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

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

Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP.

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

MP		Constituency	Party	In constituency since
	Leo Abse	Pontypool	Labour Party	1958 by-election
	Donald Anderson	Swansea East	Labour Party	October 1974
	Keith Best	Anglesey	Conservative Party	1970
	James Callaghan	Cardiff South East	Labour Party	1945
	Alex Carlile	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Party	1983
	Donald Coleman	Neath	Labour Party	1964
	Denzil Davies	Llanelli	Labour Party	1970
	Ifor Davies	Gower	Labour Party	1959
	Nicholas Edwards	Pembrokeshire	Conservative Party	1970
	Tom Ellis	Wrexham	Labour Party	1970
	Ioan Evans	Aberdare	Labour Party	February 1974
	Michael Foot	Ebbw Vale	Labour Party	1960 by-election
	Ian Grist	Cardiff North	Conservative Party	February 1974
	Raymond Gower	Barry	Conservative Party	1951
	Tom Hooson	Brecon and Radnorshire	Conservative Party	1979
	Geraint Howells	Ceredigion and Pembroke North	Liberal Party	February 1974
	Ednyfed Hudson Davies	Caerphilly	Labour Party	1979
	Roy Hughes	Newport	Labour Party	1966
	Brynmor John	Pontypridd	Labour Party	1970
	Alec Jones	Rhondda	Labour Party	February 1974
	Barry Jones	East Flintshire	Labour Party	1970
	Neil Kinnock	Bedwellty	Labour Party	1970
	Anthony Meyer	West Flintshire	Conservative Party	1970
	Geraint Morgan	Denbigh	Conservative Party	1959
	John Morris	Abervaon	Labour Party	1959
	Ray Powell	Ogmore	Labour Party	1979
	Wyn Roberts	Conwy	Conservative Party	1970
	Ted Rowlands	Merthyr Tydfil	Labour Party	1972 by-election
	Stefan Terlezki	Cardiff West	Conservative Party	1983
	George Thomas	Cardiff West	Labour Party (Speaker)	1945
	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	Merioneth	Plaid Cymru	February 1974
	Roger Thomas	Carmarthen	Labour Party	1979
	John Stradling Thomas	Monmouth	Conservative Party	1970
	Dafydd Wigley	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	February 1974
	Alan Williams	Swansea West	Labour Party	1964

By-elections

• Gareth Wardell won the 1982 Gower by-election

See also

• Lists of MPs for constituencies in Wales