UK Polling History - Election of 9 June 1983

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UK Polling History: Election of 9 June 1983 – Ashford

«	Previous election 3 May 1979

Following election
11 June 1987

Result summary

	Parties
	Conservative	Alliance	Labour	Other
Votes	27,230	13,319	6,167	1,220
Votes gained	+1,006	–	-6,419	+542
Share of votes	56.8%	27.8%	12.9%	2.5%
Share of eligible voters	41.0%	20.1%	9.3%	1.8%
Gain in share of votes	+1.2%	–	-13.8%	+1.1%
Gain in share of eligible voters	-1.6%	–	-11.2%	+0.7%

Total votes:	47,936
Electorate:	66,351
Turnout:	72.2%
Outcome:		Conservative hold
Swing:	7.5%	Conservative from Labour

Polling history

List of contests

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Other	UKIP	National Liberal	Green	Reform UK	Others

Date	Type	Parties
Date	Type	Conservative	Labour	Liberal	Liberal Democrat	Alliance	Other	UKIP	National Liberal	Green	Reform UK	Others
4 July 2024	General Election	13,483	15,262		2,445					4,355	10,141	1,289
12 December 2019	General Election	37,270	13,241		6,048		862			2,638		0
8 June 2017	General Election	35,318	17,840		3,101			2,218		1,402		0
7 May 2015	General Election	30,094	10,580		3,433			10,798		2,467		0
6 May 2010	General Election	29,878	9,204		12,581			2,508		1,014		0
5 May 2005	General Election	26,651	13,353		8,308		3,373					0
7 June 2001	General Election	22,739	15,380		7,236		2,582					0
1 May 1997	General Election	22,899	17,544		10,901		3,950					0
9 April 1992	General Election	31,031	11,365		13,672		773					0
11 June 1987	General Election	29,978	7,775			14,490	778					0
9 June 1983	General Election	27,230	6,167			13,319	1,220					0
3 May 1979	General Election	26,224	12,586	7,631			678					0
10 October 1974	General Election	19,294	13,269	10,983								0
28 February 1974	General Election	21,773	12,077	13,314								0
18 June 1970	General Election	26,649	14,037	7,902								0
31 March 1966	General Election	21,362	13,249	8,121								0
15 October 1964	General Election	21,026	11,989	9,531								0
8 October 1959	General Election	25,383	14,983									0
26 May 1955	General Election	23,992	15,685									0
25 October 1951	General Election	24,093	16,645									0
23 February 1950	General Election	21,095	14,948	4,828								0
5 July 1945	General Election	18,800	12,575	4,804								0
14 November 1935	General Election	21,323	6,333	8,338								0
27 October 1931	General Election	20,891							14,681			0
30 May 1929	General Election	14,579	3,885	15,753								0
29 October 1924	General Election	15,159	4,473	5,487								0
6 December 1923	General Election	12,644	7,709									0
15 November 1922	General Election	15,638	6,977									0
14 December 1918	General Election	10,258					2,408					0

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