England: 1983 general election results
How England voted at the 1983 general election: the Conservatives won 362 of 523 seats with 46.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 362 | +56 | 11,711,970 | 46.0% | −1.2 | |
| Labour | 148 | −55 | 6,862,616 | 26.9% | −9.7 | |
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 13 | new | 6,714,910 | 26.4% | — | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 183,410 | 0.7% | −0.5 |
Change compared with the 1979 general election in England.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | Con | 12,218 | 21.7 | 71.7% | |
| Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | 12,284 | 25.8 | 77.1% | |
| Altrincham and Sale | Con | 10,911 | 22.6 | 72.1% | |
| Amber Valley | Con | 3,318 | 6.4 | 76.4% | |
| Arundel | Con | 15,705 | 30.1 | 69.0% | |
| Ashfield | Lab | 6,087 | 11.8 | 72.8% | |
| Ashford | Con | 13,911 | 29.0 | 72.2% | |
| Ashton under Lyne | Lab | 7,697 | 18.2 | 70.9% | |
| Aylesbury | Con | 14,920 | 28.7 | 70.5% | |
| Banbury | Con | 13,025 | 26.5 | 74.2% | |
| Barking | Lab | 4,026 | 11.8 | 64.7% | |
| Barnsley Central | Lab | 14,173 | 38.8 | 65.5% | |
| Barnsley East | Lab | 17,492 | 48.5 | 66.5% | |
| Barnsley West and Penistone | Lab | 10,342 | 23.3 | 72.3% | |
| Barrow and Furness | Con | 4,577 | 9.0 | 74.2% | |
| Basildon | Con | 1,379 | 3.1 | 68.0% | |
| Basingstoke | Con | 12,450 | 22.5 | 75.7% | |
| Bassetlaw | Lab | 3,831 | 7.9 | 73.2% | |
| Bath | Con | 5,304 | 11.1 | 73.5% | |
| Batley and Spen | Con | 870 | 1.6 | 72.5% | |
| Battersea | Lab | 3,276 | 7.5 | 66.0% | |
| Beaconsfield | Con | 18,300 | 38.2 | 71.4% | |
| Beckenham | Con | 12,670 | 30.8 | 69.3% | |
| 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% | |
| Berkshire East | Con | 16,099 | 26.9 | 72.5% | |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | Alliance | 8,215 | 19.7 | 76.9% | |
| Bethnal Green and Stepney | Lab | 6,358 | 20.6 | 55.4% | |
| Beverley | Con | 13,869 | 25.0 | 72.3% | |
| Bexhill and Battle | Con | 19,746 | 43.8 | 72.2% | |
| Bexleyheath | Con | 10,258 | 23.3 | 73.5% | |
| Billericay | Con | 14,615 | 26.5 | 72.7% | |
| Birkenhead | Lab | 9,714 | 20.7 | 68.9% | |
| Birmingham Edgbaston | Con | 11,418 | 31.3 | 65.7% | |
| Birmingham Erdington | Lab | 231 | 0.6 | 66.4% | |
| Birmingham Hall Green | Con | 9,373 | 21.8 | 69.8% | |
| Birmingham Hodge Hill | Lab | 5,092 | 12.3 | 66.9% | |
| Birmingham Ladywood | Lab | 9,030 | 23.9 | 62.0% | |
| Birmingham Northfield | Con | 2,760 | 5.2 | 70.4% | |
| Birmingham Perry Barr | Lab | 7,402 | 14.4 | 68.5% | |
| Birmingham Selly Oak | Con | 5,396 | 10.5 | 70.8% | |
| Birmingham Small Heath | Lab | 15,252 | 42.1 | 60.4% | |
| Birmingham Sparkbrook | Lab | 10,548 | 32.0 | 60.9% | |
| Birmingham Yardley | Con | 2,865 | 6.9 | 71.4% | |
| Bishop Auckland | Lab | 4,306 | 8.4 | 71.1% | |
| Blaby | Con | 17,116 | 30.8 | 76.3% | |
| Blackburn | Lab | 3,055 | 5.4 | 73.9% | |
| Blackpool North | Con | 10,152 | 25.2 | 69.2% | |
| Blackpool South | Con | 10,138 | 25.8 | 69.1% | |
| Blaydon | Lab | 7,222 | 15.1 | 72.4% | |
| Blyth Valley | Lab | 3,243 | 7.7 | 72.0% | |
| Bolsover | Lab | 13,848 | 29.4 | 71.7% | |
| Bolton North East | Con | 2,443 | 5.4 | 76.1% | |
| Bolton South East | Lab | 8,753 | 17.6 | 72.6% | |
| Bolton West | Con | 7,152 | 13.6 | 77.1% | |
| Boothferry | Con | 17,420 | 32.9 | 72.2% | |
| Bootle | Lab | 15,139 | 29.4 | 67.4% | |
| Bosworth | Con | 17,294 | 30.3 | 77.2% | |
| Bournemouth East | Con | 11,416 | 24.2 | 65.9% | |
| Bournemouth West | Con | 13,331 | 26.7 | 68.4% | |
| Bow and Poplar | Lab | 5,861 | 18.3 | 55.0% | |
| Bradford North | Con | 1,602 | 3.4 | 70.0% | |
| Bradford South | Lab | 110 | 0.2 | 70.2% | |
| Bradford West | Lab | 3,337 | 6.8 | 68.2% | |
| Braintree | Con | 13,441 | 24.0 | 75.2% | |
| Brent East | Lab | 4,834 | 12.4 | 63.1% | |
| Brent North | Con | 14,651 | 33.2 | 69.6% | |
| Brent South | Lab | 10,519 | 26.4 | 62.9% | |
| Brentford and Isleworth | Con | 9,387 | 18.2 | 74.0% | |
| Brentwood and Ongar | Con | 14,202 | 28.1 | 75.4% | |
| Bridgwater | Con | 10,697 | 22.3 | 73.8% | |
| Bridlington | Con | 16,609 | 30.7 | 69.7% | |
| Brigg and Cleethorpes | Con | 12,189 | 21.4 | 72.6% | |
| Brighton Kemptown | Con | 9,378 | 21.5 | 70.7% | |
| Brighton Pavilion | Con | 11,132 | 26.9 | 68.7% | |
| Bristol East | Con | 1,789 | 3.7 | 73.1% | |
| Bristol North West | Con | 6,327 | 11.3 | 75.9% | |
| Bristol South | Lab | 4,419 | 8.9 | 68.0% | |
| Bristol West | Con | 10,178 | 19.7 | 70.1% | |
| Bromsgrove | Con | 17,175 | 34.6 | 74.0% | |
| Broxbourne | Con | 17,466 | 35.0 | 73.0% | |
| Broxtowe | Con | 15,078 | 28.3 | 75.5% | |
| Buckingham | Con | 13,968 | 28.9 | 76.0% | |
| Burnley | Lab | 770 | 1.5 | 75.4% | |
| Burton | Con | 11,647 | 21.4 | 74.9% | |
| Bury North | Con | 2,792 | 5.3 | 78.6% | |
| Bury South | Con | 3,720 | 7.5 | 75.2% | |
| Bury St Edmunds | Con | 16,122 | 30.6 | 71.4% | |
| Calder Valley | Con | 7,999 | 14.3 | 77.5% | |
| 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% | |
| Cannock and Burntwood | Con | 2,045 | 4.0 | 76.3% | |
| Canterbury | Con | 15,742 | 30.6 | 69.1% | |
| Carlisle | Lab | 71 | 0.2 | 75.4% | |
| Carshalton and Wallington | Con | 10,755 | 21.7 | 71.1% | |
| Castle Point | Con | 15,417 | 33.8 | 70.3% | |
| Cheadle | Con | 9,380 | 18.4 | 75.9% | |
| Chelmsford | Con | 378 | 0.6 | 78.3% | |
| Chelsea | Con | 12,021 | 39.8 | 55.9% | |
| Cheltenham | Con | 5,518 | 9.6 | 74.8% | |
| Chertsy and Walton | Con | 15,699 | 30.9 | 71.6% | |
| Chesham and Amersham | Con | 15,869 | 29.9 | 74.8% | |
| Chester City of | Con | 9,099 | 18.9 | — | |
| Chesterfield | Lab | 7,763 | 15.6 | 71.7% | |
| Chichester | Con | 20,117 | 36.1 | 71.2% | |
| Chingford | Con | 12,414 | 30.4 | 71.9% | |
| Chipping Barnet | Con | 12,393 | 30.0 | 69.9% | |
| Chislehurst | Con | 12,061 | 30.4 | 71.8% | |
| Chorley | Con | 10,275 | 17.8 | 78.2% | |
| Christchurch | Con | 19,738 | 41.7 | 71.5% | |
| Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Con | 13,827 | 23.1 | 74.0% | |
| City of London and Westminster South | Con | 13,387 | 38.1 | 51.6% | |
| Colchester North | Con | 15,048 | 26.6 | 72.2% | |
| Colchester South and Maldon | Con | 12,165 | 20.9 | 72.4% | |
| Colne Valley | Alliance | 3,146 | 5.9 | 75.3% | |
| Congleton | Con | 8,459 | 17.2 | 75.9% | |
| Copeland | Lab | 1,837 | 4.3 | 77.1% | |
| Corby | Con | 3,168 | 6.5 | 76.3% | |
| Cornwall North | Con | 5,059 | 9.4 | 79.4% | |
| Cornwall South East | Con | 8,354 | 16.3 | 77.8% | |
| Coventry North East | Lab | 8,775 | 18.9 | 68.6% | |
| Coventry North West | Lab | 3,038 | 7.8 | 74.1% | |
| Coventry South East | Lab | 2,682 | 7.2 | 70.3% | |
| Coventry South West | Con | 6,447 | 13.1 | 75.1% | |
| Crawley | Con | 11,814 | 21.9 | 75.4% | |
| Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | 290 | 0.5 | 73.7% | |
| Crosby | Con | 3,401 | 5.3 | 76.7% | |
| Croydon Central | Con | 11,821 | 30.5 | 67.9% | |
| Croydon North East | Con | 11,627 | 27.4 | 66.9% | |
| Croydon North West | Con | 4,092 | 10.4 | 67.1% | |
| Croydon South | Con | 17,440 | 38.1 | 70.2% | |
| Dagenham | Lab | 2,997 | 7.5 | 62.6% | |
| Darlington | Con | 3,438 | 6.8 | 76.1% | |
| Dartford | Con | 13,569 | 24.8 | 75.4% | |
| Daventry | Con | 13,136 | 26.6 | 75.8% | |
| Davyhulme | Con | 9,014 | 18.8 | 72.9% | |
| Denton and Reddish | Lab | 5,125 | 10.3 | 72.0% | |
| Derby North | Con | 3,506 | 6.9 | 71.5% | |
| Derby South | Lab | 421 | 0.9 | 66.5% | |
| Derbyshire North East | Lab | 2,006 | 3.9 | 74.8% | |
| Derbyshire South | Con | 8,613 | 14.6 | 77.5% | |
| Derbyshire West | Con | 15,325 | 28.9 | 76.4% | |
| Devizes | Con | 15,624 | 25.1 | 73.9% | |
| Devon North | Con | 8,727 | 17.1 | 79.1% | |
| Devon West and Torridge | Con | 12,351 | 23.0 | 75.2% | |
| Dewsbury | Con | 2,086 | 4.0 | 73.0% | |
| Don Valley | Lab | 6,466 | 12.7 | 68.9% | |
| Doncaster Central | Lab | 2,508 | 5.0 | 70.0% | |
| Doncaster North | Lab | 12,711 | 25.2 | 68.9% | |
| Dorset North | Con | 11,380 | 22.0 | 75.6% | |
| Dorset South | Con | 15,098 | 30.1 | 71.9% | |
| Dorset West | Con | 13,952 | 30.8 | 73.3% | |
| Dover | Con | 9,220 | 17.5 | 76.6% | |
| Dudley East | Lab | 5,816 | 10.9 | 70.4% | |
| Dudley West | Con | 8,723 | 14.8 | 74.8% | |
| Dulwich | Con | 1,859 | 4.9 | 66.7% | |
| Durham City of | Lab | 1,973 | 4.0 | 73.5% | |
| Durham North | Lab | 13,437 | 26.0 | 71.8% | |
| Durham North West | Lab | 6,356 | 14.8 | 69.9% | |
| Ealing Acton | Con | 10,092 | 22.5 | 71.5% | |
| Ealing North | Con | 6,291 | 12.3 | 74.0% | |
| Ealing Southall | Lab | 11,116 | 21.8 | 70.6% | |
| Easington | Lab | 14,792 | 33.3 | 66.7% | |
| Eastbourne | Con | 13,486 | 25.3 | 72.4% | |
| Eastleigh | Con | 13,008 | 20.5 | 76.0% | |
| Eccles | Lab | 6,005 | 12.7 | 69.3% | |
| Eddisbury | Con | 14,846 | 27.9 | 73.2% | |
| Edmonton | Con | 1,193 | 2.7 | 68.1% | |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | Con | 7,087 | 13.4 | 74.7% | |
| Elmet | Con | 7,856 | 15.5 | 74.4% | |
| Eltham | Con | 7,592 | 18.6 | 73.0% | |
| Enfield North | Con | 11,716 | 23.8 | 71.5% | |
| Enfield Southgate | Con | 15,819 | 34.7 | 68.8% | |
| Epping Forest | Con | 15,378 | 31.8 | 71.8% | |
| Epsom and Ewell | Con | 17,195 | 33.8 | 71.2% | |
| Erewash | Con | 11,319 | 20.4 | 74.7% | |
| Erith and Crayford | Con | 920 | 2.2 | 72.5% | |
| Esher | Con | 15,912 | 35.2 | 72.2% | |
| Exeter | Con | 9,880 | 17.2 | 77.1% | |
| Falmouth and Camborne | Con | 11,025 | 22.4 | 74.1% | |
| Fareham | Con | 16,316 | 30.8 | 72.7% | |
| Faversham | Con | 14,597 | 26.0 | 72.5% | |
| Feltham and Heston | Con | 2,148 | 3.9 | 68.9% | |
| Finchley | Con | 9,314 | 24.2 | 68.4% | |
| Folkestone and Hythe | Con | 11,670 | 24.4 | 69.8% | |
| Fulham | Con | 4,789 | 12.2 | 75.5% | |
| Fylde | Con | 17,102 | 38.6 | 70.4% | |
| Gainsborough and Horncastle | Con | 5,067 | 10.1 | 74.0% | |
| Gateshead East | Lab | 10,322 | 21.7 | 68.7% | |
| Gedling | Con | 14,664 | 29.2 | 74.5% | |
| Gillingham | Con | 10,843 | 21.3 | 72.7% | |
| Glanford and Scunthorpe | Con | 637 | 1.2 | 72.5% | |
| Gloucester | Con | 12,537 | 22.3 | 74.6% | |
| Gloucestershire West | Con | 9,652 | 16.3 | 78.5% | |
| Gosport | Con | 14,451 | 31.1 | 70.7% | |
| Grantham | Con | 18,911 | 34.3 | 72.6% | |
| Gravesham | Con | 8,463 | 15.4 | 75.9% | |
| Great Grimsby | Lab | 731 | 1.5 | 72.8% | |
| Great Yarmouth | Con | 11,200 | 25.2 | 70.0% | |
| Greenwich | Lab | 1,211 | 3.5 | 67.1% | |
| Guildford | Con | 11,824 | 21.7 | 71.6% | |
| Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | 8,545 | 23.4 | 54.4% | |
| Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | 7,691 | 20.1 | 53.5% | |
| Halesowen and Stourbridge | Con | 13,316 | 22.8 | 75.4% | |
| Halifax | Con | 1,869 | 3.4 | 74.2% | |
| Halton | Lab | 6,829 | 12.8 | 72.2% | |
| Hammersmith | Lab | 1,954 | 5.9 | 70.7% | |
| Hampshire East | Con | 18,327 | 31.1 | 73.1% | |
| Hampshire North West | Con | 12,122 | 24.8 | 73.3% | |
| Hampstead and Highgate | Con | 3,370 | 7.6 | 66.5% | |
| Harborough | Con | 18,485 | 33.7 | 74.8% | |
| Harlow | Con | 3,674 | 6.9 | 75.4% | |
| Harrogate | Con | 15,888 | 31.6 | 68.1% | |
| Harrow East | Con | 12,668 | 21.9 | 71.7% | |
| Harrow West | Con | 11,021 | 20.8 | 71.5% | |
| Hartlepool | Lab | 3,090 | 6.4 | 68.8% | |
| Harwich | Con | 12,502 | 24.7 | 69.5% | |
| Hastings and Rye | Con | 10,980 | 22.8 | 68.2% | |
| Havant | Con | 11,956 | 22.7 | 71.0% | |
| Hayes and Harlington | Con | 4,234 | 10.4 | 70.0% | |
| Hazel Grove | Con | 2,022 | 4.1 | 76.3% | |
| Hemsworth | Lab | 14,190 | 38.1 | 67.7% | |
| Hendon North | Con | 9,025 | 24.4 | 67.2% | |
| Hendon South | Con | 6,433 | 18.3 | 64.7% | |
| Henley | Con | 13,781 | 30.4 | 71.9% | |
| Hereford | Con | 2,277 | 4.7 | 74.9% | |
| 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% | |
| Hexham | Con | 8,308 | 20.0 | 75.3% | |
| Heywood and Middleton | Lab | 3,974 | 9.5 | 69.3% | |
| High Peak | Con | 9,940 | 18.8 | 77.6% | |
| Holborn and St Pancras | Lab | 7,259 | 16.8 | 59.9% | |
| Holland With Boston | Con | 11,736 | 26.0 | 70.2% | |
| Honiton | Con | 14,769 | 27.5 | 73.8% | |
| Hornchurch | Con | 9,184 | 20.2 | 72.7% | |
| Hornsey and Wood Green | Con | 3,899 | 7.4 | 70.6% | |
| Horsham | Con | 21,785 | 36.4 | 73.6% | |
| Houghton and Washington | Lab | 13,821 | 27.3 | 66.2% | |
| Hove | Con | 17,219 | 36.4 | 65.2% | |
| Huddersfield | Lab | 3,955 | 8.2 | 70.3% | |
| Hull East | Lab | 10,074 | 21.3 | 66.7% | |
| Hull North | Lab | 6,028 | 12.0 | 66.6% | |
| Hull West | Lab | 3,654 | 10.0 | 62.7% | |
| Huntingdon | Con | 20,348 | 37.1 | 70.7% | |
| Hyndburn | Con | 21 | 0.1 | 76.8% | |
| Ilford North | Con | 11,201 | 26.1 | 70.6% | |
| Ilford South | Con | 4,566 | 11.1 | 70.0% | |
| Ipswich | Lab | 1,077 | 2.1 | 74.5% | |
| Isle of Wight | Alliance | 3,503 | 4.7 | 79.0% | |
| Islington North | Lab | 5,607 | 15.2 | 61.2% | |
| Islington South and Finsbury | Lab | 363 | 1.0 | 61.7% | |
| Jarrow | Lab | 13,877 | 30.5 | 70.4% | |
| Keighley | Con | 2,774 | 5.5 | 78.0% | |
| Kensington | Con | 5,101 | 16.4 | 62.0% | |
| Kent Mid | Con | 12,543 | 26.4 | 70.6% | |
| Kettering | Con | 8,586 | 17.9 | 75.4% | |
| Kingston upon Thames | Con | 8,872 | 21.7 | 71.1% | |
| Kingswood | Con | 1,797 | 3.2 | 76.5% | |
| Knowsley North | Lab | 17,191 | 44.5 | 68.5% | |
| Knowsley South | Lab | 11,769 | 24.6 | 69.3% | |
| Lancashire West | Con | 6,858 | 12.5 | 73.2% | |
| Lancaster | Con | 10,636 | 25.4 | 73.8% | |
| Langbaurgh | Con | 6,024 | 10.4 | 73.9% | |
| Leeds Central | Lab | 8,222 | 21.1 | 61.1% | |
| Leeds East | Lab | 6,095 | 14.5 | 65.5% | |
| Leeds North East | Con | 8,995 | 19.5 | 69.9% | |
| Leeds North West | Con | 8,537 | 17.6 | 70.6% | |
| Leeds South and Morley | Lab | 5,854 | 14.2 | 67.2% | |
| Leeds West | Alliance | 2,048 | 4.4 | 68.2% | |
| Leicester East | Con | 933 | 1.9 | 72.3% | |
| Leicester South | Con | 7 | 0.0 | 71.4% | |
| Leicester West | Lab | 1,712 | 3.7 | 67.9% | |
| Leicestershire North West | Con | 6,662 | 12.0 | 80.0% | |
| Leigh | Lab | 12,314 | 25.1 | 71.4% | |
| Leominster | Con | 9,786 | 19.1 | 76.5% | |
| Lewes | Con | 13,904 | 27.8 | 73.5% | |
| Lewisham Deptford | Lab | 6,032 | 16.8 | 60.7% | |
| Lewisham East | Con | 1,909 | 4.5 | 68.8% | |
| Lewisham West | Con | 2,506 | 5.7 | 69.7% | |
| Leyton | Lab | 4,516 | 11.9 | 65.0% | |
| Lincoln | Con | 10,286 | 18.9 | 73.6% | |
| Lindsey East | Con | 7,517 | 14.7 | 72.3% | |
| Littleborough and Saddleworth | Con | 5,650 | 11.8 | 74.0% | |
| Liverpool Broadgreen | Lab | 3,800 | 8.3 | 71.4% | |
| Liverpool Garston | Lab | 4,002 | 8.7 | 70.9% | |
| Liverpool Mossley Hill | Alliance | 4,195 | 9.1 | 72.6% | |
| Liverpool Riverside | Lab | 17,378 | 45.2 | 61.8% | |
| Liverpool Walton | Lab | 14,115 | 27.6 | 68.9% | |
| Liverpool West Derby | Lab | 11,843 | 27.0 | 68.8% | |
| Loughborough | Con | 16,180 | 29.5 | 76.7% | |
| Ludlow | Con | 11,303 | 24.0 | 73.7% | |
| Luton North | Con | 11,981 | 22.2 | 76.1% | |
| Luton South | Con | 4,621 | 8.6 | 74.9% | |
| Macclesfield | Con | 20,679 | 37.7 | 73.9% | |
| Maidstone | Con | 7,226 | 13.9 | 72.7% | |
| Makerfield | Lab | 10,876 | 21.3 | 72.9% | |
| Manchester Blackley | Lab | 6,456 | 15.4 | 68.8% | |
| Manchester Central | Lab | 18,485 | 44.1 | 59.8% | |
| Manchester Gorton | Lab | 9,965 | 22.7 | 67.1% | |
| Manchester Withington | Con | 2,373 | 5.1 | 71.5% | |
| Manchester Wythenshawe | Lab | 10,684 | 25.2 | 68.6% | |
| Mansfield | Lab | 2,216 | 4.8 | 69.8% | |
| Medway | Con | 8,656 | 18.8 | 71.7% | |
| Meriden | Con | 15,018 | 28.3 | 70.6% | |
| Middlesbrough | Lab | 9,669 | 23.1 | 65.6% | |
| Milton Keynes | Con | 11,522 | 19.6 | 73.1% | |
| Mitcham and Morden | Con | 6,451 | 13.9 | 72.3% | |
| Mole Valley | Con | 14,718 | 30.2 | 74.0% | |
| Morecambe and Lunesdale | Con | 12,194 | 31.4 | 72.2% | |
| New Forest | Con | 20,925 | 40.7 | 72.7% | |
| Newark | Con | 14,283 | 29.2 | 75.4% | |
| Newbury | Con | 13,038 | 24.3 | 74.1% | |
| Newcastle under Lyme | Lab | 2,804 | 5.6 | 76.3% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Con | 2,228 | 5.0 | 70.3% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne East | Lab | 7,492 | 17.7 | 70.3% | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | Lab | 2,556 | 5.1 | 71.9% | |
| Newham North East | Lab | 8,509 | 21.9 | 61.5% | |
| Newham North West | Lab | 6,918 | 24.7 | 55.6% | |
| Newham South | Lab | 7,311 | 27.1 | 53.1% | |
| 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% | |
| Normanton | Lab | 4,183 | 9.7 | 69.5% | |
| Northampton North | Con | 9,860 | 20.0 | 71.1% | |
| Northampton South | Con | 15,126 | 30.2 | 71.8% | |
| Northavon | Con | 12,983 | 22.6 | 76.7% | |
| Norwich North | Con | 5,879 | 12.3 | 75.2% | |
| Norwich South | Con | 1,712 | 3.5 | 75.5% | |
| Norwood | Lab | 2,883 | 7.9 | 65.2% | |
| Nottingham East | Con | 1,464 | 3.4 | 62.9% | |
| Nottingham North | Con | 362 | 0.8 | 65.2% | |
| Nottingham South | Con | 5,715 | 11.8 | 69.4% | |
| Nuneaton | Con | 5,061 | 9.9 | 76.1% | |
| Old Bexley and Sidcup | Con | 12,718 | 34.2 | 73.1% | |
| Oldham Central and Royton | Lab | 3,312 | 7.4 | 66.3% | |
| Oldham West | Lab | 3,180 | 7.9 | 69.1% | |
| Orpington | Con | 10,151 | 22.7 | 74.9% | |
| Oxford East | Con | 1,267 | 2.7 | 73.0% | |
| Oxford West and Abingdon | Con | 7,151 | 14.3 | 73.0% | |
| Peckham | Lab | 8,824 | 27.4 | 54.0% | |
| Pendle | Con | 6,135 | 11.9 | 78.8% | |
| Penrith and the Border | Con | 15,421 | 31.0 | 72.2% | |
| Peterborough | Con | 10,439 | 18.0 | 72.5% | |
| Plymouth Devonport | Alliance | 4,936 | 10.5 | 75.0% | |
| Plymouth Drake | Con | 8,585 | 22.1 | 73.6% | |
| Plymouth Sutton | Con | 11,687 | 25.6 | 75.3% | |
| Pontefract and Castleford | Lab | 13,691 | 31.3 | 66.5% | |
| Poole | Con | 14,429 | 27.7 | 72.7% | |
| Portsmouth North | Con | 17,999 | 31.7 | 72.0% | |
| Portsmouth South | Con | 12,335 | 24.6 | 66.8% | |
| Preston | Lab | 6,978 | 15.0 | 71.0% | |
| Pudsey | Con | 5,314 | 9.9 | 74.9% | |
| Putney | Con | 5,019 | 10.7 | 72.9% | |
| Ravensbourne | Con | 15,512 | 36.0 | 72.2% | |
| Reading East | Con | 11,508 | 24.2 | 69.5% | |
| Reading West | Con | 11,399 | 23.8 | 71.6% | |
| Redcar | Lab | 3,104 | 6.9 | 70.2% | |
| Reigate | Con | 16,307 | 32.2 | 71.2% | |
| Ribble Valley | Con | 18,591 | 40.4 | 75.7% | |
| Richmond (Yorks) | Con | 18,066 | 35.0 | — | |
| Richmond and Barnes | Con | 74 | 0.2 | 78.9% | |
| Rochdale | Alliance | 7,587 | 16.0 | 70.3% | |
| Rochford | Con | 13,102 | 25.7 | 72.5% | |
| Romford | Con | 10,574 | 27.2 | 68.9% | |
| Romsey and Waterside | Con | 13,690 | 25.5 | 74.7% | |
| Rossendale and Darwen | Con | 8,821 | 15.3 | 76.9% | |
| Rother Valley | Lab | 8,625 | 18.4 | 70.9% | |
| Rotherham | Lab | 11,709 | 28.6 | 66.1% | |
| Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | 14,241 | 24.5 | 77.0% | |
| Ruislip Northwood | Con | 12,982 | 31.6 | 72.1% | |
| Rushcliffe | Con | 20,220 | 37.4 | 75.8% | |
| Rutland and Melton | Con | 18,353 | 33.3 | 72.3% | |
| Ryedale | Con | 16,142 | 28.7 | 70.9% | |
| Saffron Walden | Con | 15,249 | 28.6 | 75.9% | |
| Salford East | Lab | 9,541 | 24.0 | 61.6% | |
| Salisbury | Con | 7,174 | 13.3 | 72.0% | |
| Scarborough | Con | 13,929 | 27.0 | 70.4% | |
| Sedgefield | Lab | 8,281 | 18.4 | 72.1% | |
| Selby | Con | 15,965 | 33.9 | 71.2% | |
| Sevenoaks | Con | 15,706 | 29.9 | 72.7% | |
| Sheffield Attercliffe | Lab | 11,612 | 25.9 | 68.9% | |
| Sheffield Brightside | Lab | 15,209 | 34.5 | 64.7% | |
| Sheffield Central | Lab | 16,790 | 40.8 | 61.1% | |
| Sheffield Hallam | Con | 11,774 | 22.2 | 72.0% | |
| Sheffield Heeley | Lab | 8,368 | 15.9 | 69.8% | |
| Sheffield Hillsborough | Lab | 1,546 | 2.8 | 74.5% | |
| Sherwood | Con | 658 | 1.3 | 75.3% | |
| Shipley | Con | 11,445 | 22.0 | 76.1% | |
| Shoreham | Con | 15,766 | 30.7 | 72.9% | |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | 8,624 | 17.5 | 73.0% | |
| Shropshire North | Con | 11,667 | 21.9 | 71.7% | |
| Skipton and Ripon | Con | 15,046 | 28.9 | 74.0% | |
| Slough | Con | 3,106 | 6.0 | 70.7% | |
| Solihull | Con | 17,394 | 33.1 | 70.5% | |
| Somerton and Frome | Con | 9,227 | 18.6 | 75.7% | |
| South Hams | Con | 12,401 | 22.3 | 74.2% | |
| South Ribble | Con | 12,659 | 22.5 | 76.7% | |
| South Shields | Lab | 6,402 | 15.6 | 65.4% | |
| Southampton Itchen | Con | 5,290 | 10.0 | 72.4% | |
| Southampton Test | Con | 9,346 | 17.1 | 72.2% | |
| Southend East | Con | 10,691 | 27.4 | 66.9% | |
| Southend West | Con | 8,033 | 16.6 | 70.9% | |
| Southport | Con | 5,039 | 9.9 | 71.7% | |
| Southwark and Bermondsey | Alliance | 5,164 | 15.0 | 61.3% | |
| Spelthorne | Con | 13,506 | 26.3 | 70.1% | |
| St Albans | Con | 8,561 | 15.0 | 77.2% | |
| St Helens North | Lab | 9,259 | 17.5 | 73.5% | |
| St Helens South | Lab | 9,662 | 19.8 | 69.7% | |
| St Ives | Con | 7,859 | 16.6 | 73.1% | |
| Stafford | Con | 14,277 | 26.4 | 75.5% | |
| Staffordshire Mid | Con | 13,880 | 26.6 | 76.3% | |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | Con | 16,566 | 29.6 | 76.2% | |
| Staffordshire South | Con | 19,760 | 35.7 | 74.7% | |
| Staffordshire South East | Con | 10,898 | 22.5 | 75.4% | |
| Stalybridge and Hyde | Lab | 4,362 | 9.1 | 69.7% | |
| Stamford and Spalding | Con | 11,756 | 24.0 | 73.4% | |
| Stevenage | Con | 1,755 | 3.3 | 76.8% | |
| Stockport | Con | 5,786 | 13.2 | 74.0% | |
| Stockton North | Lab | 1,870 | 3.8 | 69.4% | |
| Stockton South | Alliance | 102 | 0.2 | 71.2% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | 8,250 | 18.7 | 65.2% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab | 8,203 | 15.4 | 70.2% | |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | Lab | 7,105 | 14.5 | 68.9% | |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Con | 17,917 | 32.1 | 72.0% | |
| Streatham | Con | 5,902 | 15.0 | 65.0% | |
| Stretford | Lab | 4,342 | 10.8 | 69.2% | |
| Stroud | Con | 11,714 | 19.5 | 76.7% | |
| 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% | |
| Sunderland North | Lab | 7,196 | 13.8 | 65.8% | |
| Sunderland South | Lab | 5,548 | 11.1 | 65.9% | |
| Surbiton | Con | 8,749 | 26.1 | 70.6% | |
| Surrey East | Con | 15,436 | 35.6 | 73.2% | |
| Surrey North West | Con | 21,018 | 38.2 | 69.2% | |
| Surrey South West | Con | 14,351 | 27.6 | 73.4% | |
| Sussex Mid | Con | 16,744 | 29.1 | 73.7% | |
| Sutton and Cheam | Con | 10,264 | 21.9 | 73.4% | |
| Sutton Coldfield | Con | 18,984 | 39.1 | 70.8% | |
| Swindon | Con | 1,395 | 2.5 | 73.2% | |
| Tatton | Con | 13,960 | 27.3 | 73.4% | |
| Taunton | Con | 12,567 | 23.6 | 74.6% | |
| Teignbridge | Con | 8,218 | 15.7 | 76.7% | |
| Thanet North | Con | 14,545 | 31.7 | 68.1% | |
| Thanet South | Con | 14,051 | 32.4 | 69.2% | |
| Thurrock | Lab | 1,722 | 3.8 | 66.9% | |
| Tiverton | Con | 7,886 | 15.9 | 76.6% | |
| Tonbridge and Malling | Con | 13,520 | 24.9 | 73.5% | |
| Tooting | Lab | 2,659 | 5.8 | 66.8% | |
| Torbay | Con | 6,555 | 13.4 | 71.8% | |
| Tottenham | Lab | 9,396 | 21.8 | 62.8% | |
| Truro | Alliance | 10,480 | 19.2 | 78.7% | |
| Tunbridge Wells | Con | 15,126 | 28.3 | 71.7% | |
| Twickenham | Con | 4,792 | 9.6 | 76.9% | |
| Tyne Bridge | Lab | 11,693 | 31.3 | 61.0% | |
| Tynemouth | Con | 9,609 | 17.3 | 73.8% | |
| Upminster | Con | 12,814 | 26.8 | 71.1% | |
| Uxbridge | Con | 12,837 | 28.8 | 71.4% | |
| Vauxhall | Lab | 7,780 | 19.8 | 60.1% | |
| Wakefield | Lab | 360 | 0.8 | 68.4% | |
| Wallasey | Con | 6,708 | 13.5 | 71.7% | |
| Wallsend | Lab | 12,514 | 23.1 | 70.4% | |
| Walsall North | Lab | 2,824 | 5.8 | 70.0% | |
| Walsall South | Lab | 702 | 1.4 | 73.4% | |
| Walthamstow | Lab | 1,305 | 3.9 | 68.1% | |
| Wansbeck | Lab | 7,831 | 17.0 | 72.1% | |
| Wansdyke | Con | 13,066 | 23.3 | 77.9% | |
| Wanstead and Woodfod | Con | 14,354 | 36.4 | 67.7% | |
| Wantage | Con | 10,125 | 20.6 | 75.7% | |
| Warley East | Lab | 3,391 | 8.6 | 68.0% | |
| Warley West | Lab | 5,268 | 13.6 | 66.9% | |
| Warrington North | Lab | 5,277 | 10.4 | 71.7% | |
| Warrington South | Con | 6,465 | 11.9 | 73.4% | |
| Warwick and Leamington | Con | 13,032 | 25.0 | 72.6% | |
| Warwickshire North | Con | 2,585 | 4.8 | 76.9% | |
| Watford | Con | 12,006 | 21.9 | 75.1% | |
| Waveney | Con | 14,298 | 24.4 | 74.4% | |
| Wealden | Con | 17,185 | 34.6 | 70.9% | |
| Wellingborough | Con | 12,056 | 22.9 | 76.7% | |
| Wells | Con | 6,575 | 13.6 | 76.5% | |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Con | 12,246 | 21.2 | 78.3% | |
| Wentworth | Lab | 15,935 | 36.9 | 68.7% | |
| West Bromwich East | Lab | 298 | 0.7 | 69.2% | |
| West Bromwich West | Lab | 6,639 | 17.8 | 63.0% | |
| Westbury | Con | 8,506 | 14.1 | 74.5% | |
| Westminster North | Con | 1,710 | 3.9 | 63.9% | |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | 16,587 | 34.2 | 71.4% | |
| Weston Super Mare | Con | 9,491 | 18.2 | 72.1% | |
| Wigan | Lab | 17,305 | 31.6 | 74.9% | |
| Wiltshire North | Con | 7,232 | 12.4 | 75.6% | |
| Wimbledon | Con | 11,546 | 24.9 | 71.7% | |
| Winchester | Con | 13,047 | 23.5 | 75.1% | |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Con | 18,203 | 32.9 | 69.3% | |
| Wirral South | Con | 13,838 | 30.0 | 74.7% | |
| Wirral West | Con | 15,151 | 33.5 | 72.5% | |
| Witney | Con | 12,712 | 24.5 | 73.7% | |
| Woking | Con | 16,237 | 28.9 | 70.8% | |
| Wokingham | Con | 15,698 | 28.8 | 74.8% | |
| Wolverhampton North East | Lab | 214 | 0.5 | 69.4% | |
| Wolverhampton South East | Lab | 5,012 | 12.9 | 68.3% | |
| Wolverhampton South West | Con | 11,520 | 23.1 | 71.6% | |
| Woodspring | Con | 15,132 | 27.3 | 76.7% | |
| Woolwich | Alliance | 2,725 | 7.1 | 67.2% | |
| Worcester | Con | 10,871 | 22.1 | 73.1% | |
| Worcestershire Mid | Con | 14,205 | 25.7 | 73.6% | |
| Worcestershire South | Con | 11,389 | 21.1 | 72.7% | |
| Workington | Lab | 7,128 | 16.0 | 78.6% | |
| Worsley | Lab | 4,139 | 7.7 | 73.7% | |
| Worthing | Con | 15,253 | 28.3 | 70.5% | |
| Wrekin The | Con | 1,331 | 2.3 | 74.3% | |
| Wycombe | Con | 13,197 | 26.3 | 70.6% | |
| Wyre | Con | 14,811 | 31.5 | 70.6% | |
| Wyre Forest | Con | 8,177 | 15.9 | 74.2% | |
| Yeovil | Alliance | 3,406 | 6.5 | 78.9% | |
| York | Con | 3,647 | 6.2 | 74.3% |
Questions and answers
Who won in England at the 1983 general election?
The Conservatives won 362 of the 523 seats in England, with 46.0% of the vote.
How many seats were there in England in 1983?
523 constituencies.
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