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    The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher the...
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  • United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802. The members of the...
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    Harry Gourlay (Lab) died 20 April 1987 Lewisham, Deptford – John Silkin (Lab) died 26 April 1987 Results of the United Kingdom general election, 1983...
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    The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 12 December 2019, with 47,567,752 registered voters entitled to vote to elect 650 Members...
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    The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906. The Liberals, led by Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman, won...
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    The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 5 May 2005, to elect 646 members to the House of Commons. The governing Labour Party led...
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    The 1987 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. The election was the third consecutive...
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    The 2001 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 June 2001, four years after the previous election on 1 May 1997, to elect 659 members to...
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    The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 30 May 1929, and resulted in a hung parliament. Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party won the...
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    The 1983 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 9 June 1983 for 523 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservative Party won...
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    The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major was defeated...
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    A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 9 June 1983 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested. The Labour Party won 41 seats,...
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    The 1992 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 April 1992, to elect 651 members to the House of Commons. The governing Conservative Party...
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    The 1979 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the House of Commons. The election was held following...
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    1974 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members of the House of Commons. It was the second general election...
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    2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, to elect Members of Parliament (or MPs) to the House of Commons. The election took...
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  • This page details the results of the 1983 United Kingdom general election....
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    In the run-up to the 1983 general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed...
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    The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. The governing...
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  • In the United Kingdom, general elections occur at least every five years. About 650 constituencies return a member of Parliament. Prior to 1945, electoral...
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    The 1983 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 9 June with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post...
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  • an overview of United Kingdom general election results since 1922. The 1922 election was the first election in the new United Kingdom of Great Britain...
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    five types of elections in the United Kingdom: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (commonly called 'general elections' when all seats...
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    constituencies at the United Kingdom general election on 4 July 2024. The number of seats rose from 646 to 650 at the 2010 general election after proposals...
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    The 1983 United Kingdom general election in Wales took place on 9 June 1983 for all 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons. The Labour Party again won...
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    See the list of United Kingdom by-elections. Two seats were vacant when Parliament was dissolved preparatory to the 1983 general election: Cardiff, North-West...
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  • Events from the year 1983 in the United Kingdom. Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) 1 January – The British Nationality...
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    Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1983. The results were a success for Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who soon afterwards...
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    This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1987 general election, held on 11 June. The Parliament lasted until 1992, although the Prime...
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