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{{Short description|British 1983 election}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1983 United Kingdom general election
| country = United Kingdom
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1979 United Kingdom general election
| previous_year = 1979
| outgoing_members = List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election
| next_election = 1987 United Kingdom general election
| next_year = 1987
| elected_members = List of MPs elected in the 1983 United Kingdom general election
| seats_for_election = All [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1983–1997)|650 seats]] in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]
| majority_seats = 326
| elected_mps = List of MPs elected in the 1983 United Kingdom general election
| election_date = 9 June 1983
| turnout = 72.7%, {{decrease}}3.3%
<!--      Conservative     -->
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Margaret Thatcher (1983).jpg|bSize = 113|cWidth = 113|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader1 = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
| leader_since1 = [[1975 Conservative Party leadership election|11 February 1975]]
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| leaders_seat1 = [[Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley]]
| last_election1 = 339 seats, 43.9%
| seats_before1 = 339
| seats1 = '''397'''
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}58{{efn|name=boundary change|Includes boundary change—so this is a nominal figure.}}
| popular_vote1 = '''13,012,316'''
| percentage1 = '''42.4%'''
| swing1 = {{decrease}}1.5%
<!--      Labour      -->
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image =Michael Foot (1981).jpg|bSize = 113|cWidth = 113|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
| leader2 = [[Michael Foot]]
| leader_since2 = [[1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|10 November 1980]]
| party2 = Labour Party (UK)
| leaders_seat2 = [[Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency)|Blaenau Gwent]]
| last_election2 = 269 seats, 36.9%
| seats_before2 = 261
| seats2 = 209
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}60{{efn|name=boundary change}}
| popular_vote2 = 8,456,934
| percentage2 = 27.6%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}9.3%
<!--      SDP Liberal Alliance      -->
| image3 =  {{Multiple candidates images|{{CSS image crop|Image = DavidSteel1987 cropped.jpg|bSize = 150|cWidth = 57|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 43}}|{{CSS image crop|Image =Roy Jenkins 1977 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 113|cWidth = 95|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 10}}}}
| leader3 = {{ubl|[[David Steel]]&nbsp;([[Liberal Party (UK)|Lib.]])<br>[[Roy Jenkins]]&nbsp;([[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]])}}
| leader_since3 = {{ubl|[[1976 Liberal Party leadership election|7 July 1976]] (Steel)<br>[[1982 Social Democratic Party leadership election|7 July 1982]] (Jenkins)}}
| party3 = SDP–Liberal Alliance
| leaders_seat3 = {{ubl|[[Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Tweeddale,&nbsp;Ettrick<br>and&nbsp;Lauderdale]]&nbsp;(Steel)|[[Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow&nbsp;Hillhead]]&nbsp;(Jenkins)}}
| last_election3 = 11 seats, 13.8%{{efn|Results for the Liberals only. The SDP did not contest}}
| seats_before3 = 9
| seats3 = 23
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}12{{efn|name=boundary change}}
| popular_vote3 = 7,780,949
| percentage3 = 25.4%
| swing3 = {{increase}}11.6%
| map_image = UK General Election, 1983.svg
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = Colours denote the winning party—as shown in {{slink||Results}}

|map2_image = [[File:House of Commons elected members, 1983.svg|frameless|475x475px]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
|map2_caption = Composition of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] after the election

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
| before_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| after_election = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
| after_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 1983 United Kingdom general election
}}

The '''1983 United Kingdom general election''' was held on Thursday 9 June 1983. It gave the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] under the leadership of [[Margaret Thatcher]] the most decisive election victory since that of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]], with a majority of 144 seats and the first of two consecutive landslide victories.<ref name="The British General Election of 1979">{{cite book |author1=David Butler and Dennis Kavanagh|title=The British General Election of 1979 |date=1980 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers Limited|location=London |isbn=0333269349|page=197 }}</ref>

Thatcher's first term as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] had not been an easy time.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/margaret-thatcher |title=Baroness Margaret Thatcher |website=[[gov.uk]] |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref><!-- Opinionated --> Unemployment increased during the first three years of her premiership and the economy went [[Early 1980s recession|through a recession]]. However, the British victory in the [[Falklands War]] led to a recovery of her personal popularity, and economic growth had begun to resume.

By the time Thatcher called the election in May 1983, opinion polls pointed to a Conservative victory, with most national newspapers backing the re-election of the Conservative government. The resulting win earned the Conservatives their biggest parliamentary majority of the post-war era, and their second-biggest majority as a majority government, behind only the [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924 general election]] (they earned even more seats in the [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931 general election]], but were part of the [[National Government (United Kingdom)|National Government]]).<ref name="bbcoverview">{{citation |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393313.stm |title=1983: Thatcher triumphs again |date=5 April 2005 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>

The Labour Party had been led by [[Michael Foot]] since the resignation of former Prime Minister [[James Callaghan]] as Leader of the Labour Party in 1980, and its new policies were considered more [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] than before.<ref name="bbcoverview"/><ref>{{citation |last=Vaidyanathan |first=Rajini |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8550425.stm |title=Michael Foot: What did the 'longest suicide note' say? |date=4 March 2010 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref> Several moderate Labour MPs had defected from the party to form the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP), which then formed the [[SDP–Liberal Alliance]] with the existing [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]]. Labour was further harmed by its promise to withdraw from the [[European Economic Community]], which alienated Pro-European groups.

The opposition vote split almost evenly between the Alliance and Labour. With its worst electoral performance since [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]], the Labour vote fell by over 3,000,000 votes from 1979, accounting for both a national swing of almost 4% towards the Conservatives and their larger parliamentary majority of 144 seats, even though the Conservatives' total vote fell by almost 700,000. This was the last general election until [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] in which a governing party increased its number of seats.

The Alliance finished in third place but came within 700,000 votes of out-polling Labour; by gaining 25.4% of the vote it won the largest percentage for any third party since [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]. Despite this, it won only 23 seats, whereas Labour won 209. The Liberals argued that a proportional electoral system would have given them a more representative number of MPs. Changing the electoral system from First-Past-The-Post had been a long-running campaign plank of the Liberal Party and would later be adopted by its successor, the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].

The election night was broadcast live on the BBC and was presented by [[David Dimbleby]], Sir [[Robin Day]] and [[Peter Snow]].<ref>{{YouTube |id=sf3NxCCSz3Y |title=Election 1983{{snd}}Part 1}}</ref> It was also broadcast on ITV and presented by [[Alastair Burnet]], [[Peter Sissons]] and [[Martyn Lewis]].

Three future leaders of the Labour Party ([[Tony Blair]] (1994–2007), [[Gordon Brown]] (2007–2010) and [[Jeremy Corbyn]] (2015–2020) were first elected at this election. At the same time, a number of prominent Members of Parliament stepped aside or lost their seats. Former Labour Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] stood down from Parliament after 38 years, while the Alliance's [[Shirley Williams]] and [[Bill Pitt (politician)|Bill Pitt]] lost their seats only a short time after winning them. [[Joan Lestor]] and [[Tony Benn]] as well as former Liberal leader [[Jo Grimond]] and [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] and former Labour Cabinet Minister [[George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy|George Thomas]] also departed from Parliament at this election, although Benn would return after winning a [[1984 Chesterfield by-election|by-election]] in [[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]] the following year, and Lestor returned to Parliament after winning a seat at the next general election in 1987. In addition, two future Leaders of the Liberal Democrats were first elected —[[Paddy Ashdown]] and [[Charles Kennedy]]. [[Michael Howard]], who later served the Conservatives as Home Secretary in government and as party leader from 2003 to 2005, was also elected to Parliament in 1983.

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==Background and campaign==
[[Michael Foot]] was [[1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|elected leader]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] at the end of 1980, replacing [[James Callaghan]]. The election of Foot signalled that the core of the party was swinging to the left and the move exacerbated divisions within the party. During 1981, a group of senior figures including [[Roy Jenkins]], [[David Owen]], [[Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank|Bill Rodgers]] and [[Shirley Williams]] left Labour to found the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP). The SDP agreed to a pact with the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberals]] for the 1983 election and stood as "[[SDP–Liberal Alliance|The Alliance]]". For a while the Alliance topped the opinion polls and looked capable of achieving their goal of forming a coalition government at the next general election, but the success of the Falklands campaign in 1982 saw the political tide turn in favour of the Conservative government.

The election did not have to be held until 1984. Although political circumstances were clearly favourable for the government and opposition parties anticipated that Mrs Thatcher would go to the country in June, earlier in 1983 the Conservatives were split on the timing of the election. One faction favoured a June election, but another group wanted to wait until October before going to the country, while some within the Party even advocated delaying the contest until 1984. Supporters of waiting to a later time to hold an election included Thatcher's deputy and [[Home Secretary]] [[William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw|Willie Whitelaw]] and [[John Biffen]] who was then serving as [[Leader of the House of Commons]].<ref name="Haviland1983p23">{{cite book |author1=Julian Haviland |title=The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983 |date=1983 |publisher=Times Books Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-7230-0255-X |page=23 |chapter=The June 1983 Election Campaign:Conservative lead was never challenged}}</ref> On 27 April it was reported that all the Conservative party's regional agents had unanimously  expressed a preference to Thatcher for a June election, although some members of her cabinet were advising her to wait until October.<ref name="GH27April1983">{{cite news |last1=Parkhouse |first1=Geoffrey |title=Go for June election, agents urge Thatcher |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19830427&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=11 July 2020 |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=27 April 1983 |page=1}}</ref> On 8 May senior Conservatives met at [[Chequers]] and agreed to go to the country on 9 June. The election was formally called the next day and Parliament was dissolved on 13 May for a four-week official election campaign.<ref name="Haviland1983p23"/>

The campaign displayed the huge divisions between the two major parties. Thatcher had been highly unpopular during her first two years in office until the swift and decisive victory in the [[Falklands War]], coupled with an improving economy, considerably raised her standings in the polls. The Conservatives' key issues included reducing unemployment (which had increased from 1.5 million in 1979 to more than 3 million by 1982), continuing economic growth following the recent recession, and defence. Labour's campaign manifesto involved leaving the [[European Economic Community]], abolishing the [[House of Lords]], abandoning the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent by cancelling [[Trident (UK nuclear programme)|Trident]] and removing cruise missiles — a programme dubbed by Labour MP [[Gerald Kaufman]] "[[the longest suicide note in history]]"; "Although, at barely 37 pages, it only seemed interminable", noted [[Roy Hattersley]]. Pro-Labour political journalist [[Michael White (journalist)|Michael White]], writing in ''[[The Guardian]]'', commented: "There was something magnificently brave about [[Michael Foot]]'s campaign but it was like the [[Battle of the Somme]]."<ref>{{citation| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/apr/11/mondaymediasection.politicsandthemedia | work=The Guardian | first=Michael | last=White | title=Michael White on 35 years of covering elections | date=11 April 2005 |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>

The Alliance had had a setback ahead of the campaign at the [[1983 Darlington by-election|Darlington by-election]] in March. The contest was one that had looked promising ground for the SDP, but despite heavily campaigning in the Labour-held seat, the SDP candidate, who struggled when interviewed for television by [[Vincent Hanna]] finished a poor third, which stalled the momentum of the Alliance.<ref name="SRichardspp70-71">{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Steve |title=The Prime Ministers We Never Had; Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn |date=2021 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=London |isbn=978-1-83895-241-9 |pages= 70–71}}</ref> During the campaign, on Sunday 29 May, [[David Steel]] held a meeting with Jenkins and other Alliance leaders at his [[Ettrickbridge]] home. Steel, who polls showed was more popular proposed that Jenkins take a lower profile and that Steel take over as leader of the campaign. Jenkins rejected Steel's view and remained "Prime Minister designate", but Steel did have a heightened role on television for the last 10 days of the election campaign. According to [[Steve Richards]] the meeting meant Jenkins' "confidence was undermined and he staggered to the finishing line with less verve than he had displayed in the early days of the SDP" and showed little sign of his earlier "exuberance".<ref name="SRichardsp71">{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Steve |title=The Prime Ministers We Never Had; Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn |date=2021 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=London |isbn=978-1-83895-241-9 |page= 71}}</ref><ref name="Haviland1983p26">{{cite book |author1=Julian Haviland |title=The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1983 |date=1983 |publisher=Times Books Ltd |location=London |isbn=0-7230-0255-X |page=26 |chapter=The June 1983 Election Campaign:Conservative lead was never challenged}}</ref>

==Notional<!--this is not a typo - do not change to "National"--> election, 1979==

Following boundary changes in 1983, the BBC and ITN ([[ITN|Independent Television News]]) co-produced a [[Notional election results|calculation]] of how the 1979 general election would have gone if fought on the new 1983 boundaries. The following table shows the effects of the boundary changes on the House of Commons:<ref name="BBC/ITN(1983)">{{cite book |last1=Craig |first1=F.W.S. |title=The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies |date=1983 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn=978-0-90017-814-6 }}</ref>  
{{Election summary begin| title = UK General Election 1979}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |seats      = 359
  |net        = +20
  |gain       =
  |loss       =
  |votes      = 13,703,429
  |votes %    = 44.9
  |seats %    = 55
  |plus/minus =

}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |seats      = 261
  |net        = −8
  |gain       =
  |loss       =
  |votes      = 11,512,877
  |votes %    = 37.7
  |seats %    = 40
  |plus/minus =

}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |seats      = 9
  |gain       =
  |loss       =
  |net        = −2
  |votes      = 4,324,936
  |votes %    = 14.2
  |seats %    = 1
  |plus/minus =

}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |seats      = 2
  |gain       =
  |loss       =
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 497,128
  |votes %    = 1.6
  |seats %    = 0
  |plus/minus =

}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |seats      = 2
  |gain       =
  |loss       =
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 135,241
  |votes %    = 0.4
  |seats %    = 0
  |plus/minus =

}}
{{Election summary party|
  |party      = Other parties
  |seats      = 17
  |gain       =
  |loss       =
  |net        = +5
  |votes      = 1,063,263
  |votes %    = 3.4
  |seats %    = 3
  |plus/minus =

}}
|}

==Timeline==
The Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] visited [[Buckingham Palace]] on the afternoon of 9 May and asked [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] to [[Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|dissolve Parliament]] on 13 May, announcing that the election would be held on 9 June.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1983/05/10/thatcher-sets-june-9-for-election/d353607f-f9e1-4dbb-9c5f-3acb4882cde1/ |title=Thatcher Sets June 9 For Election |date=10 May 1983 |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Osnos |first=Peter |accessdate=14 May 2023}}</ref> The key dates were as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="width:25%;"|Friday 13 May||Dissolution of the [[List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election|48th Parliament]] and campaigning officially begins
|-
|Monday 23 May||Last day to file nomination papers; 2,579 candidates enter
|-
|Wednesday 8 June|| Campaigning officially ends
|-
|Thursday 9 June|| Polling day
|-
|Friday 10 June|| The Conservative Party wins with a majority of 144 to retain power
|-
|Wednesday 15 June||[[List of MPs elected in the 1983 United Kingdom general election|49th Parliament]] assembles
|-
|Wednesday 22 June||[[State Opening of Parliament]]
|}

==Results==
{{Further|Results of the 1983 United Kingdom general election}}
The election saw the Conservatives win a [[landslide victory]],<ref name="The British General Election of 1979">{{cite book |author1=David Butler and Dennis Kavanagh|title=The British General Election of 1979 |date=1980 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers Limited|location=London |isbn=0333269349|page=197 }}</ref> improving on their 1979 result and achieving their best results since [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]]. Although there was a slight drop in their share of the vote, they made significant gains at the expense of Labour. The Tories have yet to match their 1983-seat total in any subsequent general election, although they recorded a higher share of the popular vote in [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]].

The night was a disaster for the Labour Party; their share of the vote fell by over 9%, which meant they were only 700,000 votes ahead of the newly formed [[third party (politics)|third party]], the SDP–Liberal Alliance. The massive increase of support for the Alliance at the expense of Labour meant that, in many seats,{{which|date=June 2018}} the collapse in the Labour vote allowed the Conservatives to gain. Despite winning over 25% of the national vote, the Alliance got fewer than 4% of seats, 186 fewer than Labour. The most significant Labour loss of the night was [[Tony Benn]], who was defeated in the revived [[Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol East]] seat. SDP President [[Shirley Williams]], then a prominent leader in the Social Democratic Party, lost her [[Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)|Crosby]] seat which she had won in a [[1981 Crosby by-election|by-election in 1981]]. [[Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank|Bill Rodgers]], another leading figure in the Alliance (like Williams, one of the "[[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Gang of Four]]") also failed to win his old seat that he previously held as a Labour MP.

In Scotland, both Labour and the Conservatives sustained modest losses to the Alliance. Labour remained by far the largest party, with 41 seats to 21 for the [[Scottish Conservatives]]. The Scottish Conservatives have been unable to match their 1983 Westminster seat total since, although they did record a slightly larger share of the Scottish vote in [[United Kingdom general election, 2017 (Scotland)|2017]], by which time the [[Scottish National Party]] had become the dominant party in Scotland with the Conservatives being the largest unionist party, with 13 seats won in 2017; their strongest performance in Scotland in 34 years.

On a nationwide basis, the 1983 UK general election was the worst result in Labour's modern history until the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], in terms of seats won. The result in 1983 remains the worst-ever modern performance for Labour in England.

[[File:1983 UK parliament.svg|center|300px]]
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<section begin="UK General Election 1983"/>
{{Election summary begin with leaders| title = 1983 UK general election}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |leader     = [[Margaret Thatcher]]
  |candidates = 633
  |seats      = 397
  |gain       = 47
  |loss       = 10
  |net        = +37
  |votes      = 13,012,316
  |votes %    = 42.4
  |seats %    = 61.1
  |plus/minus = −1.5
  |government = yes
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |leader     = [[Michael Foot]]
  |candidates = 633
  |seats      = 209
  |gain       = 4
  |loss       = 55
  |net        = −51
  |votes      = 8,456,934
  |votes %    = 27.6
  |seats %    = 32.2
  |plus/minus = −9.3
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party       = SDP–Liberal Alliance
  |leader     = [[David Steel]] & [[Roy Jenkins]]
  |candidates  = 636{{efn|Includes official Liberal candidates who were not given national Alliance endorsement in three constituencies: [[Liverpool Broadgreen (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Broadgreen]], [[Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney South and Shoreditch]], and [[Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency)|Hammersmith]].}}
  |seats       = 23
  |gain        = 12
  |loss        = 0
  |net         = +12
  |votes       = 7,794,770
  |votes %     = 25.4
  |seats %     = 4.5
  |plus/minus  = +11.6
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Scottish National Party
  |leader     = [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)|Gordon Wilson]]
  |candidates = 72
  |seats      = 2
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 331,975
  |votes %    = 1.1
  |seats %    = 0.3
  |plus/minus = −0.5
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Ulster Unionist Party
  |leader     = [[James Molyneaux]]
  |candidates = 16
  |seats      = 11
  |gain       = 3
  |loss       = 1
  |net        = +2
  |votes      = 259,952
  |votes %    = 0.8
  |seats %    = 1.7
  |plus/minus = 0.0
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Democratic Unionist Party
  |leader     = [[Ian Paisley]]
  |candidates = 14
  |seats      = 3
  |gain       = 2
  |loss       = [[Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |net        = +1
  |votes      = 152,749
  |votes %    = 0.5
  |seats %    = 0.5
  |plus/minus = +0.3
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Social Democratic and Labour Party
  |leader     = [[John Hume]]
  |candidates = 17
  |seats      = [[Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |net        = −1
  |votes      = 137,012
  |votes %    = 0.4
  |seats %    = 0.2
  |plus/minus = 0.0
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |leader     = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
  |candidates = 38
  |seats      = 2
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 125,309
  |votes %    = 0.4
  |seats %    = 0.3
  |plus/minus = 0.0
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Sinn Féin
  |leader     = [[Ruairí Ó Brádaigh]]
  |candidates = 14
  |seats      = [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |gain       = [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |loss       = [[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 102,701
  |votes %    = 0.3
  |seats %    = 0.2
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
  |leader     = [[Oliver Napier]]
  |candidates = 12
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 61,275
  |votes %    = 0.2
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = −0.1
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Ecology Party
  |leader     = [[Jonathon Porritt]]
  |candidates = 109
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 54,299
  |votes %    = 0.2
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = +0.1
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Independent politician
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 73
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 30,422
  |votes %    = 0.1
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = National Front (United Kingdom)
  |leader     = [[Andrew Brons]]
  |candidates = 60
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 27,065
  |votes %    = 0.1
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = −0.5
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Ulster Popular Unionist Party
  |leader     = [[James Kilfedder]]
  |candidates = [[North Down (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |seats      = [[North Down (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |gain       = [[North Down (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = +1
  |votes      = 22,861
  |votes %    = 0.1
  |seats %    = 0.2
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Independent Labour
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 8
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 16,447
  |votes %    = 0.1
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = 0.0
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Workers' Party (Ireland)
  |leader     = [[Tomás Mac Giolla]]
  |candidates = 14
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 14,650
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = −0.1
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = British National Party
  |leader     = [[John Tyndall (politician)|John Tyndall]]
  |candidates = 54
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 14,621
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Communist Party of Great Britain
  |leader     = [[Gordon McLennan (politician)|Gordon McLennan]]
  |candidates = 35
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 11,606
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = −0.1
}}
{{Election summary with leaders|
  |party      = [[Gerry Fitt|Independent Socialist]]
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 10,326
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Independent Conservative
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 10
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 9,442
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = 0.0
}}
{{Election summary with leaders|
  |party      = Independent Communist
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 2
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 4,760
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
  |leader     = [[Michael Banda]]
  |candidates = 21
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 3,798
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = −0.1
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
  |leader     = [[Screaming Lord Sutch]]
  |candidates = 11
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 3,015
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Wessex Regionalist Party
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 10
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 1,750
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = 0.0
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Mebyon Kernow
  |leader     = [[Richard Jenkin]]
  |candidates = 2
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 1,151
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary with leaders|
  |party      = [[William Gault|Independent DUP]]
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = [[Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 1,134
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary with leaders|
  |party      = [[Party of Associates with Licensees|Licensees]]
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 4
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 934
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Nationalist Party (UK)
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 5
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 874
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary with leaders|
  |party      = [[Labour and Trade Union Group|Labour and Trade Union]]
  |leader     = [[Peter Hadden]]
  |candidates = [[Belfast East (UK Parliament constituency)|1]]
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 584
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary party with leaders|
  |party      = Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978)
  |leader     = [[Frank Furedi]]
  |candidates = 4
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 581
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election summary with leaders|
  |party      = [[Freedom Party (UK 1980s)|Freedom Party]]
  |leader     = ''N/A''
  |candidates = 1
  |seats      = 0
  |gain       = 0
  |loss       = 0
  |net        = 0
  |votes      = 508
  |votes %    = 0.0
  |seats %    = 0.0
  |plus/minus = ''N/A''
}}
|-
|+ style="caption-side: bottom; font-weight:normal" |All parties with more than 500 votes shown.{{efn|The [[SDP–Liberal Alliance]] vote is compared with the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] vote in the 1979 election.}}{{efn|The Independent Unionist elected in the [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 election]] defended and held his seat for the [[Ulster Popular Unionist Party]]. The [[United Ulster Unionist Party]] dissolved and its sole MP did not re-stand.}}{{efn|The [[Frank Maguire (politician)|Independent Republican]] elected in the [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 election]] died in 1981. In the ensuring by-election the seat was won by [[Bobby Sands]], an [[Anti-H-Block/Armagh Political Prisoner]] who then died and was succeeded by an [[Anti-H-Block Proxy Political Prisoner]] candidate [[Owen Carron]]. He defended and lost his seat standing for [[Sinn Féin]] who contested seats in Northern Ireland for the first time since [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]].}}{{efn|This election was fought under revised boundaries. The changes reflect those comparing to the notional results on the new boundaries. One significant change was the increase in the number of seats allocated to [[Northern Ireland]] from 12 to 17.}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%"
|'''Government's new majority'''
|'''144'''
|-
|Total votes cast
|30,671,137
|-
|Turnout
|72.7%
|}<section end="UK General Election 1983"/>

===Votes summary===

{{Plain image with caption |Results of the UK General Election, 1983.svg |Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring) |250px |left |top |triangle}}

{{bar box
|title=Popular vote
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=500px
|bars=
{{bar percent|'''Conservative'''|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|42.43}}
{{bar percent|Labour|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|27.57}}
{{bar percent|SDP–Liberal|{{party color|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}|25.37}}
{{bar percent|Others|#a9a9a9|4.63}}
}}

===Seats summary===

{{bar box
|title=Parliamentary seats
|titlebar=#ddd
|width=600px
|barwidth=500px
|bars=
{{bar percent|'''Conservative'''|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|61.08}}
{{bar percent|Labour|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|32.15}}
{{bar percent|SDP–Liberal|{{party color|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}|3.54}}
{{bar percent|Others|#a9a9a9|3.23}}
}}

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{{Plain image with caption |Election 1983 Polls.jpg |Data from Guardian daily polls published in ''[[The Guardian]]'' between May and June 1983. Colour key:
{{legend-col
|{{legend-line|BLUE solid 5px|Conservative}}
|{{legend-line|RED solid 5px|Labour}}
|{{legend-line|ORANGE solid 5px|Alliance}}
|{{legend-line|BLACK solid 5px|Others}}
}} |350px ||bottom |triangle}}
{{stack end}}{{stack begin |float=left}}
{{Plain image with caption |1983 UK General Election-Gallagher Index.svg |The disproportionality of the House of Commons in the 1983 election was "20.62" according to the [[Gallagher Index]], mainly between the Conservatives and the Alliance. |350px ||bottom |triangle}}
{{stack end}}{{clear}}

==Incumbents defeated==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Name
!Constituency
!Office held whilst in Parliament
!Year elected
!Defeated by
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
! rowspan=30 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=30|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|[[Tony Benn]]
|[[Bristol South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol South East]] (contested [[Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol East]])
|[[Department of Energy (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State for Energy]] (1975–1979)
|[[1950 Bristol South East by-election|1950]]{{efn|Benn did not serve during his Viscountcy between 1960 and 1963.}}
|[[Jonathan Sayeed]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Albert Booth]]
|[[Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow and Furness]]
|[[Secretary of State for Employment]] (1976–1979)
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Cecil Franks]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Arthur Davidson (politician)|Arthur Davidson]]
|[[Accrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Accrington]] (contested [[Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hyndburn]])
|[[Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales|Shadow Attorney General]] (1982–1983)
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Ken Hargreaves]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Neil Carmichael, Baron Carmichael of Kelvingrove|Neil Carmichael]]
|[[Glasgow Kelvingrove (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Kelvingrove]] (contested [[Glasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Hillhead]])
|Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Industry (1975–1976)
|[[1962 Glasgow Woodside by-election|1962]]
|[[Roy Jenkins]] MP
| style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Bob Cryer]]
|[[Keighley (UK Parliament constituency)|Keighley]]
|
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Gary Waller]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Joseph Dean, Baron Dean of Beswick|Joseph Dean]]
|[[Leeds West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds West]]
|[[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] (1978–1979)
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Michael Meadowcroft]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[David Ennals, Baron Ennals|David Ennals]]
|[[Norwich North (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich North]]
|[[Secretary of State for Social Services]] (1976–1979)
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Patrick Thompson]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[John Garrett (British politician)|John Garrett]]
|[[Norwich South (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich South]]
|
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[John Powley]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton|Ted Graham]]
|[[Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)|Edmonton]]
|[[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] (1976–1979)
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Ian Twinn]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[William Homewood]]
|[[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]] (contested [[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]])
|
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
|[[William Powell (Corby MP)|William Powell]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Frank Hooley]]
|[[Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Heeley]] (contested [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-on-Avon]])
|
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport|Alan Howarth]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Russell Kerr]]
|[[Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)|Feltham and Heston]]
|
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Patrick Ground]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Joan Lestor]]
|[[Eton and Slough (UK Parliament constituency)|Eton and Slough]] (contested [[Slough (UK Parliament constituency)|Slough]])
|[[Chair of the Labour Party]] (1977–78)
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[John Watts (British politician)|John Watts]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Alex Lyon (politician)|Alex Lyon]]
|[[City of York (UK Parliament constituency)|York]]
|
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Conal Gregory]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Jim Marshall (British politician)|Jim Marshall]]
|[[Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester South]]
|
|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Derek Spencer]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Roland Moyle]]
|[[Lewisham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham East]]
|[[Minister of State]] for Health (1976–1979)
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Colin Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan|Colin Moynihan]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Stan Newens]]
|[[Harlow (UK Parliament constituency)|Harlow]]
|
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Jerry Hayes]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Ossie O'Brien|Oswald O'Brien]]
|[[Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Darlington]]
|
|[[1983 Darlington by-election|1983]]
|[[Michael Fallon]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Christopher Price (politician)|Christopher Price]]
|[[Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham West]]
|
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[John Maples]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Gwilym Roberts]]
|[[Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock]] (contested [[Cannock and Burntwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock and Burntwood]])
|
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Gerald Howarth]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[John Sever]]
|[[Birmingham Ladywood (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Ladywood]], contested ([[Meriden (UK Parliament constituency)|Meriden]])
|
|[[1977 Birmingham Ladywood by-election|1977]]
|[[Iain Mills]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[John Spellar]]
|[[Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Northfield]]
|
|[[1982 Birmingham Northfield by-election|1982]]
|[[Roger King (politician)|Roger Douglas King]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon|David Stoddart]]
|[[Swindon (UK Parliament constituency)|Swindon]]
|[[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]] (1975–1978)
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Simon Coombs]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Shirley Summerskill]]
|[[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]
|[[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]] (1976–1979)
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]
|[[Roy Galley]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton|Ann Taylor]]
|[[Bolton West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton West]] (contested [[Bolton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton North East]])
|
|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Peter Thurnham]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[John Tilley (Labour politician)|John Tilley]]
|[[Lambeth Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Lambeth Central]] (contested [[Southwark and Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark and Bermondsey]])
|
|[[1978 Lambeth Central by-election|1978]]
|[[Simon Hughes]] MP
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Frank White (British politician)|Frank White]]
|[[Bury and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury and Radcliffe]] (contested [[Bury North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury North]])
|
|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Alistair Burt]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Phillip Whitehead]]
|[[Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby North]]
|
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Greg Knight]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[William Whitlock (politician)|William Whitlock]]
|[[Nottingham North (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham North]]
|[[Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] (1968–1969)
|[[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]]
|[[Richard Ottaway]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Kenneth Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds|Kenneth Woolmer]]
|[[Batley and Morley (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Morley]] (contested [[Batley and Spen (UK Parliament constituency)|Batley and Spen]])
|
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
|[[Elizabeth Peacock]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
! rowspan=23 style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=23|{{party shortname linked|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}
|[[Tom George Bradley|Tom Bradley]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP">Elected as a Labour MP</ref>
|[[Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester East]]
|
|[[1962 Leicester North East by-election|1962]]
|[[Peter Bruinvels]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler]]<ref>Elected as a Conservative Party</ref>
|[[North West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Norfolk]]
|
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Henry Bellingham, Baron Bellingham|Henry Bellingham]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Ronald Brown (English politician)|Ronald Brown]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Hackney South and Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney South and Shoreditch]]
|
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]
|[[Brian Sedgemore]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Dick Crawshaw, Baron Crawshaw of Aintree|Richard Crawshaw]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Liverpool Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Toxteth]] (contested [[Liverpool Broadgreen (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Broadgreen]])
|[[Chairman of Ways and Means|Second Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means]] (1979–1981)
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]
|[[Terry Fields]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[George Cunningham (British politician)|George Cunningham]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Islington South and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington South and Finsbury]]
|
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|Chris Smith]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Tom Ellis (politician)|Tom Ellis]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] (contested [[Clwyd South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Clwyd South West]])
|
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Robert Harvey (Clwyd politician)|Robert Harvey]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[David Ginsburg (politician)|David Ginsburg]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Dewsbury]]
|
|[[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]]
|[[John Whitfield (politician)|John Whitfield]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[John Grant (British politician)|John Grant]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Islington Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington Central]] (contested [[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]])
|[[Secretary of State for Employment|Under-Secretary of State for Employment]] (1976–1979)
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[John Horam]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead West]] (contested [[Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle upon Tyne Central]])
|[[Department for Transport|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport]] (1976–1979)
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Piers Merchant]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Ednyfed Hudson Davies]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)|Caerphilly]] (contested [[Basingstoke (UK Parliament constituency)|Basingstoke]])
|
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
|[[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Edward Lyons (British politician)|Edward Lyons]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]]
|
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Max Madden]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Dickson Mabon]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Greenock and Port Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenock and Port Glasgow]] (contested [[Renfrew West and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverclyde]])
|[[Minister of State|Minister]] for [[Department of Energy (United Kingdom)|Energy]] (1976–1979)
|[[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]]
|[[Anna McCurley]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Tom McNally, Baron McNally|Tom McNally]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Stockport South (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport South]] (contested [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]])
|
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
|[[Anthony Favell]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Bryan Magee]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Leyton (UK Parliament constituency)|Leyton]]
|
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Harry Cohen]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Bob Mitchell (British politician)|Bob Mitchell]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Itchen]]
|
|[[1971 Southampton Itchen by-election|1971]]
|[[Christopher Chope]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Eric Ogden (politician)|Eric Ogden]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Liverpool West Derby (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool West Derby]]
|
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]
|[[Bob Wareing]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank|William Rodgers]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton-on-Tees]] (contested [[Stockton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton North]])
|[[Secretary of State for Transport]] (1976–1979)
|[[1962 Stockton-on-Tees by-election|1962]]
|[[Frank Cook (politician)|Frank Cook]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[John Roper, Baron Roper|John Roper]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Farnworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Farnworth]] (contested [[Worsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Worsley]])
|[[Liberal Democrats Chief Whip#Social Democratic Party|SDP Chief Whip]] (1981–83)
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Terry Lewis (politician)|Terry Lewis]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Neville Sandelson]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hayes and Harlington]]
|
|[[1971 Hayes and Harlington by-election|1971]]
|[[Terry Dicks]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Jeffrey Thomas (politician)|Jeffrey Thomas]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Abertillery (UK Parliament constituency)|Abertillery]] (contested [[Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff West]])
|
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Stefan Terlezki]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Mike Thomas (politician)|Michael Thomas]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne East]]
|
|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|1974]]
|[[Nick Brown]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[James Wellbeloved]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Erith and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency)|Erith and Crayford]]
|
|[[1965 Erith and Crayford by-election|1965]]
|[[David Evennett]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Shirley Williams]]
|[[Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)|Crosby]] (elected as SDP)
|[[Secretary of State for Education|Secretary of State for Education and Science]] (1976–1979)
|[[1981 Crosby by-election|1981]]
|[[Malcolm Thornton]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
! rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|[[David Myles (politician)|David Myles]]
|[[Banffshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Banffshire]] (contested [[Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)|Orkney and Shetland]])
|
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
|[[Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness|Jim Wallace]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Iain Sproat]]
|[[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]] (contested [[Roxburgh and Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Roxburgh and Berwickshire]])
|
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Archy Kirkwood]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Delwyn Williams]]
|[[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]
|
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
|[[Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew|Alex Carlile]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin|Hamish Gray]]
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] (contested [[Ross, Cromarty and Skye (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Cromarty and Skye]])
|[[Minister of State for Energy]] (1979–1983)
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]
|[[Charles Kennedy]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}
|-
! rowspan=4 style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| rowspan=4|{{party shortname linked|Independent (politician)}}
|[[Ben Ford (politician)|Ben Ford]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]]
|
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]
|[[Geoffrey Lawler]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Arthur Lewis (British politician)|Arthur Lewis]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Newham North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Newham North West]]
|
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]
|[[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford|Tony Banks]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Michael O'Halloran (British politician)|Michael O'Halloran]]<ref name="Elected as a Labour MP"/>
|[[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]]
|
|[[1969 Islington North by-election|1969]]
|[[Jeremy Corbyn]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[Gerry Fitt]]<ref>Elected as a SDLP MP</ref>
|[[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|Belfast West]]
|
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
|[[Gerry Adams]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Sinn Féin}}
|-
! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
| rowspan=1|{{party shortname linked|Sinn Féin}}
|[[Owen Carron]]
|[[Fermanagh and South Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Fermanagh and South Tyrone]]
|
|[[August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election|1981]]
|[[Ken Maginnis]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Ulster Unionist Party}}
|-
! rowspan=1 style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=1|{{party shortname linked|Liberal Party (UK)}}
|[[Bill Pitt (politician)|Bill Pitt]]
|[[Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon North West]]
|
|[[1981 Croydon North West by-election|1981]]
|[[Humfrey Malins]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|{{party shortname linked|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|}

==Tables of target seats==

===Conservative targets===
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Constituency
!colspan=2|1983 winner
|-
|1
|[[Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Wight]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|2
|[[Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxford East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|3
|[[Cunninghame North (UK Parliament constituency)|Cunninghame North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|4
|[[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|5
|[[Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|6
|[[West Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Hertfordshire West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|7
|[[Mitcham and Morden (UK Parliament constituency)|Mitcham and Morden]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|8
|[[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire South]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|9
|[[North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicestershire North West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|10
|[[Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Itchen]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|11
|[[Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)|Halifax]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|12
|[[Stockton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton South]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|13
|[[Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewisham West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|14
|[[Edmonton (UK Parliament constituency)|Edmonton]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|15
|[[Stevenage (UK Parliament constituency)|Stevenage]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|16
|[[City of York (UK Parliament constituency)|York]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|17
|[[Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Darlington]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|18
|[[Ceredigion and Pembroke North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ceredigion and Pembroke North]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|19
|[[Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|20
|[[Bridgend (UK Parliament constituency)|Bridgend]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|}

===Labour targets===
To regain an overall majority, Labour needed to make at least 65 gains.

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Constituency
!colspan=2|1983 winner
|-
|1
|[[Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Northfield]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|2
|[[Bury South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury South]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|3
|[[Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Dulwich]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|4
|[[Liverpool Broadgreen (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Broadgreen]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|5
|[[Nottingham South (UK Parliament constituency)|Nottingham South]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|6
|[[Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen South]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|7
|[[Stirling (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirling]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|8
|[[Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornchurch]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|9
|[[Luton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton South]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|10
|[[Calder Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Calder Valley]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|11
|[[Pendle (UK Parliament constituency)|Pendle]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|12
|[[Bolton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton North East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|13
|[[Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Cardiff Central]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|14
|[[Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon North West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|15
|[[Fulham (UK Parliament constituency)|Fulham]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|16
|[[Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridge]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|17
|[[Birmingham Erdington (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Erdington]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|18
|[[Dudley West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|19
|[[Welwyn Hatfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Welwyn Hatfield]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|20
|[[Glasgow Cathcart (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Cathcart]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|}

===SDP–Liberal Alliance targets===
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Constituency
!colspan=2|1983 winner
|-
|1
|[[Roxburgh and Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Roxburgh and Berwickshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|2
|[[Richmond and Barnes (UK Parliament constituency)|Richmond and Barnes]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|3
|[[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|4
|[[Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelmsford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|5
|[[North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Wiltshire North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|6
|[[North Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|Cornwall North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|7
|[[Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)|Hereford]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|8
|[[Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Colne Valley]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|9
|[[Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)|Gordon]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|10
|[[Southport (UK Parliament constituency)|Southport]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|11
|[[Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Salisbury]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|12
|[[North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|Devon North]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|13
|[[Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough and Horncastle]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|14
|[[South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)|Cornwall South East]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|15
|[[Clwyd South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Clwyd South West]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|16
|[[Liverpool Broadgreen (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Broadgreen]]
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|17
|[[Newbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Newbury]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|18
|[[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|19
|[[Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Pudsey]]
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|20
|[[Ross, Cromarty and Skye (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross, Cromarty and Skye]]
| {{Party name with colour|SDP–Liberal Alliance}}
|-
|}

== Opinion polls ==
{{Main|Opinion polling for the 1983 United Kingdom general election}}

==See also==
* [[List of MPs elected in the 1983 United Kingdom general election]]
* [[1983 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland]]
* [[1983 United Kingdom general election in England]]
* [[1983 United Kingdom general election in Wales]]
* [[1983 United Kingdom local elections]]

==Notes==
{{notelist|40em}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{citation |last=Butler |first=David E. |author-link=David Butler (psephologist) |display-authors=etal |title=The British General Election of 1983 |year=1984 |postscript=, }} the standard scholarly study
* {{citation |author-link=F. W. S. Craig |first=F. W. S. |last=Craig |title=British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987 |year=1989 |location=Dartmouth |publisher=Gower |isbn=0900178302 }}
* {{citation |last1=Clarke |first1=Harold D. |first2=William |last2=Mishler |first3=Paul |last3=Whiteley |title=Recapturing the Falklands: models of Conservative popularity, 1979–83 |journal=British Journal of Political Science |volume=20 |pages=63–81 |number=1 |year=1990 |doi=10.1017/S0007123400005706 |s2cid=154466533 }}

==Manifestos==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111206085710/http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/con83.htm ''The Challenge of Our Times''], 1983 Conservative Party manifesto
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111010002853/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/lab83.htm ''The New Hope for Britain''], 1983 Labour Party manifesto
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111206060104/http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/man/all83.htm ''Working Together for Britain''], 1983 SDP–Liberal Alliance manifesto

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