Thursday 9 June 1983

1983 UK general election results

The Conservatives won 397 of 650 seats with 42.4% of the vote, an overall majority of 144. Afterwards: Conservative majority government, with Margaret Thatcher as prime minister.

326 for a majority

Con397
Lab209
Alliance23
UUP11
DUP3
SNP2
PC2
Oth1
Smaller parties2

Results by party
Party	Leader	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	397	+58	13,012,592	42.4%	−1.5	633
Labour	Michael Foot	209	−60	8,457,118	27.6%	−9.4	633
SDP–Liberal Alliance	David Steel & Roy Jenkins	23	new	7,780,589	25.4%	—	633
Ulster Unionist Party	—	11	+6	259,952	0.9%	0	16
Democratic Unionist Party	—	3	0	152,749	0.5%	+0.3	14
Scottish National Party	—	2	0	331,975	1.1%	−0.5	72
Plaid Cymru	—	2	0	125,309	0.4%	0	38
Others	—	1	−2	234,967	0.8%	−0.8	318
Social Democratic and Labour Party	—	1	0	137,012	0.5%	+0.1	17
Sinn Féin	—	1	new	102,721	0.3%	—	14
2 other parties and independents				75,925	0.3%

Change is compared with the 1979 general election. Before 2010 “Others” groups all smaller parties and independents, as in the source.

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Closest results

Leicester South Con by 7 votes
Hyndburn Con by 21 votes
Carlisle Lab by 71 votes
Richmond and Barnes Con by 74 votes
Mid-Ulster DUP by 78 votes
Stockton South Alliance by 102 votes
Bradford South Lab by 110 votes
Wolverhampton North East Lab by 214 votes
Birmingham Erdington Lab by 231 votes
Crewe and Nantwich Lab by 290 votes

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Constituency	Region	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Aberavon	Wales	Lab	15,539	38.5	74.8%
Aberdeen North	Scotland	Lab	9,144	22.3	64.2%
Aberdeen South	Scotland	Con	3,581	9.1	68.1%
Aldershot	South East	Con	12,218	21.7	71.7%
Aldridge-Brownhills	West Midlands	Con	12,284	25.8	77.1%
Altrincham and Sale	North West	Con	10,911	22.6	72.1%
Alyn and Deeside	Wales	Lab	1,368	3.1	76.9%
Amber Valley	East Midlands	Con	3,318	6.4	76.4%
Angus East	Scotland	Con	3,527	8.1	72.9%
Antrim East	Northern Ireland	UUP	367	1.0	65.0%
Antrim North	Northern Ireland	DUP	13,173	29.8	69.8%
Antrim South	Northern Ireland	UUP	6,792	17.5	65.5%
Argyll and Bute	Scotland	Con	3,844	11.1	72.1%
Arundel	South East	Con	15,705	30.1	69.0%
Ashfield	East Midlands	Lab	6,087	11.8	72.8%
Ashford	South East	Con	13,911	29.0	72.2%
Ashton under Lyne	North West	Lab	7,697	18.2	70.9%
Aylesbury	South East	Con	14,920	28.7	70.5%
Ayr	Scotland	Con	7,987	16.0	75.7%
Banbury	South East	Con	13,025	26.5	74.2%
Banff and Buchan	Scotland	Con	937	2.3	66.1%
Barking	London	Lab	4,026	11.8	64.7%
Barnsley Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	14,173	38.8	65.5%
Barnsley East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	17,492	48.5	66.5%
Barnsley West and Penistone	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	10,342	23.3	72.3%
Barrow and Furness	North West	Con	4,577	9.0	74.2%
Basildon	East of England	Con	1,379	3.1	68.0%
Basingstoke	South East	Con	12,450	22.5	75.7%
Bassetlaw	East Midlands	Lab	3,831	7.9	73.2%
Bath	South West	Con	5,304	11.1	73.5%
Batley and Spen	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	870	1.6	72.5%
Battersea	London	Lab	3,276	7.5	66.0%
Beaconsfield	South East	Con	18,300	38.2	71.4%
Beckenham	London	Con	12,670	30.8	69.3%
Bedfordshire Mid	East of England	Con	17,381	29.9	75.9%
Bedfordshire North	East of England	Con	13,849	25.8	74.1%
Bedfordshire South West	East of England	Con	15,731	27.3	74.6%
Belfast East	Northern Ireland	DUP	7,989	20.5	70.0%
Belfast North	Northern Ireland	UUP	7,079	16.7	69.4%
Belfast South	Northern Ireland	UUP	9,724	26.0	69.6%
Belfast West	Northern Ireland	SF	5,445	12.3	74.3%
Berkshire East	South East	Con	16,099	26.9	72.5%
Berwick-upon-Tweed	North East	Alliance	8,215	19.7	76.9%
Bethnal Green and Stepney	London	Lab	6,358	20.6	55.4%
Beverley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	13,869	25.0	72.3%
Bexhill and Battle	South East	Con	19,746	43.8	72.2%
Bexleyheath	London	Con	10,258	23.3	73.5%
Billericay	East of England	Con	14,615	26.5	72.7%
Birkenhead	North West	Lab	9,714	20.7	68.9%
Birmingham Edgbaston	West Midlands	Con	11,418	31.3	65.7%
Birmingham Erdington	West Midlands	Lab	231	0.6	66.4%
Birmingham Hall Green	West Midlands	Con	9,373	21.8	69.8%
Birmingham Hodge Hill	West Midlands	Lab	5,092	12.3	66.9%
Birmingham Ladywood	West Midlands	Lab	9,030	23.9	62.0%
Birmingham Northfield	West Midlands	Con	2,760	5.2	70.4%
Birmingham Perry Barr	West Midlands	Lab	7,402	14.4	68.5%
Birmingham Selly Oak	West Midlands	Con	5,396	10.5	70.8%
Birmingham Small Heath	West Midlands	Lab	15,252	42.1	60.4%
Birmingham Sparkbrook	West Midlands	Lab	10,548	32.0	60.9%
Birmingham Yardley	West Midlands	Con	2,865	6.9	71.4%
Bishop Auckland	North East	Lab	4,306	8.4	71.1%
Blaby	East Midlands	Con	17,116	30.8	76.3%
Blackburn	North West	Lab	3,055	5.4	73.9%
Blackpool North	North West	Con	10,152	25.2	69.2%
Blackpool South	North West	Con	10,138	25.8	69.1%
Blaenau Gwent	Wales	Lab	23,705	55.2	76.3%
Blaydon	North East	Lab	7,222	15.1	72.4%
Blyth Valley	North East	Lab	3,243	7.7	72.0%
Bolsover	East Midlands	Lab	13,848	29.4	71.7%
Bolton North East	North West	Con	2,443	5.4	76.1%
Bolton South East	North West	Lab	8,753	17.6	72.6%
Bolton West	North West	Con	7,152	13.6	77.1%
Boothferry	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	17,420	32.9	72.2%
Bootle	North West	Lab	15,139	29.4	67.4%
Bosworth	East Midlands	Con	17,294	30.3	77.2%
Bournemouth East	South West	Con	11,416	24.2	65.9%
Bournemouth West	South West	Con	13,331	26.7	68.4%
Bow and Poplar	London	Lab	5,861	18.3	55.0%
Bradford North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,602	3.4	70.0%
Bradford South	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	110	0.2	70.2%
Bradford West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,337	6.8	68.2%
Braintree	East of England	Con	13,441	24.0	75.2%
Brecon and Radnor	Wales	Con	8,784	23.2	79.2%
Brent East	London	Lab	4,834	12.4	63.1%
Brent North	London	Con	14,651	33.2	69.6%
Brent South	London	Lab	10,519	26.4	62.9%
Brentford and Isleworth	London	Con	9,387	18.2	74.0%
Brentwood and Ongar	East of England	Con	14,202	28.1	75.4%
Bridgend	Wales	Con	1,327	3.2	76.0%
Bridgwater	South West	Con	10,697	22.3	73.8%
Bridlington	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	16,609	30.7	69.7%
Brigg and Cleethorpes	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	12,189	21.4	72.6%
Brighton Kemptown	South East	Con	9,378	21.5	70.7%
Brighton Pavilion	South East	Con	11,132	26.9	68.7%
Bristol East	South West	Con	1,789	3.7	73.1%
Bristol North West	South West	Con	6,327	11.3	75.9%
Bristol South	South West	Lab	4,419	8.9	68.0%
Bristol West	South West	Con	10,178	19.7	70.1%
Bromsgrove	West Midlands	Con	17,175	34.6	74.0%
Broxbourne	East of England	Con	17,466	35.0	73.0%
Broxtowe	East Midlands	Con	15,078	28.3	75.5%
Buckingham	South East	Con	13,968	28.9	76.0%
Burnley	North West	Lab	770	1.5	75.4%
Burton	West Midlands	Con	11,647	21.4	74.9%
Bury North	North West	Con	2,792	5.3	78.6%
Bury South	North West	Con	3,720	7.5	75.2%
Bury St Edmunds	East of England	Con	16,122	30.6	71.4%
Caernarfon	Wales	PC	10,989	31.7	77.7%
Caerphilly	Wales	Lab	11,553	24.4	73.7%
Caithness and Sutherland	Scotland	Alliance	6,843	29.4	74.6%
Calder Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	7,999	14.3	77.5%
Cambridge	East of England	Con	5,968	11.8	74.6%
Cambridgeshire North East	East of England	Alliance	5,195	9.8	75.4%
Cambridgeshire South East	East of England	Con	13,764	27.8	73.3%
Cambridgeshire South West	East of England	Con	13,867	24.0	74.9%
Cannock and Burntwood	West Midlands	Con	2,045	4.0	76.3%
Canterbury	South East	Con	15,742	30.6	69.1%
Cardiff Central	Wales	Con	3,452	8.9	71.4%
Cardiff North	Wales	Con	6,848	16.6	76.4%
Cardiff South and Penarth	Wales	Lab	2,276	5.4	70.2%
Cardiff West	Wales	Con	1,774	4.4	68.8%
Carlisle	North West	Lab	71	0.2	75.4%
Carmarthen	Wales	Lab	1,154	2.2	81.2%
Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley	Scotland	Lab	11,370	27.4	73.2%
Carshalton and Wallington	London	Con	10,755	21.7	71.1%
Castle Point	East of England	Con	15,417	33.8	70.3%
Ceredigion and Pembroke North	Wales	Alliance	5,639	12.0	77.0%
Cheadle	North West	Con	9,380	18.4	75.9%
Chelmsford	East of England	Con	378	0.6	78.3%
Chelsea	London	Con	12,021	39.8	55.9%
Cheltenham	South West	Con	5,518	9.6	74.8%
Chertsy and Walton	South East	Con	15,699	30.9	71.6%
Chesham and Amersham	South East	Con	15,869	29.9	74.8%
Chester City of	North West	Con	9,099	18.9	—
Chesterfield	East Midlands	Lab	7,763	15.6	71.7%
Chichester	South East	Con	20,117	36.1	71.2%
Chingford	London	Con	12,414	30.4	71.9%
Chipping Barnet	London	Con	12,393	30.0	69.9%
Chislehurst	London	Con	12,061	30.4	71.8%
Chorley	North West	Con	10,275	17.8	78.2%
Christchurch	South West	Con	19,738	41.7	71.5%
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	South West	Con	13,827	23.1	74.0%
City of London and Westminster South	London	Con	13,387	38.1	51.6%
Clackmannan	Scotland	Lab	9,639	26.8	74.7%
Clwyd North West	Wales	Con	9,989	21.9	72.3%
Clwyd South West	Wales	Con	1,551	3.6	76.3%
Clydebank and Milngavie	Scotland	Lab	7,715	20.0	74.8%
Clydesdale	Scotland	Lab	4,866	10.6	75.4%
Colchester North	East of England	Con	15,048	26.6	72.2%
Colchester South and Maldon	East of England	Con	12,165	20.9	72.4%
Colne Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Alliance	3,146	5.9	75.3%
Congleton	North West	Con	8,459	17.2	75.9%
Conwy	Wales	Con	4,268	10.8	75.6%
Copeland	North West	Lab	1,837	4.3	77.1%
Corby	East Midlands	Con	3,168	6.5	76.3%
Cornwall North	South West	Con	5,059	9.4	79.4%
Cornwall South East	South West	Con	8,354	16.3	77.8%
Coventry North East	West Midlands	Lab	8,775	18.9	68.6%
Coventry North West	West Midlands	Lab	3,038	7.8	74.1%
Coventry South East	West Midlands	Lab	2,682	7.2	70.3%
Coventry South West	West Midlands	Con	6,447	13.1	75.1%
Crawley	South East	Con	11,814	21.9	75.4%
Crewe and Nantwich	North West	Lab	290	0.5	73.7%
Crosby	North West	Con	3,401	5.3	76.7%
Croydon Central	London	Con	11,821	30.5	67.9%
Croydon North East	London	Con	11,627	27.4	66.9%
Croydon North West	London	Con	4,092	10.4	67.1%
Croydon South	London	Con	17,440	38.1	70.2%
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Scotland	Lab	9,928	29.4	75.3%
Cunninghame North	Scotland	Con	1,637	4.1	74.6%
Cunninghame South	Scotland	Lab	11,768	32.9	72.4%
Cynon Valley	Wales	Lab	13,074	35.4	72.7%
Dagenham	London	Lab	2,997	7.5	62.6%
Darlington	North East	Con	3,438	6.8	76.1%
Dartford	South East	Con	13,569	24.8	75.4%
Daventry	East Midlands	Con	13,136	26.6	75.8%
Davyhulme	North West	Con	9,014	18.8	72.9%
Delyn	Wales	Con	5,944	12.2	76.9%
Denton and Reddish	North West	Lab	5,125	10.3	72.0%
Derby North	East Midlands	Con	3,506	6.9	71.5%
Derby South	East Midlands	Lab	421	0.9	66.5%
Derbyshire North East	East Midlands	Lab	2,006	3.9	74.8%
Derbyshire South	East Midlands	Con	8,613	14.6	77.5%
Derbyshire West	East Midlands	Con	15,325	28.9	76.4%
Devizes	South West	Con	15,624	25.1	73.9%
Devon North	South West	Con	8,727	17.1	79.1%
Devon West and Torridge	South West	Con	12,351	23.0	75.2%
Dewsbury	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	2,086	4.0	73.0%
Don Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	6,466	12.7	68.9%
Doncaster Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	2,508	5.0	70.0%
Doncaster North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	12,711	25.2	68.9%
Dorset North	South West	Con	11,380	22.0	75.6%
Dorset South	South West	Con	15,098	30.1	71.9%
Dorset West	South West	Con	13,952	30.8	73.3%
Dover	South East	Con	9,220	17.5	76.6%
Down North	Northern Ireland	Oth	13,846	34.0	66.2%
Down South	Northern Ireland	UUP	548	1.1	76.6%
Dudley East	West Midlands	Lab	5,816	10.9	70.4%
Dudley West	West Midlands	Con	8,723	14.8	74.8%
Dulwich	London	Con	1,859	4.9	66.7%
Dumbarton	Scotland	Lab	2,115	4.9	74.2%
Dumfries	Scotland	Con	8,694	20.7	72.2%
Dundee East	Scotland	SNP	5,016	10.8	72.9%
Dundee West	Scotland	Lab	10,150	21.8	73.7%
Dunfermline East	Scotland	Lab	11,301	31.5	71.2%
Dunfermline West	Scotland	Lab	2,474	6.9	72.7%
Durham City of	North East	Lab	1,973	4.0	73.5%
Durham North	North East	Lab	13,437	26.0	71.8%
Durham North West	North East	Lab	6,356	14.8	69.9%
Ealing Acton	London	Con	10,092	22.5	71.5%
Ealing North	London	Con	6,291	12.3	74.0%
Ealing Southall	London	Lab	11,116	21.8	70.6%
Easington	North East	Lab	14,792	33.3	66.7%
East Kilbride	Scotland	Lab	4,336	9.2	75.7%
East Lothian	Scotland	Lab	6,241	13.1	75.3%
Eastbourne	South East	Con	13,486	25.3	72.4%
Eastleigh	South East	Con	13,008	20.5	76.0%
Eastwood	Scotland	Con	8,595	19.0	75.1%
Eccles	North West	Lab	6,005	12.7	69.3%
Eddisbury	North West	Con	14,846	27.9	73.2%
Edinburgh Central	Scotland	Con	2,566	6.9	64.6%
Edinburgh East	Scotland	Lab	5,866	16.3	69.8%
Edinburgh Leith	Scotland	Lab	4,973	12.2	66.7%
Edinburgh Pentlands	Scotland	Con	4,309	9.9	72.7%
Edinburgh South	Scotland	Con	3,655	8.2	71.2%
Edinburgh West	Scotland	Con	498	1.1	74.9%
Edmonton	London	Con	1,193	2.7	68.1%
Ellesmere Port and Neston	North West	Con	7,087	13.4	74.7%
Elmet	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	7,856	15.5	74.4%
Eltham	London	Con	7,592	18.6	73.0%
Enfield North	London	Con	11,716	23.8	71.5%
Enfield Southgate	London	Con	15,819	34.7	68.8%
Epping Forest	East of England	Con	15,378	31.8	71.8%
Epsom and Ewell	South East	Con	17,195	33.8	71.2%
Erewash	East Midlands	Con	11,319	20.4	74.7%
Erith and Crayford	London	Con	920	2.2	72.5%
Esher	South East	Con	15,912	35.2	72.2%
Exeter	South West	Con	9,880	17.2	77.1%
Falkirk East	Scotland	Lab	10,061	26.7	71.5%
Falkirk West	Scotland	Lab	8,978	24.6	73.3%
Falmouth and Camborne	South West	Con	11,025	22.4	74.1%
Fareham	South East	Con	16,316	30.8	72.7%
Faversham	South East	Con	14,597	26.0	72.5%
Feltham and Heston	London	Con	2,148	3.9	68.9%
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	Northern Ireland	UUP	7,676	12.8	88.6%
Fife Central	Scotland	Lab	7,794	19.8	71.6%
Fife North East	Scotland	Con	2,185	5.9	72.9%
Finchley	London	Con	9,314	24.2	68.4%
Folkestone and Hythe	South East	Con	11,670	24.4	69.8%
Foyle	Northern Ireland	SDLP	8,148	15.6	77.6%
Fulham	London	Con	4,789	12.2	75.5%
Fylde	North West	Con	17,102	38.6	70.4%
Gainsborough and Horncastle	East Midlands	Con	5,067	10.1	74.0%
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Scotland	Con	5,461	13.9	74.9%
Gateshead East	North East	Lab	10,322	21.7	68.7%
Gedling	East Midlands	Con	14,664	29.2	74.5%
Gillingham	South East	Con	10,843	21.3	72.7%
Glanford and Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	637	1.2	72.5%
Glasgow Cathcart	Scotland	Lab	4,230	10.9	74.9%
Glasgow Central	Scotland	Lab	10,962	34.1	62.2%
Glasgow Garscadden	Scotland	Lab	13,474	38.6	68.2%
Glasgow Govan	Scotland	Lab	13,057	35.2	70.8%
Glasgow Hillhead	Scotland	Alliance	1,164	2.8	71.4%
Glasgow Maryhill	Scotland	Lab	11,203	33.0	64.6%
Glasgow Pollok	Scotland	Lab	11,532	31.8	67.1%
Glasgow Provan	Scotland	Lab	15,385	49.5	64.1%
Glasgow Rutherglen	Scotland	Lab	9,126	20.5	74.1%
Glasgow Shettleston	Scotland	Lab	12,416	35.0	67.4%
Glasgow Springburn	Scotland	Lab	17,599	50.7	64.2%
Gloucester	South West	Con	12,537	22.3	74.6%
Gloucestershire West	South West	Con	9,652	16.3	78.5%
Gordon	Scotland	Alliance	850	1.9	69.4%
Gosport	South East	Con	14,451	31.1	70.7%
Gower	Wales	Lab	1,205	2.7	77.9%
Grantham	East Midlands	Con	18,911	34.3	72.6%
Gravesham	South East	Con	8,463	15.4	75.9%
Great Grimsby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	731	1.5	72.8%
Great Yarmouth	East of England	Con	11,200	25.2	70.0%
Greenock and Port Glasgow	Scotland	Lab	4,625	10.5	73.0%
Greenwich	London	Lab	1,211	3.5	67.1%
Guildford	South East	Con	11,824	21.7	71.6%
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	London	Lab	8,545	23.4	54.4%
Hackney South and Shoreditch	London	Lab	7,691	20.1	53.5%
Halesowen and Stourbridge	West Midlands	Con	13,316	22.8	75.4%
Halifax	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	1,869	3.4	74.2%
Halton	North West	Lab	6,829	12.8	72.2%
Hamilton	Scotland	Lab	15,019	32.3	74.6%
Hammersmith	London	Lab	1,954	5.9	70.7%
Hampshire East	South East	Con	18,327	31.1	73.1%
Hampshire North West	South East	Con	12,122	24.8	73.3%
Hampstead and Highgate	London	Con	3,370	7.6	66.5%
Harborough	East Midlands	Con	18,485	33.7	74.8%
Harlow	East of England	Con	3,674	6.9	75.4%
Harrogate	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	15,888	31.6	68.1%
Harrow East	London	Con	12,668	21.9	71.7%
Harrow West	London	Con	11,021	20.8	71.5%
Hartlepool	North East	Lab	3,090	6.4	68.8%
Harwich	East of England	Con	12,502	24.7	69.5%
Hastings and Rye	South East	Con	10,980	22.8	68.2%
Havant	South East	Con	11,956	22.7	71.0%
Hayes and Harlington	London	Con	4,234	10.4	70.0%
Hazel Grove	North West	Con	2,022	4.1	76.3%
Hemsworth	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	14,190	38.1	67.7%
Hendon North	London	Con	9,025	24.4	67.2%
Hendon South	London	Con	6,433	18.3	64.7%
Henley	South East	Con	13,781	30.4	71.9%
Hereford	West Midlands	Con	2,277	4.7	74.9%
Hertford and Stortford	East of England	Con	12,929	24.9	74.5%
Hertfordshire North	East of England	Con	9,943	16.6	78.2%
Hertfordshire South West	East of England	Con	12,194	21.6	74.8%
Hertfordshire West	East of England	Con	9,576	15.7	78.4%
Hertsmere	East of England	Con	14,870	27.6	72.8%
Hexham	North East	Con	8,308	20.0	75.3%
Heywood and Middleton	North West	Lab	3,974	9.5	69.3%
High Peak	East Midlands	Con	9,940	18.8	77.6%
Holborn and St Pancras	London	Lab	7,259	16.8	59.9%
Holland With Boston	East Midlands	Con	11,736	26.0	70.2%
Honiton	South West	Con	14,769	27.5	73.8%
Hornchurch	London	Con	9,184	20.2	72.7%
Hornsey and Wood Green	London	Con	3,899	7.4	70.6%
Horsham	South East	Con	21,785	36.4	73.6%
Houghton and Washington	North East	Lab	13,821	27.3	66.2%
Hove	South East	Con	17,219	36.4	65.2%
Huddersfield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,955	8.2	70.3%
Hull East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	10,074	21.3	66.7%
Hull North	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	6,028	12.0	66.6%
Hull West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	3,654	10.0	62.7%
Huntingdon	East of England	Con	20,348	37.1	70.7%
Hyndburn	North West	Con	21	0.1	76.8%
Ilford North	London	Con	11,201	26.1	70.6%
Ilford South	London	Con	4,566	11.1	70.0%
Inverness Nairn and Lochaber	Scotland	Alliance	7,298	16.3	69.8%
Ipswich	East of England	Lab	1,077	2.1	74.5%
Isle of Wight	South East	Alliance	3,503	4.7	79.0%
Islington North	London	Lab	5,607	15.2	61.2%
Islington South and Finsbury	London	Lab	363	1.0	61.7%
Islwyn	Wales	Lab	14,380	36.8	76.9%
Jarrow	North East	Lab	13,877	30.5	70.4%
Keighley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	2,774	5.5	78.0%
Kensington	London	Con	5,101	16.4	62.0%
Kent Mid	South East	Con	12,543	26.4	70.6%
Kettering	East Midlands	Con	8,586	17.9	75.4%
Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scotland	Lab	8,800	19.0	74.6%
Kincardine and Deeside	Scotland	Con	7,796	18.3	70.6%
Kingston upon Thames	London	Con	8,872	21.7	71.1%
Kingswood	South West	Con	1,797	3.2	76.5%
Kirkcaldy	Scotland	Lab	5,331	14.0	71.1%
Knowsley North	North West	Lab	17,191	44.5	68.5%
Knowsley South	North West	Lab	11,769	24.6	69.3%
Lagan Valley	Northern Ireland	UUP	17,216	42.4	67.5%
Lancashire West	North West	Con	6,858	12.5	73.2%
Lancaster	North West	Con	10,636	25.4	73.8%
Langbaurgh	North East	Con	6,024	10.4	73.9%
Leeds Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,222	21.1	61.1%
Leeds East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	6,095	14.5	65.5%
Leeds North East	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	8,995	19.5	69.9%
Leeds North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	8,537	17.6	70.6%
Leeds South and Morley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	5,854	14.2	67.2%
Leeds West	Yorkshire and the Humber	Alliance	2,048	4.4	68.2%
Leicester East	East Midlands	Con	933	1.9	72.3%
Leicester South	East Midlands	Con	7	0.0	71.4%
Leicester West	East Midlands	Lab	1,712	3.7	67.9%
Leicestershire North West	East Midlands	Con	6,662	12.0	80.0%
Leigh	North West	Lab	12,314	25.1	71.4%
Leominster	West Midlands	Con	9,786	19.1	76.5%
Lewes	South East	Con	13,904	27.8	73.5%
Lewisham Deptford	London	Lab	6,032	16.8	60.7%
Lewisham East	London	Con	1,909	4.5	68.8%
Lewisham West	London	Con	2,506	5.7	69.7%
Leyton	London	Lab	4,516	11.9	65.0%
Lincoln	East Midlands	Con	10,286	18.9	73.6%
Lindsey East	East Midlands	Con	7,517	14.7	72.3%
Linlithgow	Scotland	Lab	11,361	26.0	74.5%
Littleborough and Saddleworth	North West	Con	5,650	11.8	74.0%
Liverpool Broadgreen	North West	Lab	3,800	8.3	71.4%
Liverpool Garston	North West	Lab	4,002	8.7	70.9%
Liverpool Mossley Hill	North West	Alliance	4,195	9.1	72.6%
Liverpool Riverside	North West	Lab	17,378	45.2	61.8%
Liverpool Walton	North West	Lab	14,115	27.6	68.9%
Liverpool West Derby	North West	Lab	11,843	27.0	68.8%
Livingston	Scotland	Lab	4,951	13.1	70.2%
Llanelli	Wales	Lab	13,606	28.3	74.6%
Londonderry East	Northern Ireland	UUP	7,262	14.1	76.3%
Loughborough	East Midlands	Con	16,180	29.5	76.7%
Ludlow	West Midlands	Con	11,303	24.0	73.7%
Luton North	East of England	Con	11,981	22.2	76.1%
Luton South	East of England	Con	4,621	8.6	74.9%
Macclesfield	North West	Con	20,679	37.7	73.9%
Maidstone	South East	Con	7,226	13.9	72.7%
Makerfield	North West	Lab	10,876	21.3	72.9%
Manchester Blackley	North West	Lab	6,456	15.4	68.8%
Manchester Central	North West	Lab	18,485	44.1	59.8%
Manchester Gorton	North West	Lab	9,965	22.7	67.1%
Manchester Withington	North West	Con	2,373	5.1	71.5%
Manchester Wythenshawe	North West	Lab	10,684	25.2	68.6%
Mansfield	East Midlands	Lab	2,216	4.8	69.8%
Medway	South East	Con	8,656	18.8	71.7%
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Wales	PC	2,643	10.7	80.4%
Meriden	West Midlands	Con	15,018	28.3	70.6%
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Wales	Lab	22,730	52.7	71.7%
Mid-Ulster	Northern Ireland	DUP	78	0.1	84.3%
Middlesbrough	North East	Lab	9,669	23.1	65.6%
Midlothian	Scotland	Lab	6,156	13.6	74.2%
Milton Keynes	South East	Con	11,522	19.6	73.1%
Mitcham and Morden	London	Con	6,451	13.9	72.3%
Mole Valley	South East	Con	14,718	30.2	74.0%
Monklands East	Scotland	Lab	9,799	27.4	71.8%
Monklands West	Scotland	Lab	12,264	32.2	74.5%
Monmouth	Wales	Con	9,343	21.1	77.7%
Montgomery	Wales	Alliance	668	2.3	78.3%
Moray	Scotland	Con	1,713	4.0	70.1%
Morecambe and Lunesdale	North West	Con	12,194	31.4	72.2%
Motherwell North	Scotland	Lab	17,894	42.2	73.9%
Motherwell South	Scotland	Lab	12,349	32.5	71.8%
Neath	Wales	Lab	13,604	32.2	75.7%
New Forest	South East	Con	20,925	40.7	72.7%
Newark	East Midlands	Con	14,283	29.2	75.4%
Newbury	South East	Con	13,038	24.3	74.1%
Newcastle under Lyme	West Midlands	Lab	2,804	5.6	76.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	North East	Con	2,228	5.0	70.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne East	North East	Lab	7,492	17.7	70.3%
Newcastle upon Tyne North	North East	Lab	2,556	5.1	71.9%
Newham North East	London	Lab	8,509	21.9	61.5%
Newham North West	London	Lab	6,918	24.7	55.6%
Newham South	London	Lab	7,311	27.1	53.1%
Newport East	Wales	Lab	2,630	6.5	75.5%
Newport West	Wales	Con	581	1.4	76.4%
Newry and Armagh	Northern Ireland	UUP	1,554	3.3	76.0%
Norfolk Mid	East of England	Con	15,515	29.9	74.4%
Norfolk North	East of England	Con	13,223	27.2	73.8%
Norfolk North West	East of England	Con	3,147	5.9	76.7%
Norfolk South	East of England	Con	12,135	21.4	76.2%
Norfolk South West	East of England	Con	14,910	29.0	72.1%
Normanton	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	4,183	9.7	69.5%
Northampton North	East Midlands	Con	9,860	20.0	71.1%
Northampton South	East Midlands	Con	15,126	30.2	71.8%
Northavon	South West	Con	12,983	22.6	76.7%
Norwich North	East of England	Con	5,879	12.3	75.2%
Norwich South	East of England	Con	1,712	3.5	75.5%
Norwood	London	Lab	2,883	7.9	65.2%
Nottingham East	East Midlands	Con	1,464	3.4	62.9%
Nottingham North	East Midlands	Con	362	0.8	65.2%
Nottingham South	East Midlands	Con	5,715	11.8	69.4%
Nuneaton	West Midlands	Con	5,061	9.9	76.1%
Ogmore	Wales	Lab	17,364	44.0	76.0%
Old Bexley and Sidcup	London	Con	12,718	34.2	73.1%
Oldham Central and Royton	North West	Lab	3,312	7.4	66.3%
Oldham West	North West	Lab	3,180	7.9	69.1%
Orkney and Shetland	Scotland	Alliance	4,150	20.3	67.1%
Orpington	London	Con	10,151	22.7	74.9%
Oxford East	South East	Con	1,267	2.7	73.0%
Oxford West and Abingdon	South East	Con	7,151	14.3	73.0%
Paisley North	Scotland	Lab	7,587	21.9	67.8%
Paisley South	Scotland	Lab	6,529	17.3	71.4%
Peckham	London	Lab	8,824	27.4	54.0%
Pembroke	Wales	Con	9,356	17.6	77.2%
Pendle	North West	Con	6,135	11.9	78.8%
Penrith and the Border	North West	Con	15,421	31.0	72.2%
Perth and Kinross	Scotland	Con	6,733	15.2	71.7%
Peterborough	East of England	Con	10,439	18.0	72.5%
Plymouth Devonport	South West	Alliance	4,936	10.5	75.0%
Plymouth Drake	South West	Con	8,585	22.1	73.6%
Plymouth Sutton	South West	Con	11,687	25.6	75.3%
Pontefract and Castleford	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	13,691	31.3	66.5%
Pontypridd	Wales	Lab	8,744	19.7	72.0%
Poole	South West	Con	14,429	27.7	72.7%
Portsmouth North	South East	Con	17,999	31.7	72.0%
Portsmouth South	South East	Con	12,335	24.6	66.8%
Preston	North West	Lab	6,978	15.0	71.0%
Pudsey	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	5,314	9.9	74.9%
Putney	London	Con	5,019	10.7	72.9%
Ravensbourne	London	Con	15,512	36.0	72.2%
Reading East	South East	Con	11,508	24.2	69.5%
Reading West	South East	Con	11,399	23.8	71.6%
Redcar	North East	Lab	3,104	6.9	70.2%
Reigate	South East	Con	16,307	32.2	71.2%
Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Scotland	Con	1,322	3.2	77.0%
Rhondda	Wales	Lab	21,370	44.8	75.5%
Ribble Valley	North West	Con	18,591	40.4	75.7%
Richmond (Yorks)	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	18,066	35.0	—
Richmond and Barnes	London	Con	74	0.2	78.9%
Rochdale	North West	Alliance	7,587	16.0	70.3%
Rochford	East of England	Con	13,102	25.7	72.5%
Romford	London	Con	10,574	27.2	68.9%
Romsey and Waterside	South East	Con	13,690	25.5	74.7%
Ross Cromarty and Skye	Scotland	Alliance	1,704	4.9	71.9%
Rossendale and Darwen	North West	Con	8,821	15.3	76.9%
Rother Valley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,625	18.4	70.9%
Rotherham	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,709	28.6	66.1%
Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Scotland	Alliance	3,396	10.7	75.0%
Rugby and Kenilworth	West Midlands	Con	14,241	24.5	77.0%
Ruislip Northwood	London	Con	12,982	31.6	72.1%
Rushcliffe	East Midlands	Con	20,220	37.4	75.8%
Rutland and Melton	East Midlands	Con	18,353	33.3	72.3%
Ryedale	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	16,142	28.7	70.9%
Saffron Walden	East of England	Con	15,249	28.6	75.9%
Salford East	North West	Lab	9,541	24.0	61.6%
Salisbury	South West	Con	7,174	13.3	72.0%
Scarborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	13,929	27.0	70.4%
Sedgefield	North East	Lab	8,281	18.4	72.1%
Selby	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	15,965	33.9	71.2%
Sevenoaks	South East	Con	15,706	29.9	72.7%
Sheffield Attercliffe	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	11,612	25.9	68.9%
Sheffield Brightside	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	15,209	34.5	64.7%
Sheffield Central	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	16,790	40.8	61.1%
Sheffield Hallam	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	11,774	22.2	72.0%
Sheffield Heeley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	8,368	15.9	69.8%
Sheffield Hillsborough	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	1,546	2.8	74.5%
Sherwood	East Midlands	Con	658	1.3	75.3%
Shipley	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	11,445	22.0	76.1%
Shoreham	South East	Con	15,766	30.7	72.9%
Shrewsbury and Atcham	West Midlands	Con	8,624	17.5	73.0%
Shropshire North	West Midlands	Con	11,667	21.9	71.7%
Skipton and Ripon	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	15,046	28.9	74.0%
Slough	South East	Con	3,106	6.0	70.7%
Solihull	West Midlands	Con	17,394	33.1	70.5%
Somerton and Frome	South West	Con	9,227	18.6	75.7%
South Hams	South West	Con	12,401	22.3	74.2%
South Ribble	North West	Con	12,659	22.5	76.7%
South Shields	North East	Lab	6,402	15.6	65.4%
Southampton Itchen	South East	Con	5,290	10.0	72.4%
Southampton Test	South East	Con	9,346	17.1	72.2%
Southend East	East of England	Con	10,691	27.4	66.9%
Southend West	East of England	Con	8,033	16.6	70.9%
Southport	North West	Con	5,039	9.9	71.7%
Southwark and Bermondsey	London	Alliance	5,164	15.0	61.3%
Spelthorne	South East	Con	13,506	26.3	70.1%
St Albans	East of England	Con	8,561	15.0	77.2%
St Helens North	North West	Lab	9,259	17.5	73.5%
St Helens South	North West	Lab	9,662	19.8	69.7%
St Ives	South West	Con	7,859	16.6	73.1%
Stafford	West Midlands	Con	14,277	26.4	75.5%
Staffordshire Mid	West Midlands	Con	13,880	26.6	76.3%
Staffordshire Moorlands	West Midlands	Con	16,566	29.6	76.2%
Staffordshire South	West Midlands	Con	19,760	35.7	74.7%
Staffordshire South East	West Midlands	Con	10,898	22.5	75.4%
Stalybridge and Hyde	North West	Lab	4,362	9.1	69.7%
Stamford and Spalding	East Midlands	Con	11,756	24.0	73.4%
Stevenage	East of England	Con	1,755	3.3	76.8%
Stirling	Scotland	Con	5,133	12.1	74.8%
Stockport	North West	Con	5,786	13.2	74.0%
Stockton North	North East	Lab	1,870	3.8	69.4%
Stockton South	North East	Alliance	102	0.2	71.2%
Stoke-on-Trent Central	West Midlands	Lab	8,250	18.7	65.2%
Stoke-on-Trent North	West Midlands	Lab	8,203	15.4	70.2%
Stoke-on-Trent South	West Midlands	Lab	7,105	14.5	68.9%
Strangford	Northern Ireland	UUP	7,370	18.8	64.9%
Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	Con	17,917	32.1	72.0%
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Scotland	Con	3,700	7.7	78.2%
Streatham	London	Con	5,902	15.0	65.0%
Stretford	North West	Lab	4,342	10.8	69.2%
Stroud	South West	Con	11,714	19.5	76.7%
Suffolk Central	East of England	Con	14,731	26.2	73.5%
Suffolk Coastal	East of England	Con	15,622	29.1	74.1%
Suffolk South	East of England	Con	11,269	19.4	75.3%
Sunderland North	North East	Lab	7,196	13.8	65.8%
Sunderland South	North East	Lab	5,548	11.1	65.9%
Surbiton	London	Con	8,749	26.1	70.6%
Surrey East	South East	Con	15,436	35.6	73.2%
Surrey North West	South East	Con	21,018	38.2	69.2%
Surrey South West	South East	Con	14,351	27.6	73.4%
Sussex Mid	South East	Con	16,744	29.1	73.7%
Sutton and Cheam	London	Con	10,264	21.9	73.4%
Sutton Coldfield	West Midlands	Con	18,984	39.1	70.8%
Swansea East	Wales	Lab	13,535	33.0	70.6%
Swansea West	Wales	Lab	2,350	5.5	72.8%
Swindon	South West	Con	1,395	2.5	73.2%
Tatton	North West	Con	13,960	27.3	73.4%
Taunton	South West	Con	12,567	23.6	74.6%
Tayside North	Scotland	Con	10,099	26.8	72.0%
Teignbridge	South West	Con	8,218	15.7	76.7%
Thanet North	South East	Con	14,545	31.7	68.1%
Thanet South	South East	Con	14,051	32.4	69.2%
Thurrock	East of England	Lab	1,722	3.8	66.9%
Tiverton	South West	Con	7,886	15.9	76.6%
Tonbridge and Malling	South East	Con	13,520	24.9	73.5%
Tooting	London	Lab	2,659	5.8	66.8%
Torbay	South West	Con	6,555	13.4	71.8%
Torfaen	Wales	Lab	8,285	19.0	73.5%
Tottenham	London	Lab	9,396	21.8	62.8%
Truro	South West	Alliance	10,480	19.2	78.7%
Tunbridge Wells	South East	Con	15,126	28.3	71.7%
Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale	Scotland	Alliance	8,539	29.6	76.9%
Twickenham	London	Con	4,792	9.6	76.9%
Tyne Bridge	North East	Lab	11,693	31.3	61.0%
Tynemouth	North East	Con	9,609	17.3	73.8%
Upminster	London	Con	12,814	26.8	71.1%
Upper Bann	Northern Ireland	UUP	17,081	39.1	72.0%
Uxbridge	London	Con	12,837	28.8	71.4%
Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	Con	10,393	22.3	73.3%
Vauxhall	London	Lab	7,780	19.8	60.1%
Wakefield	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	360	0.8	68.4%
Wallasey	North West	Con	6,708	13.5	71.7%
Wallsend	North East	Lab	12,514	23.1	70.4%
Walsall North	West Midlands	Lab	2,824	5.8	70.0%
Walsall South	West Midlands	Lab	702	1.4	73.4%
Walthamstow	London	Lab	1,305	3.9	68.1%
Wansbeck	North East	Lab	7,831	17.0	72.1%
Wansdyke	South West	Con	13,066	23.3	77.9%
Wanstead and Woodfod	London	Con	14,354	36.4	67.7%
Wantage	South East	Con	10,125	20.6	75.7%
Warley East	West Midlands	Lab	3,391	8.6	68.0%
Warley West	West Midlands	Lab	5,268	13.6	66.9%
Warrington North	North West	Lab	5,277	10.4	71.7%
Warrington South	North West	Con	6,465	11.9	73.4%
Warwick and Leamington	West Midlands	Con	13,032	25.0	72.6%
Warwickshire North	West Midlands	Con	2,585	4.8	76.9%
Watford	East of England	Con	12,006	21.9	75.1%
Waveney	East of England	Con	14,298	24.4	74.4%
Wealden	South East	Con	17,185	34.6	70.9%
Wellingborough	East Midlands	Con	12,056	22.9	76.7%
Wells	South West	Con	6,575	13.6	76.5%
Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	Con	12,246	21.2	78.3%
Wentworth	Yorkshire and the Humber	Lab	15,935	36.9	68.7%
West Bromwich East	West Midlands	Lab	298	0.7	69.2%
West Bromwich West	West Midlands	Lab	6,639	17.8	63.0%
Westbury	South West	Con	8,506	14.1	74.5%
Western Isles	Scotland	SNP	3,712	24.5	65.9%
Westminster North	London	Con	1,710	3.9	63.9%
Westmorland and Lonsdale	North West	Con	16,587	34.2	71.4%
Weston Super Mare	South West	Con	9,491	18.2	72.1%
Wigan	North West	Lab	17,305	31.6	74.9%
Wiltshire North	South West	Con	7,232	12.4	75.6%
Wimbledon	London	Con	11,546	24.9	71.7%
Winchester	South East	Con	13,047	23.5	75.1%
Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	Con	18,203	32.9	69.3%
Wirral South	North West	Con	13,838	30.0	74.7%
Wirral West	North West	Con	15,151	33.5	72.5%
Witney	South East	Con	12,712	24.5	73.7%
Woking	South East	Con	16,237	28.9	70.8%
Wokingham	South East	Con	15,698	28.8	74.8%
Wolverhampton North East	West Midlands	Lab	214	0.5	69.4%
Wolverhampton South East	West Midlands	Lab	5,012	12.9	68.3%
Wolverhampton South West	West Midlands	Con	11,520	23.1	71.6%
Woodspring	South West	Con	15,132	27.3	76.7%
Woolwich	London	Alliance	2,725	7.1	67.2%
Worcester	West Midlands	Con	10,871	22.1	73.1%
Worcestershire Mid	West Midlands	Con	14,205	25.7	73.6%
Worcestershire South	West Midlands	Con	11,389	21.1	72.7%
Workington	North West	Lab	7,128	16.0	78.6%
Worsley	North West	Lab	4,139	7.7	73.7%
Worthing	South East	Con	15,253	28.3	70.5%
Wrekin The	West Midlands	Con	1,331	2.3	74.3%
Wrexham	Wales	Lab	424	0.9	76.5%
Wycombe	South East	Con	13,197	26.3	70.6%
Wyre	North West	Con	14,811	31.5	70.6%
Wyre Forest	West Midlands	Con	8,177	15.9	74.2%
Yeovil	South West	Alliance	3,406	6.5	78.9%
Ynys Mon	Wales	Con	1,684	4.2	78.7%
York	Yorkshire and the Humber	Con	3,647	6.2	74.3%

Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk / cbp-8647

Questions and answers

Who won the 1983 general election?

The Conservatives won 397 of 650 seats with 42.4% of the vote, an overall majority of 144. Margaret Thatcher became (or remained) prime minister: Conservative majority government.

How many seats did each party win in 1983?

Conservative 397; Labour 209; SDP–Liberal Alliance 23; Ulster Unionist Party 11; Democratic Unionist Party 3; Scottish National Party 2 (out of 650 seats; 326 were needed for a majority).

Who won the most votes in 1983?

The Conservatives won the most votes: 13,012,592 (42.4% of the 30,670,909 votes counted).

What was the turnout at the 1983 general election?

Turnout was 71.8% in contested constituencies (valid votes as a share of the electorate).

What was the closest result in 1983?

Leicester South, where the Conservatives won by 7 votes.

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