7 June 1979
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
George Benjamin Patterson | Conservative | 113,961 | 60.8 | |
A. J. Humphris | Labour | 46,482 | 24.8 | |
S. Blow | Liberal | 27,127 | 14.5 | |
Majority | 67,479 | 36.0 | ||
Turnout | 569,411 | 32.9 | ||
Conservative win (new constituency) |
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