# Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher

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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
### 1950 general election, Dartford

General election 1950: Dartford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Norman Dodds | 38,128 | 56.38 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Roberts | 24,490 | 36.21 | |
| | Liberal | Anthony H. Giles | 5,011 | 7.41 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,638 | 20.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,629 | 85.51 | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### 1951 general election, Dartford

General election 1951: Dartford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour Co-op | Norman Dodds | 40,094 | 59.09 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Roberts | 27,760 | 40.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,334 | 18.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 67,854 | 85.22 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.71 |

### 1959 general election, Finchley

General election 1959: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 16,260 | 29.1 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,835 | 80.8 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +3.0 | |

### 1964 general election, Finchley

General election 1964: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,802 | 16.7 | −12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,788 | 78.2 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 1966 general election, Finchley

General election 1966: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9,464 | 18.4 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,542 | 75.3 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −2.4 | |

### 1970 general election, Finchley

General election 1970: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,185 | 23.6 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,389 | 65.6 | −9.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |

### February 1974 general election, Finchley

General election February 1974: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 5,978 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,603 | 78.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −3.1 | |

### October 1974 general election, Finchley

General election October 1974: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3,911 | 10.4 | −4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,462 | 69.5 | −8.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 | |

### 1979 general election, Finchley

General election 1979: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,878 | 19.8 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,832 | 72.5 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 | |

### 1983 general election, Finchley

General election 1983: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 9,314 | 24.3 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,417 | 69.0 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |

### 1987 general election, Finchley

General election 1987: Finchley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 8,913 | 22.2 | −2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,063 | 69.4 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.0 | |

## Conservative Party leadership elections
### 1975 leadership election

First ballot: 4 February 1975 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Margaret Thatcher | 130 | 47.1 |
| | Edward Heath | 119 | 43.1 |
| | Hugh Fraser | 16 | 5.8 |
| Second ballot required ||||
Second ballot: 11 February 1975 :
| Candidate | 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

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

### 1990 leadership election

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

## United Kingdom general elections
### 1979 general election

UK General Election 1979 :
| | | | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | 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 | 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 |
| | UUP | 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 |
| | Ind. 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 |
| Government's new majority | 43 |
| Total votes cast | 31,221,362 |
| Turnout | 76% |

### 1983 general election

1983 UK general election :
| | | | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | 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 | 23 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 3.5 | 25.4 | 7,794,770 | +11.6 |
| | SNP | Gordon Wilson | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 331,975 | −0.5 |
| | UUP | 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 |
| Government's new majority | 144 |
| Total votes cast | 30,671,137 |
| Turnout | 72.7% |

### 1987 general election

UK general election 1987 :
| | | | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Leader | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | 633 | 376 | 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 |
| | 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 |
| Government's new majority | 102 |
| Total votes cast | 32,529,578 |
| Turnout | 75.3% |