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1983 United Kingdom general election
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won
397
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share
42.4%
gptkbp:conservativeLeader
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:conservativePopularVote
13,012,316
gptkbp:conservativeSeatChange
+58
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date
9 June 1983
gptkbp:heldBy
Falklands War aftermath
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1983 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won
209
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share
27.6%
gptkbp:labourPopularVote
8,456,934
gptkbp:labourSeatChange
-60
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Michael_Foot
gptkbp:majoritySeats
326
gptkbp:mapType
Colours show the winning party in each constituency.
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:1987_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:rise_of_SDP–Liberal_Alliance
landslide victory for Conservatives
lowest Labour vote share since 1918
gptkbp:notableWinner
gptkb:Gordon_Brown
gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:Norman_Tebbit
gptkb:John_Major
gptkb:Shirley_Williams
gptkb:Peter_Mandelson
gptkb:Michael_Heseltine
gptkb:Charles_Kennedy
gptkb:David_Owen
gptkb:Paddy_Ashdown
gptkb:Neil_Kinnock
gptkb:Ken_Clarke
Jeremy Corbyn
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:parliament
gptkb:48th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition
gptkb:1979_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:sdpLiberalAllianceLeaders
gptkb:David_Steel
gptkb:Roy_Jenkins
gptkbp:sdpLiberalAlliancePopularVote
7,780,949
gptkbp:sdpLiberalAllianceSeatChange
+12
gptkbp:sdpLiberalAllianceSeatsWon
23
gptkbp:sdpLiberalAllianceVoteShare
25.4%
gptkbp:seatingCapacity
650
gptkbp:thirdPlace
gptkb:SDP–Liberal_Alliance
gptkbp:voterTurnout
72.7%
gptkbp:votingSystem
first-past-the-post
gptkbp:won
gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Kingston_upon_Hull_East
gptkb:Barrow_and_Furness
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5