UK General Election results June 1983

9th June 1983

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

Falmouth & Camborne — Gateshead East

Gedling — Gloucester

Falmouth & Camborne
[E]

WD Mudd	Conservative	24,614	50.00%
D Fieldsend	Alliance (SDP)	13,589	27.60%
A Bunt	Labour	10,446	21.22%
R Jenkin	Mebyon Kernow	582	1.18%

Electorate: 65,624; Turnout: 75.02%;
Majority: 11,025 (22.39%)

Fareham
[E]

P Lloyd	Conservative	32,762	61.80%
S Yolland	Alliance (Lib)	16,446	31.02%
D Sommerville	Labour	3,808	7.18%

Electorate: 71,901; Turnout: 73.73%;
Majority: 16,316 (30.78%)

Faversham
[E]

R Moate	Conservative	29,849	53.08%
M Goyder	Alliance (SDP)	15,252	27.12%
CM Bromley	Labour	11,130	19.79%

Electorate: 76,467; Turnout: 73.54%;
Majority: 14,597 (25.96%)

Feltham & Heston
[E] Conservative gain

P Ground	Conservative	23,724	43.37%
RW Kerr	Labour	21,576	39.44%
A Alagappa	Alliance (Lib)	8,706	15.92%
S Glass	National Front	696	1.27%

Electorate: 78,366; Turnout: 69.80%;
Majority: 2,148 ( 3.93%)

Fermanagh & South Tyrone
[N]

K Maginnis	Official Unionist Party	28,630	47.59%
O Carron	Sinn Fein	20,954	34.83%
R Flanagan	SDLP	9,923	16.50%
D Kettyles	Workers Party	649	1.08%

Electorate: 67,880; Turnout: 88.62%;
Majority: 7,676 (12.76%)

Fife Central
[S]

WW Hamilton	Labour	17,008	43.14%
T Little	Alliance (Lib)	9,214	23.37%
D Mason	Conservative	8,863	22.48%
J Taggart	SNP	4,039	10.25%
D Allison	Ecology	297	0.75%

Electorate: 54,389; Turnout: 72.48%;
Majority: 7,794 (19.77%)

Fife North East
[S]

JSB Henderson	Conservative	17,129	46.06%
M Campbell	Alliance (Lib)	14,944	40.19%
JKM Hulbert	SNP	2,442	6.57%
D Caldwell	Labour	2,429	6.53%
TG Flinn	Ecology	242	0.65%

Electorate: 50,476; Turnout: 73.67%;
Majority: 2,185 ( 5.88%)

Finchley
[E] Conservative hold

MH Thatcher	Conservative	19,616	51.06%
LG Spigel	Labour	10,302	26.82%
M Joachim	Alliance (Lib)	7,763	20.21%
S Wilkinson	Women for Life on Earth	279	0.73%
D Sutch	Loony Society	235	0.61%
AJ Noonan	Ban Every Licensing Law Society	75	0.20%
H Anscomb	Ind	42	0.11%
AP Whitehead	Law and Order	37	0.10%
DA Webb	Anti-Censorship	28	0.07%
BC Wareham	Party of Associates with Licensees	27	0.07%
B Wedmore	Belgrano Blood Hunger	13	0.03%

Electorate: 55,638; Turnout: 69.05%;
Majority: 9,314 (24.24%)

Folkestone & Hythe
[E] Conservative hold

M Howard	Conservative	27,261	56.95%
J MacDonald	Alliance (Lib)	15,591	32.57%
L Lawrie	Labour	4,700	9.82%
PA Todd	Ind	318	0.66%

Electorate: 68,802; Turnout: 69.58%;
Majority: 11,670 (24.38%)

Foyle
[N]

J Hume	SDLP	24,071	46.03%
G Campbell	Democratic Unionist Party	15,923	30.45%
M McGuiness	Sinn Fein	10,607	20.28%
G O'Grady	Alliance	1,108	2.12%
E Melaugh	Workers Party	582	1.11%

Electorate: 67,432; Turnout: 77.55%;
Majority: 8,148 (15.58%)

Fulham
[E] Conservative hold

M Stevens	Conservative	18,204	46.18%
A Powell	Labour	13,415	34.03%
D Rendel	Alliance (Lib)	7,194	18.25%
J Grimes	Ecology	277	0.70%
R Pearce	National Front	229	0.58%
J Keats	Ind Liberal	102	0.26%

Electorate: 51,833; Turnout: 76.05%;
Majority: 4,789 (12.15%)

Fylde
[E]

E Gardner	Conservative	27,879	62.88%
EA Smith	Alliance (Lib)	10,777	24.31%
DJ King	Labour	4,821	10.87%
H Fowler	Ind	863	1.95%

Electorate: 62,238; Turnout: 71.24%;
Majority: 17,102 (38.57%)

Gainsborough & Horncastle
[E]

E Leigh	Conservative	25,625	50.90%
A Phillips	Alliance (Lib)	20,558	40.83%
C James	Labour	3,886	7.72%
G Dixon	Ecology	279	0.55%

Electorate: 67,115; Turnout: 75.02%;
Majority: 5,067 (10.06%)

Galloway & Upper Nithsdale
[S]

I Lang	Conservative	17,579	44.74%
G Thompson	SNP	12,118	30.84%
G Douglas	Alliance (Lib)	5,129	13.05%
MB Miller	Labour	4,464	11.36%

Electorate: 51,831; Turnout: 75.80%;
Majority: 5,461 (13.90%)

Gateshead East
[E]

B Conlan	Labour	22,981	48.32%
F Rogers	Conservative	12,659	26.62%
P Nunn	Alliance (SDP)	11,920	25.06%

Electorate: 68,364; Turnout: 69.57%;
Majority: 10,322 (21.70%)

Gedling
[E]

P Holland	Conservative	27,207	54.13%
A Berkeley	Alliance (SDP)	12,543	24.95%
J Peck	Labour	10,330	20.55%
J Szatter	Ind	186	0.37%

Electorate: 66,656; Turnout: 75.41%;
Majority: 14,664 (29.17%)

Gillingham
[E]

JR Couchman	Conservative	26,381	51.72%
C Lewcock	Alliance (Lib)	15,538	30.46%
AS West	Labour	9,084	17.81%

Electorate: 69,256; Turnout: 73.64%;
Majority: 10,843 (21.26%)

Glanford & Scunthorpe
[E]

R Hickmet	Conservative	20,356	38.48%
J Ellis	Labour	19,719	37.28%
C Nottingham §	Alliance (SDP)	12,819	24.24%

Electorate: 71,962; Turnout: 73.50%;
Majority: 637 ( 1.20%)
§ The Times Guide for 1987 gives the Alliance vote as 12,821

Glasgow Cathcart
[S]

J Maxton	Labour	16,037	41.43%
D May	Conservative	11,807	30.51%
K Bloomer	Alliance (SDP)	8,710	22.50%
W Steven	SNP	2,151	5.56%

Electorate: 51,055; Turnout: 75.81%;
Majority: 4,230 (10.93%)

Glasgow Central
[S]

R McTaggart	Labour	17,066	53.03%
W Harvey	Conservative	6,104	18.97%
I Nelson	Alliance (Lib)	5,366	16.67%
P Mallam	SNP	3,300	10.25%
J McGoldrick	Communist	347	1.08%

Electorate: 51,217; Turnout: 62.84%;
Majority: 10,962 (34.06%)

Glasgow Garscadden
[S]

D Dewar	Labour	19,635	56.18%
W Lyden	Alliance (SDP)	6,161	17.63%
K Macleod	Conservative	5,368	15.36%
N MacLeod	SNP	3,566	10.20%
SA Barr	Communist	218	0.62%

Electorate: 50,589; Turnout: 69.08%;
Majority: 13,474 (38.55%)

Glasgow Govan
[S]

B Millan	Labour	20,370	54.95%
I McDonald	Alliance (SDP)	7,313	19.73%
A Mackenzie	Conservative	7,180	19.37%
P Kindlen	SNP	2,207	5.95%

Electorate: 51,754; Turnout: 71.63%;
Majority: 13,057 (35.22%)

Glasgow Hillhead
[S]

R Jenkins	Alliance (SDP)	14,856	36.22%
N Carmichael	Labour	13,692	33.38%
M Tosh	Conservative	9,638	23.50%
G Leslie	SNP	2,203	5.37%
J Davidson	Ind Conservative	249	0.61%
A Whitelaw	Ecology	239	0.58%
J Robins	Anti-Vivisection	139	0.34%

Electorate: 57,016; Turnout: 71.94%;
Majority: 1,164 ( 2.84%)

Glasgow Maryhill
[S]

J Craigen	Labour	18,724	55.17%
E Attwooll	Alliance (Lib)	7,521	22.16%
J Gibbs	Conservative	5,014	14.77%
I Morrison	SNP	2,408	7.09%
P Smith	Communist	274	0.81%

Electorate: 51,847; Turnout: 65.46%;
Majority: 11,203 (33.01%)

Glasgow Pollok
[S]

J White	Labour	18,973	52.26%
J Carlaw	Conservative	7,441	20.49%
G McKell	Alliance (Lib)	6,308	17.37%
F Hannigan	SNP	3,585	9.87%

Electorate: 53,217; Turnout: 68.22%;
Majority: 11,532 (31.76%)

Glasgow Provan
[S]

HD Brown	Labour	20,040	64.44%
A Heron	Alliance (SDP)	4,655	14.97%
S Gordon	Conservative	3,374	10.85%
P Kennedy	SNP	2,737	8.80%
I Jackson	Communist	294	0.95%

Electorate: 47,706; Turnout: 65.19%;
Majority: 15,385 (49.47%)

Glasgow Rutherglen
[S]

JG Mackenzie	Labour	21,510	48.34%
R Brown	Alliance (Lib)	12,384	27.83%
H Hodgins	Conservative	8,017	18.02%
K Fee	SNP	2,438	5.48%
C Corrigan	Workers Revolutionary Party	148	0.33%

Electorate: 59,209; Turnout: 75.15%;
Majority: 9,126 (20.51%)

Glasgow Shettleston
[S]

D Marshall	Labour	19,203	54.15%
I Henderson	Conservative	6,787	19.14%
S Strachen	Alliance (Lib)	6,568	18.52%
D Hood	SNP	2,801	7.90%
K Hill	BNP	103	0.29%

Electorate: 51,955; Turnout: 68.26%;
Majority: 12,416 (35.01%)

Glasgow Springburn
[S]

MJ Martin	Labour	22,481	64.73%
J Kelly	Alliance (Lib)	4,882	14.06%
D Tweedie	Conservative	4,565	13.14%
J McLaughlin	SNP	2,804	8.07%

Electorate: 53,373; Turnout: 65.07%;
Majority: 17,599 (50.67%)

Gloucester
[E]

S Oppenheim	Conservative	27,235	48.49%
CWV Hinds	Labour	14,698	26.17%
M Golder	Alliance (SDP)	13,499	24.03%
J Waters	Ecology	479	0.85%
R Rhodes	BNP	260	0.46%

Electorate: 74,268; Turnout: 75.63%;
Majority: 12,537 (22.32%)

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