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UK Parliament - Popular Vote
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| Office | House of Commons |
| Type | Control Indicator |
| Filing Deadline | June 01, 1983 - 12:00pm |
| Polls Open | June 09, 1983 - 01:00am |
| Polls Close | June 09, 1983 - 05:00pm |
| Term Start | June 15, 1983 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | May 18, 1987 - 11:00am |
| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modified | Wishful Thinking May 08, 2005 01:49am |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description | Margaret Thatcher's re-election and landslide victory was a personal triumph.
She had performed the unusual feat of winning re-election, despite the mass unemployment her battle against inflation had seen.
But Thatcher took fewer votes than in 1979. Her landslide was caused by the almost equal split in support between Labour and the SDP-Liberal Alliance.
For Labour the 1983 election had been an unmitigated disaster. The only consolation for leader Michael Foot was that Labour had not lost second place to the strong challenge posed by the Alliance.
But although the Alliance could talk up the seven million votes it received it had actually won very few seats - leaving its dream of a breakthrough just that, a dream.
Key Party Leaders: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Michael Foot (Labour), Roy Jenkins (SDP/Liberal Alliance). |
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(I) Conservative Party |
Labour Party |
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Scottish National Party |
Ulster Unionist Party |
Others |
Democratic Unionist Party |
| Party | Conservative |
Labour |
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
Scottish National |
Ulster Unionist |
Other |
Democratic Unionist |
| Votes |  13,012,316 (42.43%) |
8,456,934 (27.57%) |
7,780,949 (25.37%) |
331,975 (1.08%) |
259,952 (0.85%) |
249,965 (0.82%) |
152,749 (0.50%) |
| Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-4,555,382 (-14.85%) |
-5,231,367 (-17.06%) |
-12,680,341 (-41.34%) |
-12,752,364 (-41.58%) |
-12,762,351 (-41.61%) |
-12,859,567 (-41.93%) |
| Predict Avg. | 0.00% |
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Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Plaid Cymru |
Sinn Féin |
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
| Party | Social Democratic and Labour |
Plaid Cymru |
Sinn Féin |
Alliance |
| Votes | 137,012 (0.45%) |
125,309 (0.41%) |
102,701 (0.34%) |
61,275 (0.20%) |
| Margin | -12,875,304 (-41.98%) |
-12,887,007 (-42.02%) |
-12,909,615 (-42.09%) |
-12,951,041 (-42.23%) |
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