397Conservative seats
42.4%Largest party’s vote share
72.7%Turnout
Election result
DATEPolling day9 June 1983
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won397
03Vote share42.4%
04Turnout72.7%
Government outcome
Conservative government · majority 144.
About this result
UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.
Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.
Detailed results and source data
Seats won by party
PartySeats
Conservative397
Labour209
Liberal / SDP Alliance23
SNP / Plaid Cymru4
Other parties17
House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.