 Tomney volunteered to stand, and was comfortably elected with a majority of nearly 3,000 votes over Pritt.He was re-elected at each election until he stood down in 1979, and was seen as being on the right wing of the Labour Party, a fact that was often to lead to conflict within the constituency party in Hammersmith North.In 1976 Tomney was deselected by his constituency party.