Results of the 1983 United Kingdom general election

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Essex[]

Conservative	Labour Party	Liberal	Social Democratic	Other

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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