1983 United Kingdom general election in England
Results table

1983 United Kingdom general election in England

Section Title: Results table
Table Section Text: None

Party	Seats	Votes

Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change

Conservative	362	N/A	N/A	37	69.2	11,711,519	46.0	1.2

Labour	148	N/A	N/A	45	28.3	6,862,422	26.8	9.8

SDP–Liberal Alliance	13	N/A	N/A	8	2.5	6,714,957	26.4	11.5

Other parties	0	N/A	N/A	—	183,748	0.7	0.5

25,472,646	72.5

Sentence(s)

The SDP-Liberal Alliance won 26.4% of the popular vote, just 0.4% behind Labour, but won only 13 seats compared to 148 for Labour.

final_sentence: The SDP-Liberal Alliance won 26.4% of the popular vote, just 0.4% behind Labour, but won only 13 seats compared to 148 for Labour.