UK Polling History: Election of 9 June 1983
Election result map
Result summary
Parties | ||||||||||||
Conservative | Labour | Alliance | Ulster Unionist |
DUP | SNP | Plaid Cymru |
Sinn Fein |
Other | SDLP | Alliance (NI) |
Workers' Party |
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Total seats | 397 | 209 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Total votes | 13,012,592 | 8,457,118 | 7,780,589 | 259,952 | 152,749 | 331,975 | 125,309 | 102,721 | 234,967 | 137,012 | 61,275 | 14,650 |
Seats gained | +35 | -37 | – | +2 | -1 | – | – | – | -2 | -1 | – | – |
Votes gained | -694,291 | -2,260,000 | – | -81,429 | -18,382 | -62,948 | -5,348 | -4,489 | -151,055 | -30,088 | -24,696 | – |
Share of votes | 42.4% | 27.6% | 25.4% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Share of eligible voters | 30.5% | 19.8% | 18.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Gain in share of votes | -1.5% | -9.6% | – | -0.0% | +0.1% | +0.2% | -0.0% | +0.3% | -0.8% | +0.1% | -0.2% | – |
Gain in share of eligible voters | -2.4% | -8.1% | – | -0.1% | +0.1% | +0.1% | -0.0% | +0.2% | -0.6% | +0.0% | -0.1% | – |
Total votes: | 30,670,909 | |
Electorate: | 42,691,975 | |
Turnout: | 71.8% | |
Swing: | 5.0% | Sinn Fein from Labour |