1979 General Election

Political Parties

Total Votes

%

MPs

Conservative Party

13,697,923

43.9

339

Liberal Party

4,313,804

13.8

11

Labour Party

11,535,218

36.9

269

Communist Party

16,858

0.1

0

Plaid Cymru

132,544

0.4

2

Scottish National Party

504,259

1.6

2

National Front

191,719

0.6

0