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Elections and campaigns of Margaret Thatcher
This is a summary of the electoral history of
Margaret Thatcher , who served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and
Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Finchley from 1959 to 1992.
Parliamentary elections
1950 general election, Dartford
1951 general election, Dartford
1959 general election, Finchley
1964 general election, Finchley
1966 general election, Finchley
1970 general election, Finchley
February 1974 general election, Finchley
October 1974 general election, Finchley
1979 general election, Finchley
1983 general election, Finchley
1987 general election, Finchley
Conservative Party leadership elections
1975 leadership election
1989 leadership election
1990 leadership election
United Kingdom general elections
1979 general election
UK General Election 1979
Candidates
Votes
Party
Leader
Stood
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Conservative
Margaret Thatcher
622
339
63
1
+62
53.4
43.9
13,697,923
+8.1
Labour
James Callaghan
623
269
[a]
4
54
−50
42.4
36.9
11,532,218
−2.3
Liberal
David Steel
577
11
1
3
−2
1.7
13.8
4,313,804
−4.5
SNP
William Wolfe
71
2
0
9
−9
0.31
1.6
504,259
−1.3
Ulster Unionist
Harry West
11
5
1
2
−1
0.79
0.8
254,578
−0.1
National Front
John Tyndall
303
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.6
191,719
+0.2
Plaid Cymru
Gwynfor Evans
36
2
0
1
−1
0.31
0.4
132,544
−0.2
SDLP
Gerry Fitt
9
1
0
0
0
0.16
0.4
126,325
−0.2
Alliance
Oliver Napier
12
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.3
82,892
+0.1
DUP
Ian Paisley
5
3
2
0
+2
0.47
0.2
70,795
−0.1
Ecology
Jonathan Tyler
53
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
39,918
+0.1
UUUP
Ernest Baird
2
1
1
0
+1
0.16
0.1
39,856
N/A
Ulster Popular Unionist
James Kilfedder
1
1
1
0
+1
0.16
0.1
36,989
+0.1
Independent Labour
N/A
11
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
26,058
−0.1
Irish Independence
Fergus McAteer and
Frank McManus
4
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
23,086
N/A
Independent Republican
N/A
1
1
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
22,398
−0.1
Independent
N/A
62
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
19,531
+0.1
Communist
Gordon McLennan
38
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
16,858
0.0
SLP
Jim Sillars
3
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
13,737
N/A
Workers Revolutionary
Michael Banda
60
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
12,631
+0.1
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
7
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.1
12,098
0.0
Independent SDLP
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
10,785
N/A
Unionist Party NI
Anne Dickson
3
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
8,021
−0.1
Ind. Conservative
N/A
7
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
4,841
0.0
NI Labour
Alan Carr
3
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
4,441
0.0
Mebyon Kernow
Richard Jenkin
3
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
4,164
0.0
Democratic Labour
Dick Taverne
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
3,785
−0.1
Wessex Regionalist
Viscount Weymouth
7
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
3,090
N/A
Socialist Unity
N/A
10
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
2,834
N/A
United Labour
Paddy Devlin
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
1,895
N/A
Independent Democratic
N/A
5
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
1,087
N/A
United Country
Edmund Iremonger
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
1,033
N/A
Independent Liberal
N/A
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
1,023
0.0
Independent Socialist
N/A
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
770
0.0
Workers (Leninist)
Royston Bull
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
767
0.0
New Britain
Dennis Delderfield
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
717
0.0
Fellowship
Ronald Mallone
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
531
0.0
More Prosperous Britain
Tom Keen
6
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
518
0.0
United English National
John Kynaston
2
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
238
0.0
Cornish Nationalist
James Whetter
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
227
N/A
Social Democrat
Donald Kean
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
144
0.0
English National
Frank Hansford-Miller
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
142
0.0
The Dog Lovers' Party
Auberon Waugh
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
79
0.0
Socialist (GB)
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
N/A
0.0
78
0.0
All parties shown.
[b]
[c]
Government's new majority
43
Total votes cast
31,221,362
Turnout
76%
1983 general election
1983 UK general election
Candidates
Votes
Party
Leader
Stood
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Conservative
Margaret Thatcher
633
397
47
10
+37
61.1
42.4
13,012,316
−1.5
Labour
Michael Foot
633
209
4
55
−51
32.2
27.6
8,456,934
−9.3
Alliance
David Steel &
Roy Jenkins
636
[d]
23
12
0
+12
4.5
25.4
7,794,770
+11.6
SNP
Gordon Wilson
72
2
0
0
0
0.3
1.1
331,975
−0.5
Ulster Unionist
James Molyneaux
16
11
3
1
+2
1.7
0.8
259,952
0.0
DUP
Ian Paisley
14
3
2
1
+1
0.5
0.5
152,749
+0.3
SDLP
John Hume
17
1
0
1
−1
0.2
0.4
137,012
0.0
Plaid Cymru
Dafydd Wigley
38
2
0
0
0
0.3
0.4
125,309
0.0
Sinn Féin
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
14
1
1
1
0
0.2
0.3
102,701
N/A
Alliance
Oliver Napier
12
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
61,275
−0.1
Ecology
Jonathon Porritt
109
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
54,299
+0.1
Independent
N/A
73
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
30,422
N/A
National Front
Andrew Brons
60
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
27,065
−0.5
UPUP
James Kilfedder
1
1
1
0
+1
0.2
0.1
22,861
N/A
Independent Labour
N/A
8
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
16,447
0.0
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
14
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
14,650
−0.1
BNP
John Tyndall
54
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
14,621
N/A
Communist
Gordon McLennan
35
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
11,606
−0.1
Independent Socialist
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
10,326
N/A
Ind. Conservative
N/A
10
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
9,442
0.0
Independent Communist
N/A
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
4,760
N/A
Workers Revolutionary
Michael Banda
21
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
3,798
−0.1
Monster Raving Loony
Screaming Lord Sutch
11
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
3,015
N/A
Wessex Regionalist
N/A
10
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
1,750
0.0
Mebyon Kernow
Richard Jenkin
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
1,151
N/A
Independent DUP
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
1,134
N/A
Licensees
N/A
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
934
N/A
Nationalist Party
N/A
5
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
874
N/A
Labour and Trade Union
Peter Hadden
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
584
N/A
Revolutionary Communist
Frank Furedi
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
581
N/A
Freedom Party
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
508
N/A
All parties with more than 500 votes shown.
[e]
[f]
[g]
[h]
Government's new majority
144
Total votes cast
30,671,137
Turnout
72.7%
1987 general election
UK general election 1987
Candidates
Votes
Party
Leader
Stood
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Conservative
Margaret Thatcher
633
376
[i]
9
30
−21
57.85
42.2
13,760,583
−0.2
Labour
Neil Kinnock
633
229
26
6
+20
35.23
30.8
10,029,807
+3.2
Alliance
David Owen &
David Steel
633
22
5
6
−1
3.38
22.6
7,341,633
−2.8
SNP
Gordon Wilson
72
3
3
2
+1
0.46
1.3
416,473
+0.2
Ulster Unionist
James Molyneaux
12
9
0
2
−2
1.38
0.8
276,230
0.0
SDLP
John Hume
13
3
2
0
+2
0.46
0.5
154,067
+0.1
Plaid Cymru
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
38
3
1
0
+1
0.46
0.4
123,599
0.0
Green
N/A
133
0
0
0
0
0.3
89,753
+0.1
DUP
Ian Paisley
4
3
0
0
0
0.46
0.3
85,642
−0.2
Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams
14
1
0
0
0
0.15
0.3
83,389
0.0
Alliance
John Alderdice
16
0
0
0
0
0.2
72,671
0.0
Workers' Party
Tomás Mac Giolla
14
0
0
0
0
0.1
19,294
+0.1
UPUP
James Kilfedder
1
1
0
0
0
0.15
0.1
18,420
0.0
Real Unionist
Robert McCartney
1
0
0
0
0
0.1
14,467
N/A
Communist
Gordon McLennan
19
0
0
0
0
0.0
6,078
0.0
Protestant Unionist
George Seawright
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
5,671
N/A
Red Front
N/A
14
0
0
0
0
0.0
3,177
N/A
Orkney and Shetland Movement
John Goodlad
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
3,095
N/A
Moderate Labour
Brian Marshall
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,269
N/A
Monster Raving Loony
Screaming Lord Sutch
5
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,951
0.0
Workers Revolutionary
Sheila Torrance
10
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,721
0.0
Independent Liberal
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
686
0.0
BNP
John Tyndall
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
553
0.0
Spare the Earth
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
522
N/A
All parties gaining over 500 votes listed.
Government's new majority
102
Total votes cast
32,529,578
Turnout
75.3%
Notes
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