UK General Election results June 1983

9th June 1983

The region in which each constituency is situated is indicated in square brackets

Batley & Spen — Beverley

Bexhill & Battle — Birmingham Yardley

Batley & Spen
[E]

EJ Peacock	Conservative	21,433	39.57%
KJ Woolmer	Labour	20,563	37.96%
DS Woollery	Alliance (SDP)	11,678	21.56%
C Lord	Ecology	493	0.91%

Electorate: 73,798; Turnout: 73.40%;
Majority: 870 ( 1.61%)

Battersea
[E]

A Dubs	Labour	19,248	43.83%
R Allason	Conservative	15,972	36.37%
M Harris	Alliance (SDP)	7,675	17.48%
MJ Salt	National Front	539	1.23%
S Willington	Ecology	377	0.86%
T Jackson	Campign for Black & White Unity	86	0.20%
K Purie-Harwell	Communist	22	0.05%

Electorate: 65,938; Turnout: 66.61%;
Majority: 3,276 ( 7.46%)

Beaconsfield
[E]

TJ Smith	Conservative	30,552	63.77%
D Ive	Alliance (Lib)	12,252	25.57%
JS Smith	Labour	5,107	10.66%

Electorate: 66,186; Turnout: 72.39%;
Majority: 18,300 (38.20%)

Beckenham
[E]

PC Goodhart	Conservative	23,606	57.39%
C Forrest	Alliance (Lib)	10,936	26.59%
JP Dowd	Labour	6,386	15.53%
GW Younger	BNP	203	0.49%

Electorate: 58,719; Turnout: 70.05%;
Majority: 12,670 (30.80%)

Bedfordshire Mid
[E]

NW Lyell	Conservative	33,042	56.85%
M Howes	Alliance (Lib)	15,661	26.94%
J Tizard	Labour	9,420	16.21%

Electorate: 75,558; Turnout: 76.93%;
Majority: 17,381 (29.90%)

Bedfordshire North
[E]

TH Skeet	Conservative	27,969	52.03%
BK Gibbons	Alliance (Lib)	14,120	26.27%
P Healy	Labour	11,323	21.06%
NJ Hughes	Ind	344	0.64%

Electorate: 71,491; Turnout: 75.19%;
Majority: 13,849 (25.76%)

Bedfordshire South West
[E]

WD Madel	Conservative	31,767	55.05%
R Byfield	Alliance (SDP)	16,036	27.79%
W Cochrane	Labour	9,899	17.16%

Electorate: 76,298; Turnout: 75.63%;
Majority: 15,731 (27.26%)

Belfast East
[N]

P Robinson	Democratic Unionist Party	17,631	45.31%
J Burchill	Official Unionist Party	9,642	24.78%
O Napier	Alliance	9,373	24.09%
D Donaldson	Sinn Fein	682	1.75%
M Tang	Labour & Trade Union	584	1.50%
P Prendiville	SDLP	519	1.33%
F Cullen	Workers Party	421	1.08%
H Boyd	Noise Abatement	59	0.15%

Electorate: 55,581; Turnout: 70.01%;
Majority: 7,989 (20.53%)

Belfast North
[N]

AC Walker	Official Unionist Party	15,339	36.16%
G Searight	Democratic Unionist Party	8,260	19.47%
B Feeny	SDLP	5,944	14.01%
J Austin	Sinn Fein	5,451	12.85%
P Maguire	Alliance	3,879	9.14%
S Lynch	Workers Party	2,412	5.69%
W Gault	Ind Democratic Unionist Party	1,134	2.67%

Electorate: 61,128; Turnout: 69.39%;
Majority: 7,079 (16.69%)

Belfast South
[N]

M Smyth	Official Unionist Party	18,669	49.97%
D Cook	Alliance	8,945	23.94%
RS McRae	Democratic Unionist Party	4,565	12.22%
A McDonnell	SDLP	3,216	8.61%
S McKnight	Sinn Fein	1,107	2.96%
G Carr	Workers Party	856	2.29%

Electorate: 53,694; Turnout: 69.58%;
Majority: 9,724 (26.03%)

Belfast West
[N]

G Adams	Sinn Fein	16,379	36.92%
J Hendron	SDLP	10,934	24.64%
G Fitt	Ind	10,326	23.27%
T Passmore	Official Unionist Party	2,435	5.49%
G Haffrey	DUP	2,399	5.41%
M McMahon	Workers Party	1,893	4.27%

Electorate: 59,750; Turnout: 74.25%;
Majority: 5,445 (12.27%)

Berkshire East
[E]

A MacKay	Conservative	33,967	56.81%
K O'Sullivan	Alliance (SDP)	17,868	29.89%
E Rogers	Labour	7,953	13.30%

Electorate: 81,512; Turnout: 73.35%;
Majority: 16,099 (26.93%)

Berwick-upon-Tweed
[E]

A Beith	Alliance (Lib)	21,958	52.69%
J Brazier	Conservative	13,743	32.98%
V Baird	Labour	5,975	14.34%

Electorate: 53,585; Turnout: 77.78%;
Majority: 8,215 (19.71%)

Bethnall Green & Stepney
[E]

PD Shore	Labour	15,740	51.04%
S Charters	Alliance (Lib)	9,382	30.42%
D Argyropulo	Conservative	4,323	14.02%
VJ Clark	National Front	800	2.59%
J Rees	Communist	243	0.79%
B Chadhuri	Ind	214	0.69%
P Mahoney	Radical & Anti-Parliamentarian	136	0.44%

Electorate: 55,333; Turnout: 55.73%;
Majority: 6,358 (20.62%)

Beverley
[E]

P Wall	Conservative	31,233	56.26%
M Pitts	Alliance (Lib)	17,364	31.28%
EM Morley	Labour	6,921	12.47%

Electorate: 75,813; Turnout: 73.23%;
Majority: 13,869 (24.98%)

Bexhill & Battle
[E]

C Wardle	Conservative	30,329	67.34%
P Smith	Alliance (Lib)	10,583	23.50%
I Pearson	Labour	3,587	7.96%
A Rix	Ecology	538	1.19%

Electorate: 61,785; Turnout: 72.89%;
Majority: 19,746 (43.84%)

Bexleyheath
[E]

GD Townsend	Conservative	23,411	53.06%
B Standen	Alliance (Lib)	13,153	29.81%
A Earlem	Labour	7,560	17.13%

Electorate: 59,263; Turnout: 74.45%;
Majority: 10,258 (23.25%)

Billericay
[E]

KH Proctor	Conservative	29,635	53.70%
E Bonner	Alliance (Lib)	15,020	27.22%
C Sewell	Labour	10,528	19.08%

Electorate: 74,779; Turnout: 73.79%;
Majority: 14,615 (26.48%)

Birkenhead
[E]

F Field	Labour	23,249	49.57%
T Peet	Conservative	13,535	28.86%
G Lindsay	Alliance (Lib)	9,782	20.86%
H Clarke	Ecology	337	0.72%

Electorate: 67,293; Turnout: 69.70%;
Majority: 9,714 (20.71%)

Birmingham Edgbaston
[E]

JCJ Knight	Conservative	19,585	53.70%
J Binns	Alliance (SDP)	8,167	22.39%
PA Bilson	Labour	7,647	20.97%
J Hurdley	Ecology	516	1.41%
ST Hardwicks	Ind Conservative	293	0.80%
PA Davies	Communist	169	0.46%
DC Howlett	Jesus & His Cross	97	0.27%

Electorate: 55,063; Turnout: 66.24%;
Majority: 11,418 (31.30%)

Birmingham Erdington
[E]

R Corbett	Labour	14,930	39.77%
D Moylan	Conservative	14,699	39.15%
C Barber	Alliance (SDP)	7,915	21.08%

Electorate: 56,019; Turnout: 67.02%;
Majority: 231 ( 0.62%)

Birmingham Hall Green
[E]

RE Eyre	Conservative	21,142	49.07%
MH Willis	Labour	11,769	27.32%
J Hemming	Alliance (Lib)	10,175	23.62%

Electorate: 61,023; Turnout: 70.61%;
Majority: 9,373 (21.75%)

Birmingham Hodge Hill
[E]

T Davis	Labour	19,692	47.59%
P Roe	Conservative	14,600	35.28%
GA Gopsill	Alliance (Lib)	6,557	15.85%
N Tomkinson	National Front	529	1.28%

Electorate: 61,234; Turnout: 67.57%;
Majority: 5,092 (12.31%)

Birmingham Ladywood
[E]

C Short	Labour	19,278	50.95%
P Le Hunte	Conservative	10,248	27.08%
K Hardeman	Alliance (Lib)	7,758	20.50%
B Bakhtaura	Stop Deportation of Black People	355	0.94%
RW Atkinson	Workers Revolutionary Party	198	0.52%

Electorate: 60,441; Turnout: 62.60%;
Majority: 9,030 (23.87%)

Birmingham Northfield
[E]

R King	Conservative	22,596	42.72%
J Spellar	Labour	19,836	37.50%
D Webb	Alliance (Lib)	10,045	18.99%
P Shepherd	Communist	420	0.79%

Electorate: 74,326; Turnout: 71.17%;
Majority: 2,760 ( 5.22%)

Birmingham Perry Barr
[E]

JW Rooker	Labour	27,061	52.55%
MD Portillo	Conservative	19,659	38.18%
CEG Williams	Alliance (Lib)	4,773	9.27%

Electorate: 74,371; Turnout: 69.24%;
Majority: 7,402 (14.37%)

Birmingham Selly Oak
[E]

A Beaumont-Dark	Conservative	23,008	44.91%
J Turner	Labour	17,612	34.38%
K Wheldall	Alliance (SDP)	10,613	20.72%

Electorate: 71,671; Turnout: 71.48%;
Majority: 5,396 (10.53%)

Birmingham Small Heath
[E]

D Howell	Labour	22,874	63.16%
P Nischal	Conservative	7,622	21.04%
A Bostock	Alliance (SDP)	5,722	15.80%

Electorate: 59,376; Turnout: 61.00%;
Majority: 15,252 (42.11%)

Birmingham Sparkbrook
[E]

R Hattersley	Labour	19,757	59.93%
P Douglas-Osborn	Conservative	9,209	27.93%
OS Parmar	Alliance (SDP)	3,416	10.36%
F Eden	Revolutionary Communist	305	0.93%
CSA Chinn	Ind	281	0.85%

Electorate: 53,612; Turnout: 61.49%;
Majority: 10,548 (31.99%)

Birmingham Yardley
[E]

D Bevan	Conservative	17,986	43.20%
RD Godsiff	Labour	15,121	36.32%
D Bennett	Alliance (SDP)	8,109	19.48%
R Jones	National Front	415	1.00%

Electorate: 57,707; Turnout: 72.14%;
Majority: 2,865 ( 6.88%)

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