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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

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1950 general election, Dartford

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General election 1950: Dartford[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Norman Dodds 38,128 56.4 −12.0
Conservative Margaret Roberts 24,490 36.2 +4.6
Liberal Anthony H. Giles 5,011 7.4 N/A
Majority 13,638 20.2 −16.6
Turnout 67,629 85.5 +10.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing −8.3

1951 general election, Dartford

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General election 1951: Dartford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Norman Dodds 40,094 59.1 +2.7
Conservative Margaret Roberts 27,760 40.9 +4.7
Majority 12,334 18.2 −2.0
Turnout 67,854 85.2 −0.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing −1.0

1959 general election, Finchley

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General election 1959: Finchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 29,697 53.2 −1.3
Labour Eric Deakins 13,437 24.1 −7.3
Liberal Henry Ivan Spence 12,701 22.7 +8.7
Majority 16,260 29.1 +6.0
Turnout 55,835 80.8 +2.5
Conservative hold Swing +3.0

1964 general election, Finchley

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General election 1964: Finchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 24,591 46.6 −6.6
Liberal John Pardoe 15,789 29.9 +7.2
Labour Albert Edward Tomlinson 12,408 23.5 −0.6
Majority 8,802 16.7 −12.4
Turnout 52,788 78.2 −2.6
Conservative hold Swing

1966 general election, Finchley

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General election 1966: Finchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 23,968 46.5 −0.1
Labour Yvonne Sieve 14,504 28.1 +4.6
Liberal Frank Davis 13,070 25.4 −4.5
Majority 9,464 18.4 +1.7
Turnout 51,542 75.3 −2.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.4

1970 general election, Finchley

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General election 1970: Finchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 25,480 53.8 +7.3
Labour Michael Freeman 14,295 30.2 +2.1
Liberal Graham Mitchell 7,614 16.1 −9.3
Majority 11,185 23.6 +5.2
Turnout 47,389 65.6 −9.7
Conservative hold Swing +2.6

February 1974 general election, Finchley

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General election February 1974: Finchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 18,180 43.7 −8.6
Labour Martin O'Connor 12,202 29.3 −2.3
Liberal Laurence Brass 11,221 27.0 +10.9
Majority 5,978 14.4
Turnout 41,603 78.0
Conservative hold Swing −3.1

October 1974 general election, Finchley

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General election October 1974: Finchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 16,498 44.0 +0.3
Labour Martin O'Connor 12,587 33.6 +4.3
Liberal Laurence Brass 7,384 19.7 −7.3
National Front Janet Godfrey 993 2.7 New
Majority 3,911 10.4 −4.0
Turnout 37,462 69.5 −8.5
Conservative hold Swing −2.0

1979 general election, Finchley

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General election 1979: Finchley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 20,918 52.5 +8.5
Labour Richard May 13,040 32.7 −0.9
Liberal Anthony Paterson 5,254 13.2 −6.5
National Front William Verity 534 1.3 −1.4
Independent Democrat Elizabeth Lloyd 86 0.2 New
Majority 7,878 19.8 +9.4
Turnout 39,832 72.5 +3.0
Conservative hold Swing +4.7

1983 general election, Finchley

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General election 1983: Finchley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 19,616 51.1 −1.4
Labour Laurence Spigel 10,302 26.8 −5.9
Liberal Margaret Joachim 7,763 20.2 +7.0
Ecology Simone Wilkinson 279 0.7 New
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 235 0.6 New
Ban Every Licensing Law Society Anthony Noonan 75 0.2 New
Rail Not Motorway Helen Anscomb 42 0.1 New
Law and Order in Gotham City Anthony Whitehead 37 0.1 New
Anti-Censorship David Webb 28 0.1 New
Party of Associates with Licensees Brian Wareham 27 0.1 New
Belgrano Blood-Hunger Benjamin Wedmore 13 0.0 New
Majority 9,314 24.3 +4.5
Turnout 38,417 69.0 −3.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.2

1987 general election, Finchley

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General election 1987: Finchley[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Thatcher 21,603 53.9 +2.8
Labour John Davies 12,690 31.7 +4.9
Liberal David Howarth 5,580 13.9 −7.3
Gremloid Party Lord Buckethead 131 0.3 New
Gold Party Michaelle St Vincent 59 0.2 New
Majority 8,913 22.2 −2.1
Turnout 40,063 69.4 +0.4
Conservative hold Swing −1.0

Conservative Party leadership elections

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1975 leadership election

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First ballot: 4 February 1975
Candidate Votes %
Margaret Thatcher 130 47.1
Edward Heath 119 43.1
Hugh Fraser 16 5.8
Abstention 11 4.0
Second ballot required
Second ballot: 11 February 1975
Candidate Votes %
Margaret Thatcher 146 52.9
William Whitelaw 79 28.6
Geoffrey Howe 19 6.9
Jim Prior 19 6.9
John Peyton 11 4
Margaret Thatcher elected

1989 leadership election

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Only ballot: 5 December 1989
Candidate Votes %
Margaret Thatcher 314 84.0
Sir Anthony Meyer 33 8.8
Abstentions 3 0.8
Spoilt 24 6.4
Majority 281 75.1
Turnout 374 N/A
Margaret Thatcher re-elected

1990 leadership election

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First ballot: 20 November 1990
Candidate Votes[5] %
Margaret Thatcher 204 54.8
Michael Heseltine 152 40.9
Abstentions 16 4.3
Majority 52 14.0
Turnout 372 100
Second ballot required

United Kingdom general elections

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1979 general election

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Results of the May 1979 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Party[6][7] Leader Candidates MPs Aggregate votes
Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%)
  Conservative Margaret
Thatcher		 622 339631[a]Increase6253.413,697,92343.9Increase8.1
  Labour James
Callaghan		 623[b] 269[c][d] 4 54 Decrease50[e] 42.4[f] 11,457,079[g] 36.9[h] Decrease2.3[i]
  Liberal David
Steel		 577 111[j]3Decrease22.15,346,70418.3Decrease1.0
  SNP William
Wolfe		 71 209Decrease90.3504,2591.6Decrease1.3
  UUP Harry
West		 11 51[k]2Decrease10.8254,5780.8Decrease0.1
  National
Front		 John
Tyndall		 303 000Steady—191,7190.6Increase0.2
  Plaid Cymru Gwynfor
Evans		 36 201[l]Decrease10.3132,5440.4Decrease0.2
  SDLP Gerry
Fitt		 9 1[m]00Steady0.2126,3250.4Decrease0.1
  Alliance Oliver
Napier		 12 000Steady—82,8920.3Increase0.1
  DUP Ian
Paisley		 5 320Increase20.570,9750.2Steady
  Ecology Jonathan
Tyler		 53 000Steady—39,9180.1Increase0.1
  UUUP Ernest
Baird		 2 1[n]NewIncrease10.239,8560.1New
  Independent
Unionist		 N/a 1 1[o]10Increase10.236,9890.1Increase0.1
  Independent
Labour		 N/a 7 000Steady—23,8840.1Steady
  Irish Independence Pat
Fahy		 4 0New—23,0860.1New
  Independent
Republican		 N/a 1 1[p]00Steady0.222,3980.1Steady
  Communist Gordon
McLennan		 38 000Steady—16,8580.1Steady
  Scottish
Labour		 Jim
Sillars		 3 0New—13,7370.0New
  Workers
Revolutionary		 Michael
Banda		 60 000Steady—12,6310.0Steady
  Republican
Clubs		 Tomás
Mac Giolla		 7 000Steady—12,0980.0Decrease0.1
  Independent N/a 33 000Steady—11,6270.0Steady
  Independent
SDLP		 N/a 1[q] 0New—10,7950.0New
  Unionist Party NI Anne
Dickson		 3 000Steady—8,0210.0Decrease0.1
  Independent
Conservative		 N/a 8 000Steady—5,6210.0Steady
  NI
Labour		 Alan
Carr		 3 000Steady—4,4110.0Steady
  Mebyon
Kernow		 Richard
Jenkin		 3 000Steady—4,1640.0Steady
  Democratic
Labour		 Dick
Taverne		 2 000Steady—3,7850.0Decrease0.1
  Wessex
Regionalists		 Alexander
Thynn		 7 0Did not stand in Oct. 1974—3,0900.0N/a
  Socialist
Unity		 N/a 11 0New—2,9660.0New
  United
Labour		 Paddy
Devlin		 1[r] 0New—1,8950.0New
  Ratepayer
(Leek)		 N/a 1[s] 0New—1,4510.0New
  United
Country		 Edmund
Iremonger		 2 0New—1,0330.0New
  Anti-Common
Market		 N/a 3 0Did not stand in Oct. 1974—9260.0N/a
  Independent
Liberal		 N/a 1[t] 000Steady—9110.0Steady
  Oxford
Ecological		 N/a 1[u] 0New—8870.0New
  Workers
(Leninist)		 Royston
Bull		 2 0New—8240.0New
  New
Britain		 Dennis
Delderfield		 3 0New—8430.0New
  Silly
Party		 N/a 1[v] 0New—6420.0New
  Troops Out
of Ireland		 N/a 1[w] 0New—6380.0New
  Christian
Stop Abortion		 N/a 1[x] 0New—5690.0New
  Labour
Alliance		 N/a 1[y] 0New—5650.0New
  Fellowship Ronald
Mallone		 2 0Did not stand in Oct. 1974—5310.0N/a
  More Prosperous Britain Tom
Keen		 6 000Steady—5180.0Steady
  Independent
Democrat		 N/a 3 0New—4790.0New
  Severnside
Libertarian		 N/a 1[z] 0New—3750.0New
  Fancy
Dress		 N/a 1[aa] 0New—3280.0New
  Christian
Democrat		 N/a 1[ab] 0New—3120.0New
  Irish
National		 N/a 1[ac] 0New—2430.0New
  United
English National		 N/a 2 000Steady—2380.0Steady
  Independent
Rhodesian		 N/a 1[ad] 0New—2320.0New
  Cornish
Nationalist		 James
Whetter		 1[ae] 0New—2270.0New
  Citizens
Protest Vote		 N/a 1[af] 0New—2040.0New
  Child and Family
Protection		 N/a 1[ag] 0New—1900.0New
  Public Safety William
Boaks		 3 000Steady—1820.0Steady
  British Socialist
Empire		 N/a 1[ah] 0New—1560.0New
  Homeland
Party		 N/a 1[ai] 0New—1460.0New
  Social
Democratic		 Donald
Kean		 1[aj] 0New—1440.0New
  English
National		 Frank
Hansford-Miller		 1[ak] 000Steady—1420.0Steady
  Independent
Businessman		 N/a 1[al] 0New—1150.0New
  Fine Gael
(Scotland)		 N/a 1[am] 000Steady—1120.0Steady
  Anti-
Corruption		 N/a 1[an] 0New—1030.0New
  Providers Through
Care		 N/a 1[ao] 0New—1020.0New
  Dog Lover's Party Auberon
Waugh		 1[ap] 0New—790.0New
  Socialist (GB) N/a 1[aq] 000Steady—780.0Steady
  Revolutionary
Reform		 N/a 1[ar] 0New—770.0New
  Police State
Prevention		 N/a 1[as] 0New—610.0New
  Libertarian
Party		 N/a 1[at] 0New—340.0New
  Community
Party		 N/a 1[au] 0New—300.0New
  Other non-contested 0 0N/aDecrease3[av]—00.0N/a
Blank and invalid votes 117,848[8] — —
Total 2,576 635 0 100.0 31,221,362[aw] 100.0 0.0
Registered voters, and turnout 41,093,264[9] 76.0[10] Increase3.2

1983 general election

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Results of the June 1983 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Party[11][12] Leader Candidates MPs Aggregate votes
Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%)
  Conservative Margaret
Thatcher		 633 3974810Increase3861.113,012,31642.4Decrease1.5
  Labour Michael
Foot		 633[ax] 209[ay][d] 4 56 Decrease52[az] 32.2[ba] 8,456,934[bb] 27.6[bc] Decrease9.3[bd]
  SDP–Liberal
Alliance		 N/a 633 23NewIncrease143.57,780,94925.4New
Liberal David
Steel		 322 1780Increase82.64,210,11513.7Decrease0.1
SDP Roy
Jenkins		 311 6NewIncrease60.93,570,83411.6New
  SNP Gordon
Wilson		 72 200Steady0.3331,9751.1Decrease0.5
  UUP James
Molyneaux		 16 1131Increase21.7259,9520.8Steady
  DUP Ian
Paisley		 14 321Increase10.5152,7490.5Increase0.3
  SDLP John
Hume		 17 1[be]01[bf]Decrease10.2137,0120.4Steady
  Plaid Cymru Dafydd
Wigley		 38 200Steady0.3125,3090.4Steady
  Sinn Féin Ruairí Ó
Brádaigh		 14 1[bg]Did not stand in 1979Increase10.2102,7010.3N/a
  Alliance Oliver
Napier		 12 000Steady—61,2750.2Decrease0.1
  Ecology Multiple
Leaders		 109 000Steady—54,2990.2Increase0.1
  Independent N/a 85[bh] 000Steady—35,4820.1Increase0.1
  National
Front		 Andrew
Brons		 60 000Steady—27,0650.1Decrease0.5
  UPUP James
Kilfedder		 1 1[bi]NewIncrease10.222,8610.1New
  Independent
Labour		 N/a 8 000Steady—17,0770.1Steady
  Workers' Party Tomás
Mac Giolla		 14 000Steady—14,6500.0Steady
  BNP John
Tyndall		 54 0New—14,6210.0New
  Independent
Conservative		 N/a 11 000Steady—13,0860.1Steady
  Communist Gordon
McLennan		 35 000Steady—11,6060.0Decrease0.1
  Independent
Socialist		 N/a 1[bj] 0New—10,3260.0New
  Workers
Revolutionary		 Michael
Banda		 21 000Steady—3,7980.0Steady
  Monster Raving Loony David
Sutch		 12[bk] 0New—3,6230.0New
  Pro-Corporal
Punishment		 N/a 3 0New—2,1130.0New
  Wessex Regionalists Alexander
Thynn		 10 000Steady—1,7500.0Steady
  Anti-Common
Market		 N/a 3 000Steady—1,1770.0Steady
  Mebyon
Kernow		 Richard
Jenkin		 2 000Steady—1,1510.0Steady
  Independent
DUP		 N/a 1[bl] 0New—1,1340.0New
  Independent
Communist		 N/a 1[bm] 0Did not stand in 1979—1,1160.0N/a
  Associates with
Licences		 N/a 4 0New—9340.0New
  Nationalist Party Andrew
Fountaine		 5 0New—8740.0New
  Independent
Liberal		 N/a 2 0New—6560.0New
  Labour and Trade Union Peter
Hadden		 1[bn] 0New—5840.0New
  Revolutionary Communist Frank
Furedi		 3 0New—5810.0New
  Spare
the Earth		 N/a 1[bo] 0New—5240.0New
  Women for
Life on Earth		 N/a 1[bp] 0New—5170.0New
  Parties with fewer than 500 votes each 48 0N/a—8,3600.0N/a
  Other non-contested 0 0N/aDecrease4[bq]—00.0N/a
Blank and invalid votes 51,104[14] — —
Total 2,578 650 0 100.0 30,671,137[br] 100.0 0.0
Registered voters, and turnout 42,197,344[15] 72.7[16] Decrease3.3

1987 general election

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UK general election 1987
Candidates Votes
Party Leader Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative Margaret Thatcher 633 376[d] 9 30 −21 57.85 42.2 13,760,583 −0.2
  Labour Neil Kinnock 633[bs] 229[bt] 26 6 +20[bu] 35.23[bv] 30.8[bw] 10,029,807[bx] +3.2[by]
  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
  UUP 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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  1. ↑ Teddy Taylor in Glasgow Cathcart.
  2. ↑ Includes 25 Co-operative Party candidates, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  3. ↑ Includes 17 Co-operative Party MPs, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  4. 1 2 3 Cite error: The named reference speaker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ↑ Includes Increase3 Co-operative Party MPs, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  6. ↑ Includes 2.7% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  7. ↑ Includes 485,115 for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  8. ↑ Includes 1.6% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  9. ↑ Includes Steady0.0% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  10. ↑ David Alton in Liverpool Edge Hill.
  11. ↑ Robert Bradford in Belfast South.
  12. ↑ Leader Gwynfor Evans in Carmarthen.
  13. ↑ Gerry Fitt in Belfast West.
  14. ↑ John Dunlop in Mid Ulster.
  15. ↑ James Kilfedder in North Down.
  16. ↑ Frank Maguire in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
  17. ↑ Candidate Austin Currie stood in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
  18. ↑ Candidate Bob Kidd stood in South Antrim.
  19. ↑ Candidate CI Bailey stood in Leek.
  20. ↑ Candidate H. I. Fjortoft stood in Bootle.
  21. ↑ Candidate Anthony Cheke stood in Oxford.
  22. ↑ Candidate Jeremy Fox stood in Dover and Deal.
  23. ↑ Candidate B. Gallagher stood in Barnsley.
  24. ↑ Candidate F. C. J. Radcliffe stood in York.
  25. ↑ Candidate Douglas Elliot stood in Vauxhall.
  26. ↑ Candidate Raymond William Aldridge stood in Cardiff South East.
  27. ↑ Candidate John Beddowes stood in Dartford.
  28. ↑ Candidate R. Darroch stood in Central Dunbartonshire.
  29. ↑ Candidate James O'Leary stood in Acton.
  30. ↑ Candiate Peter Scott stood in Guildford.
  31. ↑ Leader James Whetter stood in Truro.
  32. ↑ Candidate S. L. Bradford stood in Farnham.
  33. ↑ Candidate Philip Crome stood in Birmingham Selly Oak.
  34. ↑ Candidate S. Rowe stood in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
  35. ↑ Candidate Ian MacKillian stood in Orpington.
  36. ↑ Candidate C. Campbell stood in Warrington.
  37. ↑ Leader Frank Hansford-Miller stood in North Devon.
  38. ↑ Candidate Sohan Paul stood in Southall.
  39. ↑ Candidate Uilleam Bell stood in Inverness.
  40. ↑ Candidate Ernest Leonard Tibbitts stood in Leeds North East.
  41. ↑ Candidate Alf Hollander stood in Streatham.
  42. ↑ Leader Auberon Waugh stood in North Devon.
  43. ↑ Candidate Ralph Critchfield stood in Islington South and Finsbury.
  44. ↑ Candidate T. Kyle stood in Lincoln.
  45. ↑ Candidate Jitendra Bardwaj stood in Luton East.
  46. ↑ Candidate David Dean Wedgwood stood in Richmond upon Thames.
  47. ↑ Leader J. Harwell stood in Battersea North.
  48. ↑ 3 Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party seats, with the party disbanding in 1978.
  49. ↑ All valid votes excluding spoiled votes.
  50. ↑ Includes 17 Co-operative Party candidates, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  51. ↑ Includes 7 Co-operative Party MPs, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  52. ↑ Includes Decrease10 Co-operative Party MPs, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  53. ↑ Includes 1.1% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  54. ↑ Includes 299,080 for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  55. ↑ Includes 1.0% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  56. ↑ Includes Decrease0.6% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance.
  57. ↑ Leader John Hume in the new seat of Foyle was a notional 'hold' on the new boundaries compared with 1979.
  58. ↑ Gerry Fitt in Belfast West.
  59. ↑ Gerry Adams in Belfast West.
  60. ↑ Includes official Liberal candidates who were not given national Alliance endorsement against SDP candidates in three constituencies: Liverpool Broadgreen, Hackney South and Shoreditch, and Hammersmith.
  61. ↑ James Kilfedder in North Down.
  62. ↑ Candidate Gerry Fitt in Belfast West.
  63. ↑ Figure includes two candidates who simply stood as 'Loony Society' candidates in Dulwich and Kingston-upon-Thames.[13]
  64. ↑ Candidate William Campbell Gault stood in Belfast North.
  65. ↑ Candidate Ronald Parkinson stood in Hertsmere.
  66. ↑ Candidate Frances Cullen stood in Belfast East.
  67. ↑ Candidate Thomas Layton stood in Hove.
  68. ↑ Candidate R. Johnson stood in Henley.
  69. ↑
  70. ↑ All valid votes excluding spoiled votes.
  71. ↑ Includes 20 Co-operative Party candidates, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance
  72. ↑ Includes 9 Co-operative Party MPs, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance
  73. ↑ Includes +2 Co-operative Party MPs, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance
  74. ↑ Includes 1.4% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance
  75. ↑ Includes 1.0% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance
  76. ↑ Includes 334,132 for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance
  77. ↑ Includes +0.0% for the Co-operative Party, as part of the Labour-Co-op alliance

References

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  12. ↑ Colin Rallings; Micheal Thrasher (2006). British Electoral Facts. Total Politics. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-1-907278-03-7.
  13. ↑ "The Official Monster Raving Loony Party: Official Monster Raving Loony Party General Election Results 1966-2005". Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  14. ↑ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 32. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  15. ↑ David Butler. Roger Mortimore; Andrew Blick (eds.). Butler's British Political Facts. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-137-56708-6.
  16. ↑ Cracknell, Richard; Uberoi, Elise; Burton, Matthew (9 August 2023). "UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections" (PDF). House of Commons Library. p. 29. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
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