1983 United Kingdom general election in England

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. 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.

1983 United Kingdom general election in England
9 June 1983
All 523 English seats in the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot
Party Conservative Labour Alliance
Leader since 11 February 1975 10 November 1980
Leader's seat Finchley Blaenau Gwent
Last election 306 seats, 47.2% 203 seats, 36.7% 7 seats, 14.9%
Seats before 325 193 5
Seats won 362 148 13
Seat change 37 45 8
Popular vote 11,711,519 6,862,422 6,714,957
Percentage 46.0% 26.8% 26.4%
Swing 1.2% 9.8% 11.5%
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