1979 General Election - West Dorset
| Year | 1979 |
| General election | 1979 General Election |
| Constituency | West Dorset |
| Turnout | 79.0% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Spicer, Sir James | Conservative | 26,281 |
| Jones, Trevor | Liberal | 9,776 |
| Skevington, HJ | Labour | 7,999 |
| Tillotson, J | National Front | 514 |
| McEwan, G | Wessex Regionalist | 192 |