Results of the 1983 United Kingdom general election
(Learn how and when to remove this message) This page details the results of the 1983 United Kingdom general election.
Essex
Conservative | Labour Party | Liberal | Social Democratic | Other |
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15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
51.9% | 17.8% | 18.1% | 11.6% | 0.5% |
Constituency | Party | MP | Majority | Result |
| Basildon | Conservative | David Amess | 1,379 | Con hold |
| Billericay | Conservative | Harvey Proctor | 14,615 | Con hold |
| Braintree | Conservative | Tony Newton | 13,441 | Con hold |
| Brentwood and Ongar | Conservative | Robert McCrindle | 9,387 | Con hold |
| Castle Point | Conservative | Bernard Braine | 15,417 | Con hold |
| Chelmsford | Conservative | Norman St John-Stevas | 378 | Con hold |
| Colchester North | Conservative | Antony Buck | 15,048 | Con hold |
| Colchester South and Maldon | Conservative | John Wakeham | 12,165 | Con hold |
| Epping Forest | Conservative | John Biggs-Davison | 15,378 | Con hold |
| Harlow | Conservative | Jerry Hayes | 3,674 | Con hold |
| Harwich | Conservative | Julian Ridsdale | 12,502 | Con hold |
| Rochford | Conservative | Michael Clark | 13,102 | Con hold |
| Saffron Walden | Conservative | Alan Haselhurst | 15,249 | Con hold |
| Southend East | Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 10,691 | Con hold |
| Southend West | Conservative | Paul Channon | 8,033 | Con hold |
| Thurrock | Labour | Oonagh McDonald | 1,722 | Lab hold |
Northern Scotland
Constituency | Party | MP | Majority | Result |
| Aberdeen North | Labour | | 9,144 | Lab |
| Aberdeen South | Conservative | | 3,581 | Con |
| Argyll and Bute | Conservative | | 3,844 | Con |
| Angus East | Conservative | | 3,527 | Con |
| Banff & Buchan | Conservative | A. McQuirrie | 937 | Con |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Social Democrat | Robert Maclennan | 6,843 | SDP |
| Dundee East | SNP | | 13,104 | SNP |
| Dundee West | Labour | | 10,150 | Lab |
Scotland
Constituency | Party | MP | Majority | Result |
| Ayr | Conservative | George Younger | 7,978 | Con |
| Carrick Cumnock & Doon Valley | Labour | | 11,370 | Lab |
| Clackmannan | Labour | | 9,639 | Lab |
| Clydebank and Milngavie | Labour | | 9,436 | Lab |
| Clydesdale | Labour | | 4,866 | Lab |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Labour | | 9,928 | Lab |
| Cunninghame North | Conservative | | 1,637 | Con |
| Cunninghame South | Labour | | 11,768 | Lab |
| Dumbarton | Labour | | 2,115 | Lab |
| Dumfries | Conservative | | 8,694 | Con |
| Dunfermline East | Labour | Gordon Brown | 11,301 | Lab |
| Dunfermline West | Labour | | 2,474 | Lab |
| East Kilbride | Labour | | 4,336 | Lab |
| East Lothian | Labour | | 6,241 | Lab |
| Eastwood | Conservative Party | | 8,595 | Con |
| Edinburgh Central | Conservative Party | | 2,566 | Con |
| Edinburgh East | Labour | | 5,866 | Lab |
| Edinburgh Leith | Labour | | 4,973 | Lab |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Conservative Party | Malcolm Rifkind | 4,309 | Con |
| Edinburgh South | Conservative Party | | 3,655 | Con |
| Edinburgh West | Labour | | 498 | Lab |
| Falkirk East | Labour | | 10,061 | Lab |
| Falkirk West | Labour | | 8,978 | Lab |
| Fife Central | Labour | | 7,794 | Lab |
| Fife North East | Conservative | | 2,185 | Con |
| Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | Conservative | Ian Lang | 5,461 | Con |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Conservative | | 4,230 | Lab |
| Glasgow Central | Conservative | | 10,962 | Lab |
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