South East: 1983 general election results

How South East voted at the 1983 general election: the Conservatives won 76 of 77 seats with 55.9% of the vote. Every constituency result.

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South East: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	76	+7	2,231,067	55.9%	−0.1	77
SDP–Liberal Alliance	1	new	1,152,419	28.9%	—	77
Labour	0	−2	579,826	14.5%	−10.3	77
Others	0	0	28,630	0.7%	−0.2	42

Change compared with the 1979 general election in South East.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout
Aldershot	Con	12,218	21.7	71.7%
Arundel	Con	15,705	30.1	69.0%
Ashford	Con	13,911	29.0	72.2%
Aylesbury	Con	14,920	28.7	70.5%
Banbury	Con	13,025	26.5	74.2%
Basingstoke	Con	12,450	22.5	75.7%
Beaconsfield	Con	18,300	38.2	71.4%
Berkshire East	Con	16,099	26.9	72.5%
Bexhill and Battle	Con	19,746	43.8	72.2%
Brighton Kemptown	Con	9,378	21.5	70.7%
Brighton Pavilion	Con	11,132	26.9	68.7%
Buckingham	Con	13,968	28.9	76.0%
Canterbury	Con	15,742	30.6	69.1%
Chertsy and Walton	Con	15,699	30.9	71.6%
Chesham and Amersham	Con	15,869	29.9	74.8%
Chichester	Con	20,117	36.1	71.2%
Crawley	Con	11,814	21.9	75.4%
Dartford	Con	13,569	24.8	75.4%
Dover	Con	9,220	17.5	76.6%
Eastbourne	Con	13,486	25.3	72.4%
Eastleigh	Con	13,008	20.5	76.0%
Epsom and Ewell	Con	17,195	33.8	71.2%
Esher	Con	15,912	35.2	72.2%
Fareham	Con	16,316	30.8	72.7%
Faversham	Con	14,597	26.0	72.5%
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	11,670	24.4	69.8%
Gillingham	Con	10,843	21.3	72.7%
Gosport	Con	14,451	31.1	70.7%
Gravesham	Con	8,463	15.4	75.9%
Guildford	Con	11,824	21.7	71.6%
Hampshire East	Con	18,327	31.1	73.1%
Hampshire North West	Con	12,122	24.8	73.3%
Hastings and Rye	Con	10,980	22.8	68.2%
Havant	Con	11,956	22.7	71.0%
Henley	Con	13,781	30.4	71.9%
Horsham	Con	21,785	36.4	73.6%
Hove	Con	17,219	36.4	65.2%
Isle of Wight	Alliance	3,503	4.7	79.0%
Kent Mid	Con	12,543	26.4	70.6%
Lewes	Con	13,904	27.8	73.5%
Maidstone	Con	7,226	13.9	72.7%
Medway	Con	8,656	18.8	71.7%
Milton Keynes	Con	11,522	19.6	73.1%
Mole Valley	Con	14,718	30.2	74.0%
New Forest	Con	20,925	40.7	72.7%
Newbury	Con	13,038	24.3	74.1%
Oxford East	Con	1,267	2.7	73.0%
Oxford West and Abingdon	Con	7,151	14.3	73.0%
Portsmouth North	Con	17,999	31.7	72.0%
Portsmouth South	Con	12,335	24.6	66.8%
Reading East	Con	11,508	24.2	69.5%
Reading West	Con	11,399	23.8	71.6%
Reigate	Con	16,307	32.2	71.2%
Romsey and Waterside	Con	13,690	25.5	74.7%
Sevenoaks	Con	15,706	29.9	72.7%
Shoreham	Con	15,766	30.7	72.9%
Slough	Con	3,106	6.0	70.7%
Southampton Itchen	Con	5,290	10.0	72.4%
Southampton Test	Con	9,346	17.1	72.2%
Spelthorne	Con	13,506	26.3	70.1%
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%
Thanet North	Con	14,545	31.7	68.1%
Thanet South	Con	14,051	32.4	69.2%
Tonbridge and Malling	Con	13,520	24.9	73.5%
Tunbridge Wells	Con	15,126	28.3	71.7%
Wantage	Con	10,125	20.6	75.7%
Wealden	Con	17,185	34.6	70.9%
Winchester	Con	13,047	23.5	75.1%
Windsor and Maidenhead	Con	18,203	32.9	69.3%
Witney	Con	12,712	24.5	73.7%
Woking	Con	16,237	28.9	70.8%
Wokingham	Con	15,698	28.8	74.8%
Worthing	Con	15,253	28.3	70.5%
Wycombe	Con	13,197	26.3	70.6%

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Questions and answers

Who won in South East at the 1983 general election?

The Conservatives won 76 of the 77 seats in South East, with 55.9% of the vote.

How many seats were there in South East in 1983?

77 constituencies.

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