1983 United Kingdom general election

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The 1983 United Kingdom general election was a landslide parliamentary contest in which the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, won a dominant second term amid a divided opposition and the backdrop of the Falklands War.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election
parliamentary election
AlliancePopularVoteShare 25.4%
AllianceSeatChange +12
AllianceSeatsWon 23
AllianceVoteSwing +11.6 percentage points
boundaryContext first general election after 1983 boundary changes
campaignIssue economic policy
nuclear disarmament
unemployment
ConservativePopularVoteShare 42.4%
ConservativeSeatChange +58
ConservativeSeatsWon 397
ConservativeVoteSwing +1.5 percentage points
context Falklands War
divided opposition
country United Kingdom
date 9 June 1983
electedBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
governmentAfterElection Conservative Party (UK)
governmentBeforeElection Conservative Party (UK)
heldIn United Kingdom
LabourManifestoNickname the longest suicide note in history
LabourPopularVoteShare 27.6%
LabourSeatChange -60
LabourSeatsWon 209
LabourVoteSwing -9.3 percentage points
leaderOfSecondParty Michael Foot
leaderOfThirdParty David Steel
Roy Jenkins
leaderOfWinningParty Margaret Thatcher
mainWinner Conservative Party (UK)
majoritySeats 326
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II
nextElection 1987 United Kingdom general election
notableDocument Labour Party 1983 manifesto
parliamentElected 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf United Kingdom general elections
surface form: UK parliamentary elections
previousElection United Kingdom general election, 1979
surface form: 1979 United Kingdom general election
primeMinisterAfterElection Margaret Thatcher
primeMinisterBeforeElection Margaret Thatcher
resultDescription landslide victory for the Conservative Party
secondParty Labour Party (UK)
termOfParliamentEnded 1987
thirdParty SDP–Liberal Alliance
totalSeats 650
turnout 72.7%
turnoutChange -3.2 percentage points
type parliamentary

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Margaret Thatcher government electionVictory 1983 United Kingdom general election
Social Democratic Party participatedInElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)
United Kingdom general election, 1979 nextElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: United Kingdom general election, 1983
1987 United Kingdom general election previousElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
West Derbyshire wasAbolishedFor 1983 United Kingdom general election
Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
Westmorland and Lonsdale firstElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
Westmorland and Lonsdale hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
Denton and Reddish (UK Parliament constituency) electsFrom 1983 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 1983 general election
Clare Short wasElectedIn 1983 United Kingdom general election
MP for Dunfermline East createdForElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
subject surface form: Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency)
Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) recreatedForElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
Bury North firstElectionContested 1983 United Kingdom general election
Bury South firstElectionHeld 1983 United Kingdom general election
Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) hasElectionResult 1983 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 1983 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield
East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
this entity surface form: 1983 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian
Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency) hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
Batley and Spen hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election
North Thanet firstElectionAsConstituency 1983 United Kingdom general election
South West Surrey hasElection 1983 United Kingdom general election