List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1979–1983)

This is a list of members of Parliament in Wales, elected for the Forty Eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom in the 1979 general election.

List MPConstituencyPartyIn constituency sinceLeo AbsePontypoolLabour Party1958 by-electionDonald AndersonSwansea EastLabour PartyOctober 1974Keith BestAngleseyConservative Party1970James CallaghanCardiff South EastLabour Party1945Alex CarlileMontgomeryshireLiberal Party1983Donald ColemanNeathLabour Party1964LlanelliLabour Party1970Ifor DaviesGowerLabour Party1959Nicholas EdwardsPembrokeshireConservative Party1970Tom EllisWrexhamLabour Party1970Ioan EvansAberdareLabour PartyFebruary 1974Ebbw ValeLabour Party1960 by-electionIan GristCardiff NorthConservative PartyFebruary 1974Raymond GowerBarryConservative Party1951Tom HoosonBrecon and RadnorshireConservative Party1979Ceredigion and Pembroke NorthLiberal PartyFebruary 1974Ednyfed Hudson DaviesCaerphillyLabour Party1979Roy HughesNewportLabour Party1966Brynmor JohnPontypriddLabour Party1970Alec JonesRhonddaLabour PartyFebruary 1974East FlintshireLabour Party1970BedwelltyLabour Party1970Anthony MeyerWest FlintshireConservative Party1970Geraint MorganDenbighConservative Party1959John MorrisAbervaonLabour Party1959Ray PowellOgmoreLabour Party1979ConwyConservative Party1970Ted RowlandsMerthyr TydfilLabour Party1972 by-electionStefan TerlezkiCardiff WestConservative Party1983George ThomasCardiff WestLabour Party (Speaker)1945Dafydd Elis-ThomasMerionethPlaid CymruFebruary 1974Roger ThomasCarmarthenLabour Party1979MonmouthConservative Party1970Dafydd WigleyCaernarfonPlaid CymruFebruary 1974Alan WilliamsSwansea WestLabour Party1964

By-elections

Gareth Wardell won the 1982 Gower by-election

References

See also

Lists of MPs for constituencies in Wales