1983 United Kingdom general election in Scotland
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 9 June 1983 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
The Labour Party won 41 seats, with the Conservative Party winning 21, the SDP–Liberal Alliance winning eight and the Scottish National Party winning two.[2][3]
Results
| Party | Seats | Seats change |
Votes | % | % change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 41 |  3
|
990,654 | 35.1 | 6.5
| |
| Conservative | 21 | 1
|
801,487 | 28.4 | 3.0
| |
| Alliance | 8 |  5
|
692,634 | 24.5 | 15.5
| |
| SNP | 2 | 
|
331,975 | 11.8 | 5.5
| |
| Other | 0 |
|
7,830 | 0.3 | 0.2
| |
| Turnout: | 2,824,580 | 72.7 | ||||
See also
- List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1983–1987)
- 1983 United Kingdom general election in England
- 1983 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
- 1983 United Kingdom general election in Wales
References
- ^ "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 November 2020.
- ^ Macwhirter, Iain (2014). Road to Referendum: The Essential Guide to the Scottish Referendum. Cargo Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908885-95-1.
- ^ Letters (16 December 2021). "Scottish votes haven't influenced an English election result in 40 years". The National. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
In 1983, Margaret Thatcher won 387 seats out of 650, a majority of 144. Labour secured 41 of the 72 seats in Scotland, the Tories 21, the SDP-Liberal Alliance 8 and the SNP 2. Obviously Scotland's 72 seats would not have influenced the outcome either way.
