West Midlands: 1983 general election results
How West Midlands voted at the 1983 general election: the Conservatives won 36 of 58 seats with 45.0% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 36 | +5 | 1,261,738 | 45.0% | −2.1 | ||
| Labour | 22 | −3 | 874,172 | 31.2% | −8.9 | ||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | 0 | new | 655,982 | 23.4% | — | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 12,464 | 0.4% | |||||
Change compared with the 1979 general election in West Midlands.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldridge-Brownhills | Con | 12,284 | 25.8 | 77.1% | |
| 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% | |
| Bromsgrove | Con | 17,175 | 34.6 | 74.0% | |
| Burton | Con | 11,647 | 21.4 | 74.9% | |
| Cannock and Burntwood | Con | 2,045 | 4.0 | 76.3% | |
| 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% | |
| Dudley East | Lab | 5,816 | 10.9 | 70.4% | |
| Dudley West | Con | 8,723 | 14.8 | 74.8% | |
| Halesowen and Stourbridge | Con | 13,316 | 22.8 | 75.4% | |
| Hereford | Con | 2,277 | 4.7 | 74.9% | |
| Leominster | Con | 9,786 | 19.1 | 76.5% | |
| Ludlow | Con | 11,303 | 24.0 | 73.7% | |
| Meriden | Con | 15,018 | 28.3 | 70.6% | |
| Newcastle under Lyme | Lab | 2,804 | 5.6 | 76.3% | |
| Nuneaton | Con | 5,061 | 9.9 | 76.1% | |
| Rugby and Kenilworth | Con | 14,241 | 24.5 | 77.0% | |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | Con | 8,624 | 17.5 | 73.0% | |
| Shropshire North | Con | 11,667 | 21.9 | 71.7% | |
| Solihull | Con | 17,394 | 33.1 | 70.5% | |
| 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% | |
| 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% | |
| Sutton Coldfield | Con | 18,984 | 39.1 | 70.8% | |
| Walsall North | Lab | 2,824 | 5.8 | 70.0% | |
| Walsall South | Lab | 702 | 1.4 | 73.4% | |
| Warley East | Lab | 3,391 | 8.6 | 68.0% | |
| Warley West | Lab | 5,268 | 13.6 | 66.9% | |
| Warwick and Leamington | Con | 13,032 | 25.0 | 72.6% | |
| Warwickshire North | Con | 2,585 | 4.8 | 76.9% | |
| West Bromwich East | Lab | 298 | 0.7 | 69.2% | |
| West Bromwich West | Lab | 6,639 | 17.8 | 63.0% | |
| 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% | |
| 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% | |
| Wrekin The | Con | 1,331 | 2.3 | 74.3% | |
| Wyre Forest | Con | 8,177 | 15.9 | 74.2% |
West Midlands at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in West Midlands at the 1983 general election?
The Conservatives won 36 of the 58 seats in West Midlands, with 45.0% of the vote.
How many seats were there in West Midlands in 1983?
58 constituencies.
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