East of England: 1983 general election results
How East of England voted at the 1983 general election: the Conservatives won 48 of 51 seats with 51.1% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 48 | +9 | 1,384,958 | 51.1% | −0.3 | ||
| Labour | 2 | −3 | 530,401 | 19.6% | −12.3 | ||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 1 | new | 782,922 | 28.9% | — | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 10,891 | 0.4% | |||||
Change compared with the 1979 general election in East of England.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | Con | 1,379 | 3.1 | 68.0% | |
| Bedfordshire Mid | Con | 17,381 | 29.9 | 75.9% | |
| Bedfordshire North | Con | 13,849 | 25.8 | 74.1% | |
| Bedfordshire South West | Con | 15,731 | 27.3 | 74.6% | |
| Billericay | Con | 14,615 | 26.5 | 72.7% | |
| Braintree | Con | 13,441 | 24.0 | 75.2% | |
| Brentwood and Ongar | Con | 14,202 | 28.1 | 75.4% | |
| Broxbourne | Con | 17,466 | 35.0 | 73.0% | |
| Bury St Edmunds | Con | 16,122 | 30.6 | 71.4% | |
| Cambridge | Con | 5,968 | 11.8 | 74.6% | |
| Cambridgeshire North East | Alliance | 5,195 | 9.8 | 75.4% | |
| Cambridgeshire South East | Con | 13,764 | 27.8 | 73.3% | |
| Cambridgeshire South West | Con | 13,867 | 24.0 | 74.9% | |
| Castle Point | Con | 15,417 | 33.8 | 70.3% | |
| Chelmsford | Con | 378 | 0.6 | 78.3% | |
| Colchester North | Con | 15,048 | 26.6 | 72.2% | |
| Colchester South and Maldon | Con | 12,165 | 20.9 | 72.4% | |
| Epping Forest | Con | 15,378 | 31.8 | 71.8% | |
| Great Yarmouth | Con | 11,200 | 25.2 | 70.0% | |
| Harlow | Con | 3,674 | 6.9 | 75.4% | |
| Harwich | Con | 12,502 | 24.7 | 69.5% | |
| Hertford and Stortford | Con | 12,929 | 24.9 | 74.5% | |
| Hertfordshire North | Con | 9,943 | 16.6 | 78.2% | |
| Hertfordshire South West | Con | 12,194 | 21.6 | 74.8% | |
| Hertfordshire West | Con | 9,576 | 15.7 | 78.4% | |
| Hertsmere | Con | 14,870 | 27.6 | 72.8% | |
| Huntingdon | Con | 20,348 | 37.1 | 70.7% | |
| Ipswich | Lab | 1,077 | 2.1 | 74.5% | |
| Luton North | Con | 11,981 | 22.2 | 76.1% | |
| Luton South | Con | 4,621 | 8.6 | 74.9% | |
| Norfolk Mid | Con | 15,515 | 29.9 | 74.4% | |
| Norfolk North | Con | 13,223 | 27.2 | 73.8% | |
| Norfolk North West | Con | 3,147 | 5.9 | 76.7% | |
| Norfolk South | Con | 12,135 | 21.4 | 76.2% | |
| Norfolk South West | Con | 14,910 | 29.0 | 72.1% | |
| Norwich North | Con | 5,879 | 12.3 | 75.2% | |
| Norwich South | Con | 1,712 | 3.5 | 75.5% | |
| Peterborough | Con | 10,439 | 18.0 | 72.5% | |
| Rochford | Con | 13,102 | 25.7 | 72.5% | |
| Saffron Walden | Con | 15,249 | 28.6 | 75.9% | |
| Southend East | Con | 10,691 | 27.4 | 66.9% | |
| Southend West | Con | 8,033 | 16.6 | 70.9% | |
| St Albans | Con | 8,561 | 15.0 | 77.2% | |
| Stevenage | Con | 1,755 | 3.3 | 76.8% | |
| Suffolk Central | Con | 14,731 | 26.2 | 73.5% | |
| Suffolk Coastal | Con | 15,622 | 29.1 | 74.1% | |
| Suffolk South | Con | 11,269 | 19.4 | 75.3% | |
| Thurrock | Lab | 1,722 | 3.8 | 66.9% | |
| Watford | Con | 12,006 | 21.9 | 75.1% | |
| Waveney | Con | 14,298 | 24.4 | 74.4% | |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Con | 12,246 | 21.2 | 78.3% |
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Questions and answers
Who won in East of England at the 1983 general election?
The Conservatives won 48 of the 51 seats in East of England, with 51.1% of the vote.
How many seats were there in East of England in 1983?
51 constituencies.
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