1983 United Kingdom general election

E116327

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.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
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 UK parliamentary elections ⓘ
previousElection 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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margaret Thatcher government → electionVictory → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981) → participatedInElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: Social Democratic Party
United Kingdom general election, 1979 → nextElection → United Kingdom general election, 1983 ⓘ
linked to: 1983 United Kingdom general election
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 general election ⓘ
linked to: 1983 United Kingdom general election
Clare Short → wasElectedIn → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Dunfermline East (UK Parliament constituency) → createdForElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: MP for Dunfermline East
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 in Wakefield ⓘ
linked to: 1983 United Kingdom general election
East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election in East Lothian ⓘ
linked to: 1983 United Kingdom general election
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 ⓘ
Foyle → firstElectionContested → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
David Madel → election → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Dennis Skinner → electedIn → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Congleton (UK Parliament constituency) → firstElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
49th Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Labour Party 1983 manifesto → election → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Wealden (UK Parliament constituency) → firstElectionContested → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
York (UK Parliament constituency) → notableElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Hertsmere (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Rochford (UK Parliament constituency) → createdBy → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency) → firstElectionAsConstituency → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Kilmarnock (UK Parliament constituency) → lastElectionBeforeAbolition → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency) → firstElectionContested → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Hertford and Stortford → firstElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Bristol North West → hasElectionResult → 1983 United Kingdom general election in Bristol North West ⓘ
linked to: 1983 United Kingdom general election
Hampstead and Highgate → startElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Bury and Radcliffe → abolishedForElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
South West Hertfordshire → hasElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Delyn → firstElectionHeld → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Blyth Valley → firstElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Leeds Central → hasElection → UK general election 1983 ⓘ
linked to: 1983 United Kingdom general election
Ellesmere Port and Neston → firstElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Boothferry (UK Parliament constituency) → firstElectionHeld → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Terry Fields → electedIn → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
North West Hampshire → firstElectionContested → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
subject linked to: MP for North West Hampshire
Eddisbury → hasElection → 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ