Margaret Thatcher vs Roy Jenkins

Margaret Thatcher and Roy Jenkins faced each other at the 1983 general election: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Roy Jenkins

Party: SDP–Liberal Alliance
Elections: 1
Most seats: 0
Best: 23 seats

1983

326 for a majority

Con397
Lab209
Alliance23
UUP11
DUP3
Smaller parties7

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Margaret Thatcher PM	Conservative	397	42.4%	13,012,592
Roy Jenkins	SDP–Liberal Alliance	23	25.4%	7,780,589

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