1983 General election results summary
- Electorate – 42,197,344
- Turnout – 72.7%
Chart: Seats won at the 1983 general election
| Con — 397 |
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| Lab — 209 |
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| Lib Dem — 23 |
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| Others — 21 |
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Table: 1983 general election results summary
| Party |
Seats |
Gain |
Loss |
Net |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
397 |
47 |
10 |
+37 |
13,012,316 |
42.4 |
–1.5 |
|
Labour |
209 |
4 |
55 |
–51 |
8,456,934 |
27.6 |
–9.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat/SDP Alliance |
23 |
12 |
0 |
+12 |
7,780,949 |
25.4 |
+11.6 |
|
Ulster Unionist |
11 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
259,952 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
|
Democratic Unionist |
3 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
152,749 |
0.5 |
+0.3 |
|
Plaid Cymru |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
125,309 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
|
Scottish National |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
331,975 |
1.1 |
–0.5 |
|
SDLP |
1 |
0 |
1 |
–1 |
137,012 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
|
Sinn Féin |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
102,701 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
|
Ulster Popular Unionist |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
22,861 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
BBC coverage of the 1983 general election results
Election 1983 manifestos
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