UK Polling History: Election of 9 June 1983 – Caithness and Sutherland
Result summary
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| Alliance | Conservative | Labour | SNP | |
| Votes | 12,119 | 5,276 | 3,325 | 2,568 |
| Votes gained | – | -1,798 | -6,288 | -3,919 |
| Share of votes | 52.0% | 22.7% | 14.3% | 11.0% |
| Share of eligible voters | 38.8% | 16.9% | 10.7% | 8.2% |
| Gain in share of votes | – | -7.9% | -27.2% | -17.0% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | – | -7.0% | -21.9% | -13.7% |
| Total votes: | 23,288 | |
| Electorate: | 31,201 | |
| Turnout: | 74.6% | |
| Outcome: | Alliance gain from Labour | |
| Swing: | 9.7% | Conservative from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Caithness, Sutherland, Wick Burghs 14 December 1918 |
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Constituency succeeded by Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 1 May 1997 |
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| Labour | Liberal | Conservative | SNP | Alliance | Other | Liberal Democrat |
National Liberal |
Coalition Liberal |
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National Liberal |
Coalition Liberal |
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| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 3,483 | 4,667 | 4,049 | 10,032 | |||||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 3,437 | 3,844 | 2,371 | 12,338 | 1,019 | ||||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 3,325 | 5,276 | 2,568 | 12,119 | |||||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 9,613 | 7,074 | 6,487 | ||||||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 7,941 | 4,949 | 4,240 | 5,381 | |||||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 8,574 | 6,222 | 5,104 | 3,814 | |||||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 8,768 | 6,063 | 5,334 | 3,690 | |||||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 8,308 | 8,244 | 4,662 | ||||||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 6,619 | 7,894 | 4,550 | 2,795 | |||||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 6,438 | 12,163 | |||||||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 5,364 | 2,674 | 10,453 | ||||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 6,799 | 3,299 | 9,814 | ||||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 5,767 | 6,700 | 6,969 | ||||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 5,558 | 5,503 | 5,564 | ||||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 12,071 | 4,621 | |||||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | Uncontested | ||||||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 13,462 | 3,041 | 1,711 | ||||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | Uncontested | ||||||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | Uncontested | ||||||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 5,803 | 7,715 | |||||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 4,036 | 6,769 | |||||||