1983 United Kingdom general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election
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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