Who was the Prime Minister of the UK in 1979?

The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher, ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats.

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What was the top income tax rate in 1979?

Labour and the Conservatives did not specify the exact thresholds of income tax they would implement but the Liberals did, claiming they would have income tax starting at 20% with a top rate of 50%.

How many candidates stood for the Ecology Party in 1979?

There was a threshold of 50 candidates to be entitled to a Party Political Broadcast (PPB) – in 1979 there were only three TV channels in the UK and the election PPBs were broadcast simultaneously on all channels. At lot of effort went into securing the necessary 50 candidates in time, in the event 53 Ecology Party candidates stood across the UK.

What did Callaghan say about the Conservatives in 1979?

Towards the end of Labour’s campaign Callaghan claimed a Conservative government “would sit back and just allow firms to go bankrupt and jobs to be lost in the middle of a world recession” and that the Conservatives were “too big a gamble to take”. The Labour Party manifesto, The Labour way is the better way, was issued on 6 April.