1992 United Kingdom general election in England explained

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
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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%
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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%
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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.

Results table

Party[1] ! colspan="5"
SeatsVotes
Total Gains LossesNet +/-% seatsTotal votes% votesChange
align=“right” 319align=“right” 1align=“right” 40align=“right” 39align=“right” 60.9align=“right” 12,796,772align=“right” 45.5align=“right” 0.8
align=“right” 195align=“right” 40align=“right” 0align=“right” 40align=“right” 37.2align=“right” 9,551,910align=“right” 33.9align=“right” 4.4
align=“right” 10align=“right” 4align=“right” 4align=“right” align=“right” 1.9align=“right” 5,398,293align=“right” 19.2align=“right” 4.7
align=“right” 0align=“right” 0align=“right” 0align=“right” align=“right” 401,531align=“right” 1.4align=“right” 1.0
align=“right” 28,148,506align=“right” 78.0align=“right”

References

  1. Web site: GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 9 APRIL 1992 . 1993 . 30 July 2018.