1992 United Kingdom general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:actual_result Conservative majority
gptkbp:broadcast_coverage gptkb:BBC
gptkb:ITV
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 336
gptkbp:Conservative_vote_share 41.9%
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 9 April 1992
gptkbp:first_time_voters born after 1971
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1992 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 271
gptkbp:Labour_vote_share 34.4%
gptkbp:leader_of_Conservative_Party gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:leader_of_Labour_Party gptkb:Neil_Kinnock
gptkbp:leader_of_Liberal_Democrats gptkb:Paddy_Ashdown
gptkbp:Liberal_Democrat_vote_share 17.8%
gptkbp:mainCandidate 2,543
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1997_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notable_for Labour Party defeat
exit poll failure
unexpected Conservative victory
gptkbp:notable_MP_defeated gptkb:Chris_Patten
gptkbp:notable_MP_elected gptkb:David_Blunkett
gptkb:Gordon_Brown
gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:William_Hague
gptkb:John_Prescott
gptkb:Peter_Mandelson
gptkb:Alastair_Darling
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Sheffield_Rally
gptkb:Sun_newspaper_headline_'It's_The_Sun_Wot_Won_It'
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:business
taxation
unemployment
gptkbp:opinion_polls predicted Labour win
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:51st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1987_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 651
gptkbp:seats_won_by_Liberal_Democrats 20
gptkbp:voterTurnout 77.7%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1997_General_Election
gptkb:Kingston_upon_Hull_East
gptkb:Barrow_and_Furness
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5