1979 General Election - Gillingham
| Year | 1979 |
| General election | 1979 General Election |
| Constituency | Gillingham |
| Turnout | 78.9% |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Burden, Frederick | Conservative | 26,791 |
| Love, S | Labour | 16,292 |
| Sidebottom, D | Liberal | 6,219 |
| Campbell, S | National Front | 528 |
| Fry, S | Ecology | 501 |
| Beckwith, Terence | Workers Revolutionary | 92 |