John Major vs Paddy Ashdown

John Major and Paddy Ashdown faced each other at the 1992 and 1997 general elections: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

John Major

Party: Conservative
Elections: 2
Most seats: 1
Best: 336 seats

Paddy Ashdown

Party: Liberal Democrats
Elections: 2
Most seats: 0
Best: 46 seats

1997

330 for a majority

Lab418
Con165
LD46
UUP10
SNP6
Smaller parties14

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
John Major	Conservative	165	30.7%	9,591,085
Paddy Ashdown	Liberal Democrats	46	16.8%	5,242,947

1992

326 for a majority

Con336
Lab271
LD20
UUP9
SDLP4
Smaller parties11

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
John Major PM	Conservative	336	41.9%	14,094,116
Paddy Ashdown	Liberal Democrats	20	17.9%	6,027,038

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