douglas-Mann Labour
Merton, Wimbledon Sir
Michael Havers
Conservative
Middleton and Prestwich
James Callaghan
Labour
Midlothian
Alexander Eadie
Labour
Monmouth John Stradling Thomas Conservative
Montgomeryshire
Emlyn Hooson
Liberal
Moray and Nairn
Winifred Ewing
Scottish National Party
Morecambe and Lonsdale Alfred Hall-Davis Conservative
Morpeth
George Grant
Labour
Motherwell and Wishaw Jeremy Bray Labour

N

Nantwich
John Cockcroft
Conservative
Neath Donald Coleman Labour
Nelson and Colne
Douglas Hoyle
Labour
Newark
Edward Stanley Bishop
Labour
Newbury Michael McNair-Wilson Conservative
Newcastle-under-Lyme John Golding Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne, Central Edward Short Labour
Newcastle upon Tyne, East
Michael Thomas
Labour Co-operative
Newcastle upon Tyne, North Sir William Elliott Conservative
Newcastle upon Tyne, West Robert Brown Labour
New Forest Patrick McNair-Wilson Conservative
Newham, North East
Reginald Prentice
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
Norfolk, South John MacGregor Conservative
Norfolk, South West Paul Hawkins Conservative
Normanton Albert Roberts Labour
Northampton, North Maureen Colquhoun Labour
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

Ogmore Walter Padley 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 Evan Luard Labour
Oxfordshire, Mid Hon. Douglas Hurd Conservative

P

Paisley
John Robertson
Labour
Pembrokeshire
Nicholas Edwards
Conservative
Penistone John Mendelson Labour
Penrith and The Border
William Whitelaw
Conservative
Perth and East Perthshire Douglas Crawford Scottish National Party
Peterborough
Michael Ward
Labour
Petersfield Lt.-Col. Michael Mates Conservative
Plymouth, Devonport David Owen Labour
Plymouth, Drake Janet Fookes Conservative
Plymouth, Sutton Alan Clark Conservative
Pontefract and Castleford
Joseph Harper
Labour
Pontypool Leo Abse Labour
Pontypridd Brynmor John Labour
Poole
Oscar Murton
Conservative
Portsmouth, North
Frank Judd
Labour
Portsmouth, South Bonner Pink Conservative
Preston, North Ronald Atkins Labour
Preston, South
Stanley Thorne
Labour
Pudsey Giles Shaw Conservative

R

Reading, North
Anthony Durant
Conservative
Reading, South Gerard Vaughan Conservative
Redbridge, Ilford, North Millie Miller Labour
Redbridge, Ilford, South Arnold Shaw Labour
Redbridge, Wanstead and Woodford Patrick Jenkin Conservative
Reigate George Gardiner Conservative
Renfrewshire, East
Betty Harvie Anderson
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 Robert Bean Labour
Ross and Cromarty
Hamish Gray
Conservative
Rossendale Michael Noble Labour
Rotherham Brian O'Malley Labour
Rother Valley Peter Hardy Labour
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles David Steel Liberal
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Patrick Mayhew Conservative
Rugby
William Price
Labour
Runcorn Mark Carlisle Conservative
Rushcliffe Kenneth Clarke Conservative
Rutherglen Gregor Mackenzie Labour
Rutland and Stamford Kenneth Lewis Conservative
Rye Godman Irvine Conservative

S

Saffron Walden
Peter Kirk
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 Sir
John Rodgers
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 Burnaby Drayson Conservative
Solihull Percy Grieve Conservative
Somerset, North
Paul Dean Conservative
Southampton, Itchen
Bob Mitchell
Labour
Southampton, Test Bryan Gould Labour
Southend, East Sir Stephen McAdden Conservative
Southend, West Paul Channon Conservative
South Fylde
Edward Gardner
Conservative
Southport Ian Percival Conservative
South Shields Arthur Blenkinsop Labour
Southwark, Bermondsey
Robert Mellish
Labour
Southwark, Dulwich
Hon. Samuel Silkin
Labour
Southwark, Peckham Harry Lamborn Labour
Sowerby Max Madden Labour
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
George Reid Scottish National Party
Stirlingshire, West
Dennis Canavan Labour
Stockport, North Andrew Bennett Labour
Stockport, South Maurice Orbach Labour
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
Robert Carr
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

Taunton Edward du Cann Conservative
Teesside, Middlesbrough Arthur Bottomley Labour
Teesside, Redcar James Tinn Labour
Teesside, Stockton
William Rodgers
Labour
Teesside, Thornaby Ian Wrigglesworth Labour Co-operative
Thanet, East Jonathan Aitken Conservative
Thanet, West William Rees-Davies Conservative
Thirsk and Malton
John Spence Conservative
Thurrock Hugh Delargy 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

Ulster, Mid
John Dunlop
Vanguard Progressive Unionist

W

Wakefield Walter Harrison Labour
Wallasey Lynda Chalker Conservative
Wallsend Ted Garrett Labour
Walsall, North John Stonehouse Labour Co-operative
Walsall, South Bruce George Labour
Waltham Forest, Chingford Norman Tebbit Conservative
Waltham Forest, Leyton Bryan Magee Labour
Waltham Forest, Walthamstow Eric Deakins Labour
Wandsworth, Battersea, North
Douglas Jay
Labour
Wandsworth, Battersea, South Ernest Perry Labour
Wandsworth, Putney Hugh Jenkins Labour
Wandsworth, Tooting Tom Cox Labour
Warley, East Andrew Faulds Labour
Warley, West Peter Archer Labour
Warrington Thomas Williams Labour Co-operative
Warwick and Leamington Dudley Smith Conservative
Watford Raphael Tuck Labour
Wellingborough Peter Fry Conservative
Wells Hon. Robert Boscawen Conservative
Welwyn and Hatfield
Helene Hayman
Labour
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 Rear-Adm. Morgan Morgan-Giles Conservative
Windsor and Maidenhead Alan Glyn Conservative
Wirral Selwyn Lloyd None - Speaker
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 Fred Peart Labour
Worthing Terence Higgins Conservative
Wrekin, The
Gerald Fowler Labour
Wrexham
Tom Ellis
Labour
Wycombe Sir John Hall Conservative

Y

Yarmouth Anthony Fell Conservative
Yeovil
John Peyton
Conservative
York Alexander Lyon Labour

By-elections

See the

list of United Kingdom by-elections
.

Four seats were vacant when Parliament was dissolved preparatory to the 1979 general election:

In addition, Maurice Orbach (Labour MP for Stockport South) died on 24 April, after dissolution but before the general election.

Defections

Progression of government majority and party totals

The government voting total is the total number of Labour MPs, minus the Labour Deputy Speakers (two until 3 Feb 1976, one from that date). The opposition voting total is the total number of other MPs, minus the Speaker and the Conservative Deputy Speakers (one until 3 Feb 1976, two from that date). The majority is the difference between the former and the latter.

The Conservatives began with 276 MPs; the figure of 277 given above includes the Speaker Selwyn Lloyd.

In the Majority column, figures in brackets denote the majority the Lib-Lab pact had during its time of operation.

Date Event Govt majority Labour Con Lib SNP UUP Plaid Vang SDLP DUP UUUP ENP SLP Indep. Spkr Vacant
29 October 1974 Opening of Parliament 3 319 276 13 11 6 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
20 March 1975 Hamling (Lab, Woolwich W) dies 2 318 1
26 June 1975 Bottomley wins Woolwich W by-election for Cons 1 277 0
11 October 1975
Dunlop
defects from Vanguard to UUUP
2 1
19 November 1975
Bradford
defects from Vanguard to UUP
7 1
27 November 1975 Kilfedder defects from UUP, becomes Ind Unionist 6 2
14 December 1975 Edelman (Lab, Coventry NW) dies 0 317 1
15 January 1976 Carr (Con, Carshalton) elevated to Lords 1 276 2
3 February 1976 Thomas (Lab) becomes Spkr. Lloyd (Spk) resigns 2 316 3
4 March 1976 Robinson wins Coventry NW by-election for Lab 3 317 2
11 March 1976 Conservatives win Carshalton & Wirral by-elections 1 278 0
6 April 1976 O'Malley (Lab, Rotherham) dies 0 316 1
7 April 1976 Stonehouse resigns from Labour -2 315 3
14 April 1976 Stonehouse joins English National Party 1 2
4 May 1976 Delargy (Lab, Thurrock) dies -3 314 2
24 June 1976 Crowther wins Rotherham by-election for Lab -2 315 1
15 July 1976 McDonald wins Thurrock by-election for Lab -1 316 0
26 July 1976
Robertson leave Labour for Scot Lab
-5 314 2
27 August 1976 Stonehouse (Eng Nat, Walsall N) resigns seat -4 0 1
23 September 1976
Peart
(Lab, Workington) elevated to Lords
-5 313 2
12 October 1976 Lane (Con, Cambridge) resigns seat -4 277 3
21 October 1976 Short (Lab, Newcastle C) resigns seat -5 312 4
4 November 1976 Cons win 2 by-elections, Lab win 1 (Newcastle C) -6 313 279 1
2 December 1976 Rhodes James (Con) wins Cambridge by-election -7 280 0
5 January 1977 Tugendhat (C), Marquand & Jenkins (Lab) resign -8 311 279 3
19 February 1977 Crosland (Lab, Great Grimsby) dies -9 310 4
24 February 1977 Brooke (Con) wins London & Wminster by-elect -10 280 3
31 March 1977 MacKay (Con) wins Birmingham Stechford b-e -11 (15) 281 2
16 April 1977
Kirk
(Con, Saffron Walden) dies
-10 (16) 280 3
28 April 1977 Cons win Ashfield, Lab win Grimsby by-elections 311 281 1
16 June 1977 Walden (Lab, Birm Ladywood) resigns seat -11 (15) 310 2
7 July 1977
Haselhurst
wins Saffron Walden by-el for Cons
-12 (14) 282 1
25 July 1977 Cordle (Con, Bournemouth E) resigns seat -11 (15) 281 2
18 August 1977 Sever wins Birm Ladywood by-election for Lab -10 (16) 311 1
8 October 1977 Prentice defects from Labour to Conservatives -12 (14) 310 282
29 October 1977 Miller (Lab, Ilford N) dies -13 (13) 309 2
24 November 1977 Atkinson wins Bournemouth E by-el for Cons -14 (12) 283 1
26 November 1977 Craig defects from Vanguard to UUP 7 0
18 January 1978 Small (Lab, Glasgow Garscadden) dies -15 (11) 308 2
19 January 1978 Hall (Con, Wycombe) dies -14 (12) 282 3
22 February 1978 Lipton (Lab, Lambeth C) dies -15 (11) 307 4
2 March 1978 Bendall wins Ilford N by-election for Cons -16 (10) 283 3
23 March 1978 Wilson (Lab, Hamilton) dies -17 (9) 306 4
6 April 1978 Rawlinson (Con, Epsom & Ewell) resigns seat -16 (10) 282 5
13 April 1978 Dewar wins Glasgow Gars by-election for Lab -15 (11) 307 4
20 April 1978
Tilley
wins Lambeth C by-election for Lab
-14 (12) 308 3
27 April 1978 Conservatives win Wycombe, Epsom by-elections -16 (10) 284 1
16 May 1978
Hatton
(Lab, Manchester Moss Side) dies
-17 (9) 307 2
20 May 1978 Mendelson (Lab, Penistone) dies -18 (8) 306 3
31 May 1978 Robertson wins Hamilton by-election for Lab -17 (9) 307 2
24 June 1978
Harper
(Lab, Pontefract & Castleford) dies
-18 (8) 306 3
13 July 1978 Labour wins Penistone, Moss Side by-elections -16 (10) 308 1
30 July 1978 Mackintosh (Lab, Berwick & E Lothian) dies -17 (9) 307 2
26 October 1978 Labour wins 2 by-elections; Walder (Con) dies -14 309 283 1
6 November 1978 Davies (Con, Knutsford) resigns seat -13 282 2
15 December 1978 Irvine (Lab, Liverpool Edge Hill) dies -14 308 3
14 February 1979 Maudling (Con, Chipping Barnet) dies -13 281 4
1 March 1979 Conservatives win Clitheroe & Knutsford by-els -15 283 2
2 March 1979
Swain
(Lab, NE Derbyshire) dies
-16 307 3
29 March 1979
Alton
wins Edge Hill by-election for Liberals
-17 14 2
30 March 1979 Neave (Con, Abingdon) dies -16 282 3
2 April 1979 Broughton (Lab, Batley & Morley) dies -17 306 4