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All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 72.7%, ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results of the 1983 election in Scotland |
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 9 June 1983 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
The Labour Party won 41 seats, with the Conservative Party winning 21, the SDP–Liberal Alliance winning eight and the Scottish National Party winning two.[2][3]
Party | Seats | Seats change |
Votes | % | % change | |
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Labour | 41 | ![]() |
990,654 | 35.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 21 | ![]() |
801,487 | 28.4 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 8 | ![]() |
692,634 | 24.5 | ![]() | |
SNP | 2 | ![]() |
331,975 | 11.8 | ![]() | |
Other | 0 | ![]() |
7,830 | 0.3 | ![]() | |
Turnout: | 2,824,580 | 72.7 |