1992 United Kingdom general election in England
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All 524 English seats to the House of Commons 262 seats needed for English majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1992 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 9 April 1992 for 524 English seats to the House of Commons. John Major's Conservative Party won a decisive majority of English seats for the fourth successive election, although the Labour Party made substantial gains. Together with Conservative seats in Scotland and Wales, this gave the Conservatives an overall majority in the House of Commons of 21 seats.
Results table
[edit]Party[1] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
Conservative | 319 | 1 | 40 | ![]() |
60.9 | 12,796,772 | 45.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | 195 | 40 | 0 | ![]() |
37.2 | 9,551,910 | 33.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 10 | 4 | 4 | ![]() |
1.9 | 5,398,293 | 19.2 | ![]() | |
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
— | 401,531 | 1.4 | ![]() | |
28,148,506 | 78.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 9 APRIL 1992" (PDF). 1993. Retrieved 30 July 2018.