Closest seats at the 1983 general election

The smallest winning majorities in UK general elections since 1918, in votes and as a share of the vote.

#	Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Majority	%
1	Leicester South	Con	Lab	7	0.01
2	Hyndburn	Con	Lab	21	0.05
3	Carlisle	Lab	Con	71	0.17
4	Richmond and Barnes	Con	Alliance	74	0.17
5	Mid-Ulster	DUP	SF	78	0.14
6	Stockton South	Alliance	Con	102	0.19
7	Bradford South	Lab	Con	110	0.22
8	Wolverhampton North East	Lab	Con	214	0.48
9	Birmingham Erdington	Lab	Con	231	0.62
10	Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	Con	290	0.54
11	West Bromwich East	Lab	Con	298	0.71
12	Wakefield	Lab	Con	360	0.76
13	Nottingham North	Con	Lab	362	0.76
14	Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	Alliance	363	0.98
15	Antrim East	UUP	DUP	367	0.96
16	Chelmsford	Con	Alliance	378	0.60
17	Derby South	Lab	Con	421	0.91
18	Wrexham	Lab	Con	424	0.90
19	Edinburgh West	Con	Alliance	498	1.08
20	Down South	UUP	SDLP	548	1.07
21	Newport West	Con	Lab	581	1.38
22	Glanford and Scunthorpe	Con	Lab	637	1.20
23	Sherwood	Con	Lab	658	1.25
24	Montgomery	Alliance	Con	668	2.25
25	Walsall South	Lab	Con	702	1.40
26	Great Grimsby	Lab	Con	731	1.45
27	Burnley	Lab	Con	770	1.52
28	Gordon	Alliance	Con	850	1.85
29	Batley and Spen	Con	Lab	870	1.61
30	Erith and Crayford	Con	Alliance	920	2.23
31	Leicester East	Con	Lab	933	1.90
32	Banff and Buchan	Con	SNP	937	2.32
33	Ipswich	Lab	Con	1,077	2.12
34	Carmarthen	Lab	Con	1,154	2.21
35	Glasgow Hillhead	Alliance	Lab	1,164	2.84
36	Edmonton	Con	Lab	1,193	2.67
37	Gower	Lab	Con	1,205	2.70
38	Greenwich	Lab	Con	1,211	3.47
39	Oxford East	Con	Lab	1,267	2.69
40	Walthamstow	Lab	Con	1,305	3.93
41	Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Con	Alliance	1,322	3.16
42	Bridgend	Con	Lab	1,327	3.20
43	Wrekin The	Con	Lab	1,331	2.28
44	Alyn and Deeside	Lab	Con	1,368	3.10
45	Basildon	Con	Lab	1,379	3.05
46	Swindon	Con	Lab	1,395	2.45
47	Nottingham East	Con	Lab	1,464	3.36
48	Sheffield Hillsborough	Lab	Alliance	1,546	2.75
49	Clwyd South West	Con	Alliance	1,551	3.60
50	Newry and Armagh	UUP	SDLP	1,554	3.28

Single-member seats with a recorded contest. Percentages are of valid votes.

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