UK General Election results June 1983

9th June 1983

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

Oxfordshire West & Abingdon — Poole

Portsmouth North — Richmond (Yorks)

Oxfordshire West & Abingdon
[E]

J Patten	Conservative	23,778	47.69%
DET Luard	Alliance (SDP)	16,627	33.35%
J Jacottet	Labour	8,440	16.93%
S Starmer	Ecology	544	1.09%
R Jones	Loony Society	267	0.54%
CN Smith	Unemployed Party	95	0.19%
P Doubleday	Ind	86	0.17%
R Pinder	Ind	26	0.05%

Electorate: 67,413; Turnout: 73.97%;
Majority: 7,151 (14.34%)

Paisley North
[S]

A Adams	Labour	15,782	45.58%
A McCartin	Alliance (SDP)	8,195	23.67%
B Townsend	Conservative	7,425	21.44%
H Morrell	SNP	2,783	8.04%
N Carlaw	Ecology	439	1.27%

Electorate: 50,464; Turnout: 68.61%;
Majority: 7,587 (21.91%)

Paisley South
[S]

N Buchan	Labour	15,633	41.42%
E Buchanan	Alliance (Lib)	9,104	24.12%
J Knox	Conservative	7,819	20.72%
J Mitchell	SNP	4,918	13.03%
D Mellor	Ecology	271	0.72%

Electorate: 52,031; Turnout: 72.54%;
Majority: 6,529 (17.30%)

Peckham
[E]

H Harman	Labour	16,616	51.58%
T Eckersley	Conservative	7,792	24.19%
A Sawden	Alliance (SDP)	7,006	21.75%
M Bailey	National Front	800	2.48%

Electorate: 59,128; Turnout: 54.48%;
Majority: 8,824 (27.39%)

Pembroke
[W]

N Edwards	Conservative	24,860	46.88%
AP Griffiths	Labour	15,504	29.23%
J Pullin	Alliance (SDP)	10,983	20.71%
O Osmond	Plaid Cymru	1,073	2.02%
D Hoffman	Ecology	478	0.90%
GS Phillips	Ind	136	0.26%

Electorate: 67,885; Turnout: 78.12%;
Majority: 9,356 (17.64%)

Pendle
[E]

J Lee	Conservative	22,739	44.24%
G Rogers	Labour	16,604	32.30%
G Lishman	Alliance (Lib)	12,056	23.46%

Electorate: 64,483; Turnout: 79.71%;
Majority: 6,135 (11.94%)

Penrith & the Border
[E]

W Whitelaw	Conservative	29,304	58.84%
M Young	Alliance (Lib)	13,883	27.88%
W Williams	Labour	6,612	13.28%

Electorate: 68,164; Turnout: 73.06%;
Majority: 15,421 (30.97%)

Perth & Kinross
[S]

N Fairbairn	Conservative	17,888	40.24%
D Crawford	SNP	11,155	25.09%
B Coutts	Alliance (Lib)	10,997	24.74%
AJ Stuart	Labour	4,414	9.93%

Electorate: 61,478; Turnout: 72.31%;
Majority: 6,733 (15.15%)

Peterborough
[E]

B Mawhinney	Conservative	27,270	47.09%
B Fish	Labour	16,831	29.06%
E Walston	Alliance (SDP)	13,142	22.69%
N Callaghan	Ecology	511	0.88%
D Hyland	Workers Revolutionary Party	155	0.27%
P Gallagher	Ind Labour	0	0.00%

Electorate: 78,957; Turnout: 73.34%;
Majority: 10,439 (18.03%)

Plymouth Devonport
[E]

DA Owen	Alliance (SDP)	20,843	44.37%
A Widdecombe	Conservative	15,907	33.86%
J Priestley	Labour	9,845	20.96%
JE Sullivan	Ind Conservative	292	0.62%
R Bearsford-Walker	BNP	72	0.15%
F Hill	Christian Democrat	21	0.04%

Electorate: 61,813; Turnout: 76.00%;
Majority: 4,936 (10.51%)

Plymouth Drake
[E]

J Fookes	Conservative	19,718	50.64%
W Fitzgerald	Alliance (SDP)	11,133	28.59%
S Creswell	Labour	7,921	20.34%
C Bradbury	BNP	163	0.42%

Electorate: 52,383; Turnout: 74.33%;
Majority: 8,585 (22.05%)

Plymouth Sutton
[E]

AKM Clark	Conservative	25,203	55.12%
A Puttick	Alliance (Lib)	13,516	29.56%
F Holland	Labour	6,538	14.30%
S Shaw	Ecology	470	1.03%

Electorate: 59,890; Turnout: 76.35%;
Majority: 11,687 (25.56%)

Pontefract & Castleford
[E]

G Lofthouse	Labour	24,990	57.13%
B Howell	Conservative	11,299	25.83%
D Dale	Alliance (Lib)	7,452	17.04%

Electorate: 64,878; Turnout: 67.42%;
Majority: 13,691 (31.30%)

Pontypridd
[W]

B John	Labour	20,188	45.59%
R Langridge	Alliance (SDP)	11,444	25.84%
R Evans	Conservative	10,139	22.89%
J Davies	Plaid Cymru	2,065	4.66%
AK Jones	Ecology	449	1.01%

Electorate: 60,883; Turnout: 72.74%;
Majority: 8,744 (19.74%)

Poole
[E]

J Ward	Conservative	30,358	58.31%
B Clements	Alliance (Lib)	15,929	30.60%
MV Castle	Labour	5,595	10.75%
A Foster	Servicemens & Citizens Association	177	0.34%

Electorate: 70,731; Turnout: 73.60%;
Majority: 14,429 (27.72%)

Portsmouth North
[E]

P Griffiths	Conservative	31,413	55.27%
S Luxon	Alliance (SDP)	13,414	23.60%
N Beard	Labour	12,013	21.13%

Electorate: 77,923; Turnout: 72.94%;
Majority: 17,999 (31.67%)

Portsmouth South
[E]

B Pink	Conservative	25,101	50.01%
M Hancock	Alliance (SDP)	12,766	25.43%
ST Thomas	Labour	11,324	22.56%
AJ Evens	Ind Liberal	554	1.10%
GA Knight	National Front	279	0.56%
DW Fry	Traditional English Food	172	0.34%

Electorate: 74,537; Turnout: 67.34%;
Majority: 12,335 (24.57%)

Preston
[E]

S Thorne	Labour	21,810	46.72%
T Huntley	Conservative	14,832	31.77%
M Connolly	Alliance (SDP)	10,039	21.51%

Electorate: 64,969; Turnout: 71.85%;
Majority: 6,978 (14.95%)

Pudsey
[E]

G Shaw	Conservative	24,455	45.69%
J Cummins	Alliance (Lib)	19,141	35.76%
SM Price	Labour	9,542	17.83%
R Smith	Ind	387	0.72%

Electorate: 70,583; Turnout: 75.83%;
Majority: 5,314 ( 9.93%)

Putney
[E] Conservative hold

D Mellor	Conservative	21,863	46.53%
P Hain	Labour	16,844	35.85%
C Welchman	Alliance (Lib)	7,668	16.32%
M Connolly	National Front	290	0.62%
R Baillie-Grohman	Ecology	190	0.40%
L Chalk	Socialist	88	0.19%
W Williams	Ind	41	0.09%

Electorate: 63,853; Turnout: 73.58%;
Majority: 5,019 (10.68%)

Ravensbourne
[E]

JL Hunt	Conservative	27,143	63.05%
CM Boston	Alliance (SDP)	11,631	27.02%
JR Holbrook	Labour	4,037	9.38%
AT Shotton	BNP	242	0.56%

Electorate: 58,811; Turnout: 73.21%;
Majority: 15,512 (36.03%)

Reading East
[E]

G Vaughan	Conservative	24,516	51.59%
C Huhne	Alliance (SDP)	13,008	27.37%
K Boyle	Labour	9,218	19.40%
G Darnton	Ecology	519	1.09%
P Baker	BNP	147	0.31%
B Shone	Common Market Party	113	0.24%

Electorate: 67,511; Turnout: 70.39%;
Majority: 11,508 (24.22%)

Reading West
[E]

A Durant	Conservative	24,948	51.36%
RJ Day	Alliance (Lib)	13,549	27.89%
R Evans §	Labour	9,220	20.42%
E Lilley	Ind	161	0.33%

Electorate: 66,080; Turnout: 73.51%;
Majority: 11,399 (23.47%)
§ The 1983 Times Guide has the Labour vote as 9,920

Redcar
[E] Labour hold

J Tinn	Labour	18,348	40.59%
P Bassett	Conservative	15,244	33.72%
G Nightingale	Alliance (SDP)	11,614	25.69%

Electorate: 63,447; Turnout: 71.25%;
Majority: 3,104 ( 6.87%)

Reigate
[E]

G Gardiner	Conservative	29,932	59.04%
E Pamplin	Alliance (SDP)	13,625	26.87%
BA Symons	Labour	6,114	12.06%
D Newell	Ecology	1,029	2.03%

Electorate: 70,320; Turnout: 72.10%;
Majority: 16,307 (32.16%)

Renfrew West & Inverclyde
[S]

A McCurley	Conservative	13,669	32.69%
JD Mabon	Alliance (SDP)	12,347	29.53%
G Doherty	Labour	12,139	29.04%
W Taylor	SNP	3,653	8.74%

Electorate: 53,510; Turnout: 78.13%;
Majority: 1,322 ( 3.16%)

Rhondda
[W]

A Rogers	Labour	29,448	61.74%
A Lloyd	Alliance (SDP)	8,078	16.94%
G Davies	Plaid Cymru	4,845	10.16%
P Meyer	Conservative	3,973	8.33%
A True	Communist	1,350	2.83%

Electorate: 62,587; Turnout: 76.20%;
Majority: 21,370 (44.81%)

Ribble Valley
[E]

DC Waddington	Conservative	29,223	63.43%
M Carr	Alliance (SDP)	10,632	23.08%
EA Saville	Labour	6,214	13.49%

Electorate: 59,982; Turnout: 76.80%;
Majority: 18,591 (40.35%)

Richmond & Barnes
[E]

J Hanley	Conservative	20,695	46.53%
AJ Watson	Alliance (Lib)	20,621	46.37%
K Vaz	Labour	3,156	7.10%

Electorate: 55,845; Turnout: 79.63%;
Majority: 74 ( 0.17%)

Richmond (Yorks)
[E]

L Brittan	Conservative	32,373	62.64%
D Raw	Alliance (Lib)	14,307	27.69%
B Hawkins	Labour	4,997	9.67%

Electorate: 75,196; Turnout: 68.72%;
Majority: 18,066 (34.96%)

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