1983 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 9 June 1983 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]

1983 United Kingdom general election
9 June 1983
All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout72.7%, Decrease4.14%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michael Foot Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader since 10 November 1980 11 February 1975
Last election 44 seats, 41.5% 22 seats, 31.4% 3 seats, 9.0%
Seats won 41 21 8
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease1 Increase5
Popular vote 990,654 801,487 692,634
Percentage 35.1% 28.4% 24.5%
Swing Decrease6.5% Decrease3.0% Increase15.5%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Gordon Wilson
Party SNP
Leader since 15 September 1979
Last election 2 seats, 17.3%
Seats won 2
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 331,975
Percentage 11.8%
Swing Decrease5.5%
Results of the 1983 election in Scotland
Main article: 1983 United Kingdom general election

The Labour Party won 41 seats, with the Conservative Party winning 21, the SDP–Liberal Alliance winning eight and the Scottish National Party winning two.[2][3]

Results
Party Seats Seats
change		 Votes % %
change
Labour 41 Decrease3 990,654 35.1 Decrease6.5
Conservative 21 Decrease1 801,487 28.4 Decrease3.0
Alliance 8 Increase5 692,634 24.5 Increase15.5
SNP 2 Steady 331,975 11.8 Decrease5.5
Other 0 Steady 7,830 0.3 Increase0.2
Turnout: 2,824,580 72.7
Popular vote
Labour
 
 35.1%
Conservative
 
 28.4%
Alliance
 
 24.5%
SNP
 
 11.8%
Other
 
 0.3%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 56.94%
Conservative
 
 29.16%
Alliance
 
 11.11%
SNP
 
 2.77%

See also

References
  1. "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020.
  2. Macwhirter, Iain (2014). Road to Referendum: The Essential Guide to the Scottish Referendum. Cargo Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908885-95-1.
  3. Letters (16 December 2021). "Scottish votes haven't influenced an English election result in 40 years". The National. Retrieved 2 January 2021. In 1983, Margaret Thatcher won 387 seats out of 650, a majority of 144. Labour secured 41 of the 72 seats in Scotland, the Tories 21, the SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 and the SNP 2. Obviously Scotland's 72 seats would not have influenced the outcome either way.
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