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Three Views on the Significance of the British General Election

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Giles Radice ,
Timothy Raison  and
David Marquand
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THE LABOUR PARTY WAS DECISIVELY DEFEATED AT THE 1979 general election. The Conservatives not only won 70 more seats than Labour but its lead of 6.9% was considerably bigger than that of Harold Macmdlan in 1959, while the swing away from Labour to Tory was the largest since 1945. What is even more depressing is that the Labour share of the poll was its lowest since 1931.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , 01 July 1979 , pp. 275 - 298
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1979

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References

page 277 note 1 The Economist, 12 May 1979.

page 282 note 1 12 May 1979