1979 United Kingdom general election
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title:
1979 United Kingdom general election
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The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held 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. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of Prime Minister James Callaghan, gaining a parliamentary majority of 44 seats. The election was the firs
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General election in the United Kingdom which led to Margaret Thatcher becoming Prime Minister
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election
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2002-08-19T03:23:45Z
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2024-08-30T15:47:25Z
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