Election Name: | 1992 United Kingdom general election in England |
Country: | England |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1987 United Kingdom general election in England |
Previous Year: | 1987 |
Previous Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1987 United Kingdom general election |
Next Election: | 1997 United Kingdom general election in England |
Next Year: | 1997 |
Seats For Election: | All 524 English seats to the House of Commons 262 seats needed for English majority |
Elected Mps: | List of MPs elected in the 1992 United Kingdom general election |
Image1: | John Major 1996.jpg |
Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
Leader1: | John Major |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader Since1: | 28 November 1990 |
Leaders Seat1: | Huntingdon |
Last Election1: | 358 seats, 46.3% |
Seats1: | 319 |
Seat Change1: | 39 |
Popular Vote1: | 12,796,772 |
Percentage1: | 45.5% |
Swing1: | 0.8% |
Image2 Size: | 160x160px |
Leader2: | Neil Kinnock |
Leader Since2: | 2 October 1983 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Islwyn (Wales) |
Last Election2: | 155 seats, 29.5% |
Seats2: | 195 |
Seat Change2: | 40 |
Popular Vote2: | 9,551,910 |
Percentage2: | 33.9% |
Swing2: | 4.4% |
Image3: | ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg |
Image3 Size: | 160x160px |
Leader3: | Paddy Ashdown |
Leader Since3: | 16 July 1988 |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leaders Seat3: | Yeovil |
Last Election3: | 10 seats, 23.9% |
Seats3: | 10 |
Popular Vote3: | 5,398,293 |
Percentage3: | 19.2% |
Swing3: | 4.7% |
See main article: 1992 United Kingdom general election.
The 1992 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 9 April 1992 for 524 English seats to the House of Commons. John Major's Conservative Party won a decisive majority of English seats for the fourth successive election, although the Labour Party made substantial gains. Together with Conservative seats in Scotland and Wales, this gave the Conservatives an overall majority in the House of Commons of 21 seats.
Seats | Votes | |||||||||||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | |||||||||
align=“right” | 319 | align=“right” | 1 | align=“right” | 40 | align=“right” | 39 | align=“right” | 60.9 | align=“right” | 12,796,772 | align=“right” | 45.5 | align=“right” | 0.8 | |
align=“right” | 195 | align=“right” | 40 | align=“right” | 0 | align=“right” | 40 | align=“right” | 37.2 | align=“right” | 9,551,910 | align=“right” | 33.9 | align=“right” | 4.4 | |
align=“right” | 10 | align=“right” | 4 | align=“right” | 4 | align=“right” | align=“right” | 1.9 | align=“right” | 5,398,293 | align=“right” | 19.2 | align=“right” | 4.7 | ||
align=“right” | 0 | align=“right” | 0 | align=“right” | 0 | align=“right” | — | align=“right” | 401,531 | align=“right” | 1.4 | align=“right” | 1.0 | |||
align=“right” | 28,148,506 | align=“right” | 78.0 | align=“right” |