This is a summary of the electoral history of John Major , who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 1979 to 2001.
Council elections [ ]
1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election, Larkhall [ ]
This section is transcluded from Lambeth London Borough Council election, 1964 . ( | )
1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election, Ferndale [ ]
This section is transcluded from Lambeth London Borough Council election, 1968 . ( | )
1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election, Thornton [ ]
This section is transcluded from Lambeth London Borough Council election, 1971 . ( | )
Parliamentary elections [ ]
February 1974 general election, St Pancras North [ ]
October 1974 general election, St Pancras North [ ]
1979 general election, Huntingdonshire [ ]
1983 general election, Huntingdon [ ]
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Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) .
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1987 general election, Huntingdon [ ]
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Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) .
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1992 general election, Huntingdon [ ]
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Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) .
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1997 general election, Huntingdon [ ]
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transcluded from
Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency) .
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The constituency underwent boundary changes prior to the 1997 election and the changes are not based on the 1992 result.
Conservative Party leadership elections [ ]
1990 leadership election [ ]
This section is transcluded from 1990 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election . ( | )
1995 leadership election [ ]
This section is transcluded from 1995 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election . ( | )
Only ballot: 4 July 1995
Candidate
Votes
%
John Major
218
66.3
John Redwood
89
27.1
Abstentions
10
3.0
Spoilt
12
3.6
Majority
129
39.2
Turnout
329
N/A
John Major re-elected
United Kingdom general elections [ ]
1992 general election [ ]
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transcluded from
1992 United Kingdom general election .
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UK general election 1992[7]
Candidates
Votes
Party
Leader
Stood
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Conservative
John Major
645
336
3
44
−41
51.69
41.9
14,093,007
−0.3
Labour
Neil Kinnock
634
271
43
1
+42
41.62
34.4
11,560,484
+3.6
Liberal Democrats
Paddy Ashdown
632
20
4
6
−2
3.07
17.8
5,999,606
−4.8
SNP
Alex Salmond
72
3
2
2
0
0.46
1.9
629,564
+0.6
UUP
James Molyneaux
13
9
0
0
0
1.38
0.8
271,049
0.0
SDLP
John Hume
13
4
1
0
+1
0.61
0.5
184,445
0.0
Green
Jean Lambert and Richard Lawson
253
0
0
0
0
0.5
170,047
+0.2
Plaid Cymru
Dafydd Wigley
38
4
1
0
+1
0.61
0.5
156,796
+0.1
DUP
Ian Paisley
7
3
0
0
0
0.46
0.3
103,039
0.0
Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams
14
0
0
1
−1
0.2
78,291
−0.1
Alliance
John Alderdice
16
0
0
0
0
0.2
68,665
0.0
Liberal
Michael Meadowcroft
73
0
0
0
0
0.2
64,744
N/A
Natural Law
Geoffrey Clements
309
0
0
0
0
0.2
62,888
N/A
N/A
2
0
0
0
0
0.1
28,599
N/A
Independent Labour
N/A
6
0
0
0
0
0.1
22,844
N/A
UPUP
James Kilfedder
1
1
0
0
0
0.15
0.1
19,305
0.0
Ind. Conservative
N/A
12
0
0
0
0
0.1
11,356
N/A
Monster Raving Loony
Screaming Lord Sutch
25
0
0
0
0
0.1
7,929
+0.1
Independent
N/A
23
0
0
0
0
0.1
7,631
N/A
BNP
John Tyndall
13
0
0
0
0
0.1
7,631
N/A
SDP
John Bates
8
0
0
0
0
0.1
6,649
N/A
Scottish Militant Labour
Tommy Sheridan
1
0
0
0
0
0.1
6,287
N/A
National Front
John McAuley
14
0
0
0
0
0.1
4,816
N/A
True Labour
Sydney Bidwell
1
0
0
0
0
0.1
4,665
N/A
Anti-Federalist
Alan Sked
17
0
0
0
0
0.1
4,383
N/A
Workers' Party
Marian Donnelly
8
0
0
0
0
0.1
4,359
0.0
Official Conservative Hove Party
Nigel Furness
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,658
N/A
Loony Green
Stuart Hughes
5
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,538
N/A
Independent Unionist
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,256
N/A
New Agenda
Proinsias De Rossa
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,133
N/A
Independent Progressive Socialist
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,094
N/A
Islamic Party
David Pidcock
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,085
N/A
Revolutionary Communist
Frank Furedi
8
0
0
0
0
0.0
745
N/A
Independent Nationalist
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
649
N/A
Communist (PCC)
Jack Conrad
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
603
N/A
All parties with more than 500 votes shown. Plaid Cymru result includes votes for Green/Plaid Cymru Alliance.
Government's new majority
21
Total votes cast[7]
33,614,074
Turnout
77.7%
1997 general election [ ]
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transcluded from
1997 United Kingdom general election .
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UK General Election 1997[8]
Candidates
Votes
Party
Leader
Stood
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Labour
Tony Blair
639
418
146
0
+146
63.4
43.2
13,518,167
+8.8
Conservative
John Major
648
165
0
178
–178
25.0
30.7
9,600,943
–11.2
Liberal Democrats
Paddy Ashdown
639
46
30
2
+28
7.0
16.8
5,242,947
–1.0
Referendum
James Goldsmith
547
0
0
0
0
2.6
811,849
N/A
SNP
Alex Salmond
72
6
3
0
+3
0.9
2.0
621,550
+0.1
UUP
David Trimble
16
10
1
0
+1
1.5
0.8
258,349
0.0
SDLP
John Hume
18
3
0
1
–1
0.5
0.6
190,814
+0.1
Plaid Cymru
Dafydd Wigley
40
4
0
0
0
0.6
0.5
161,030
0.0
Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams
17
2
2
0
+2
0.3
0.4
126,921
0.0
DUP
Ian Paisley
9
2
0
1
–1
0.3
0.3
107,348
0.0
UKIP
Alan Sked
193
0
0
0
0
0.3
105,722
N/A
Independent
N/A
25
1
1
0
+1
0.2
0.2
64,482
0.0
Alliance
John Alderdice
17
0
0
0
0
0.2
62,972
0.0
Green
Peg Alexander and David Taylor
89
0
0
0
0
0.2
61,731
–0.2
Socialist Labour
Arthur Scargill
64
0
0
0
0
0.2
52,109
N/A
Liberal
Michael Meadowcroft
53
0
0
0
0
0.1
45,166
–0.1
BNP
John Tyndall
57
0
0
0
0
0.1
35,832
0.0
Natural Law
Geoffrey Clements
197
0
0
0
0
0.1
30,604
–0.1
Speaker
Betty Boothroyd
1
1
1
0
0
0.1
23,969
ProLife Alliance
Bruno Quintavalle
56
0
0
0
0
0.1
19,332
N/A
UK Unionist
Robert McCartney
1
1
1
0
+1
0.2
0.0
12,817
N/A
PUP
Hugh Smyth
3
0
0
0
0
0.0
10,928
N/A
National Democrats
Ian Anderson
21
0
0
0
0
0.0
10,829
N/A
Socialist Alternative
Peter Taaffe
0
0
0
0
0.0
9,906
N/A
Scottish Socialist
Tommy Sheridan
16
0
0
0
0
0.0
9,740
N/A
Independent Labour
N/A
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
9,233
– 0.1
Ind. Conservative
N/A
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
8,608
–0.1
Monster Raving Loony
Screaming Lord Sutch
24
0
0
0
0
0.0
7,906
–0.1
Rainbow Dream Ticket
Rainbow George Weiss
29
0
0
0
0
0.0
3,745
N/A
NI Women's Coalition
Monica McWilliams and Pearl Sagar
3
0
0
0
0
0.0
3,024
N/A
Workers' Party
Tom French
8
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,766
–0.1
National Front
John McAuley
6
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,716
N/A
Legalise Cannabis
Howard Marks
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
2,085
N/A
People's Labour
Jim Hamezian
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,995
N/A
Mebyon Kernow
Loveday Jenkin
4
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,906
N/A
Green
Robin Harper
5
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,721
Christopher Story
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,434
N/A
Socialist (GB)
None
5
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,359
N/A
Community Representative
Ralph Knight
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,290
N/A
Residents
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,263
N/A
SDP
John Bates
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,246
–0.1
Workers Revolutionary
Sheila Torrance
9
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,178
N/A
Real Labour
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,117
N/A
Independent Democratic
N/A
0
0
0
0
0.0
982
Ind. Liberal Democrat
N/A
0
0
0
0
0.0
890
Communist
Mike Hicks
3
0
0
0
0
0.0
639
Independent Green
N/A
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
593
Green (NI)
1
0
0
0
0
0.0
539
Socialist Equality
Davy Hyland
3
0
0
0
0
0.0
505
All parties with more than 500 votes shown. Labour total includes New Labour and "Labour Time for Change" candidates; Conservative total includes candidates in Northern Ireland (excluded in some lists) and "Loyal Conservative" candidate.[citation needed ]
The Popular Unionist MP elected in 1992 died in 1995, and the party folded shortly afterwards.
There was no incumbent Speaker in the 1992 election.
Government's new majority
179
Total votes cast
31,286,284
Turnout
71.3%
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