David Owen vs Margaret Thatcher

David Owen and Margaret Thatcher faced each other at the 1987 general election: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

David Owen

Party: SDP–Liberal Alliance
Elections: 1
Most seats: 0
Best: 22 seats

Margaret Thatcher

Party: Conservative
Elections: 3
Most seats: 3
Best: 397 seats

1987

326 for a majority

Con376
Lab229
Alliance22
UUP9
SNP3
Smaller parties11

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
David Owen	SDP–Liberal Alliance	22	22.6%	7,341,650
Margaret Thatcher PM	Conservative	376	42.3%	13,760,959

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