| Election Name: | 1983 United Kingdom general election in England |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1979 United Kingdom general election in England |
| Previous Year: | 1979 |
| Outgoing Members: | List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Election: | 1987 United Kingdom general election in England |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
| Elected Members: | List of MPs elected in the 1983 United Kingdom general election |
| Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1983 United Kingdom general election |
| Election Date: | 9 June 1983 |
| Leader1: | Margaret Thatcher |
| Leader Since1: | 11 February 1975 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Finchley |
| Last Election1: | 306 seats, 47.2% |
| Seats Before1: | 325 |
| Seats1: | 362 |
| Seat Change1: | 37 |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,711,519 |
| Percentage1: | 46.0% |
| Swing1: | 1.2% |
| Leader2: | Michael Foot |
| Leader Since2: | 10 November 1980 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Blaenau Gwent |
| Seats Before2: | 193 |
| Last Election2: | 203 seats, 36.7% |
| Seats2: | 148 |
| Seat Change2: | 45 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,862,422 |
| Percentage2: | 26.8% |
| Swing2: | 9.8% |
| Party3: | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
| Last Election3: | 7 seats, 14.9% |
| Seats Before3: | 5 |
| Seats3: | 13 |
| Seat Change3: | 8 |
| Popular Vote3: | 6,714,957 |
| Percentage3: | 26.4% |
| Swing3: | 11.5% |
See main article: 1983 United Kingdom general election.
The 1983 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 9 June 1983 for 523 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservative Party won a landslide majority of English seats, gaining 37 seats for a total of 362. The Labour Party came second, winning 148 MPs, a decline of 45. Labour's share of the vote in England was its lowest since 1918, and its number of English MPs was its smallest since 1931.[1] The SDP–Liberal Alliance won 26.4% of the popular vote, just 0.4% behind Labour, but won only 13 seats compared to 148 for Labour, due to the first-past-the-post electoral system.[2]
| Seats | Votes | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | |||||||||
| align=“right” | 362 | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | 37 | align=“right” | 69.2 | align=“right” | 11,711,519 | align=“right” | 46.0 | align=“right” | 1.2 | |
| align=“right” | 148 | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | 45 | align=“right” | 28.3 | align=“right” | 6,862,422 | align=“right” | 26.8 | align=“right” | 9.8 | |
| align=“right” | 13 | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | 8 | align=“right” | 2.5 | align=“right” | 6,714,957 | align=“right” | 26.4 | align=“right” | 11.5 | |
| align=“right” | 0 | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | N/A | align=“right” | — | align=“right” | 183,748 | align=“right” | 0.7 | align=“right” | 0.5 | |||
| align=“right” | 25,472,646 | align=“right” | 72.5 | align=“right” | ||||||||||||