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The 1983 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 9 June 1983 for 523 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservative Party won a landslide majority of English seats, gaining 37 seats for a total of 362. The Labour Party came second, winning 148 MPs, a decline of 45. Labour's share of the vote in England was its lowest since 1918, and its number of English MPs was its smallest since 1931.[1] The SDP–Liberal Alliance won 26.4% of the popular vote, just 0.4% behind Labour, but won only 13 seats compared to 148 for Labour, due to the first-past-the-post electoral system.[2]
Party[1] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
Conservative | 362 | N/A | N/A | 37 | 69.2 | 11,711,519 | 46.0 | 1.2 | |
Labour | 148 | N/A | N/A | 45 | 28.3 | 6,862,422 | 26.8 | 9.8 | |
Alliance | 13 | N/A | N/A | 8 | 2.5 | 6,714,957 | 26.4 | 11.5 | |
Other parties | 0 | N/A | N/A | — | 183,748 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||
25,472,646 | 72.5 |
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Parties elected to the House of Commons |
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Results by area | |
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