1979 United Kingdom general election

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the House of Commons. The election was held following the defeat of the Labour government in a no-confidence motion on 28 March 1979, six months before the Parliament was due for dissolution in October 1979.
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Which happened first?
- 1979 United Kingdom general election and 1979 European Parliament election happened in the same year
- 1979 United Kingdom general election happened 1 year before 1980 United States presidential election
- 1979 United Kingdom general election happened 1 year before 1980 West German federal election
- 1979 United Kingdom general election happened 2 years after 1977 Spanish general election
- 1979 United Kingdom general election happened 2 years before 1981 French presidential election
Timeline
- 1977 Spanish general electionJune 15, 1977
- 1979 European Parliament electionJune 1979
- 1979 United Kingdom general election (this page)May 3, 1979
- 1980 United States presidential electionNovember 4, 1980
- 1980 West German federal electionOctober 5, 1980
- 1981 French presidential electionMay 10, 1981
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