David Steel vs Michael Foot

David Steel and Michael Foot faced each other at the 1983 general election: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

David Steel

Party: SDP–Liberal Alliance
Elections: 3
Most seats: 0
Best: 23 seats

Michael Foot

Party: Labour
Elections: 1
Most seats: 0
Best: 209 seats

1983

326 for a majority

Con397
Lab209
Alliance23
UUP11
DUP3
Smaller parties7

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
David Steel	SDP–Liberal Alliance	23	25.4%	7,780,589
Michael Foot	Labour	209	27.6%	8,457,118

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