1983 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
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1983 United Kingdom general election
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All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout
72.7%, 4.14%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Michael Foot
Margaret Thatcher
David Steel (Lib.) David Owen (SDP)
Party
Labour
Conservative
Alliance
Leader since
10 November 1980
11 February 1975
7 July 1976 (Steel) 21 June 1983 (Owen)
Last election
44 seats, 41.5%
22 seats, 31.4%
3 seats, 9.0%
Seats won
41
21
8
Seat change
3
1
5
Popular vote
990,654
801,487
692,634
Percentage
35.1%
28.4%
24.5%
Swing
6.5%
3.0%
15.5%
Fourth party
Leader
Gordon Wilson
Party
SNP
Leader since
15 September 1979
Last election
2 seats, 17.3%
Seats won
2
Seat change
Popular vote
331,975
Percentage
11.8%
Swing
5.5%
Results of the 1983 election in Scotland
Main article: 1983 United Kingdom general election
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 9 June 1983 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
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]
^"Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020.
^Macwhirter, Iain (2014). Road to Referendum: The Essential Guide to the Scottish Referendum. Cargo Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908885-95-1.
^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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