1992 United Kingdom general election in England

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
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Major Neil Kinnock Paddy Ashdown Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 28 November 1990 2 October 1983 16 July 1988 Leader's seat Huntingdon Islwyn (Wales) Yeovil Last election 358 seats, 46.3% 155 seats, 29.5% 10 seats, 23.9% Seats won 319 195 10 Seat change 39 40 Popular vote 12,796,772 9,551,910 5,398,293 Percentage 45.5% 33.9% 19.2% Swing 0.8% 4.4% 4.7%

Main article: 1992 United Kingdom general election

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

Party [1]		Seats					Aggregate votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total	Of all (%)	Difference
	Conservative	319	1	40	39	60.9	12,796,772	45.5	0.8
	Labour	195	40	0	40	37.2	9,551,910	33.9	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	10	4	4		1.9	5,398,293	19.2	4.7
	Others	0	0	0		—	401,531	1.4	1.0
Total		524					28,148,506	78.0	2.6

Popular vote

Conservative			45.5%
Labour			33.9%
Liberal Democrats			19.2%
Other			1.4%

Parliament seats

Conservative			60.9%
Labour			37.2%
Liberal Democrats			1.9%

Results by standard statistical region

Note: these results are based on the previously-used standard statistical regions, not the current government office regions for statistics.

North

This region included Northumberland, Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Cumbria.

North

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Labour	29	+2	50.6%	+4.2%
Conservatives	6	-2	33.4%	+1.1%
Liberal Democrats	1	No change	15.6%	-5.5%

North West

This region included Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.

North West

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Labour	44	+8	44.9%	+3.7%
Conservatives	27	-7	37.8%	-0.2%
Liberal Democrats	2	-1	15.8%	-4.8%

Yorkshire and the Humber

Same as the modern region.

Yorkshire and the Humber

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Labour	34	+1	44.3%	+3.7%
Conservatives	20	-1	37.9%	+0.5%
Liberal Democrats	0	No change	16.8%	-4.8%

West Midlands

Same as the modern region.

West Midlands

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Conservatives	29	-7	44.8%	-0.8%
Labour	29	+7	38.8%	+5.5%
Liberal Democrats	0	No change	15.0%	-5.8%

East Midlands

Same as the modern region.

East Midlands

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Conservatives	28	-3	46.6%	-2.0%
Labour	14	+3	15.3%	+7.4%
Liberal Democrats	0	No change	15.3%	-5.7%

East Anglia

This region included Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

East Anglia

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Conservatives	17	-2	51.0%	-1.1%
Labour	3	+2	28.0%	+6.3%
Liberal Democrats	0	No change	19.5%	-6.2%

South West England

Same as the modern region.

South West England

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Conservatives	38	-6	47.6%	-3.0%
Liberal Democrats	6	+3	31.4%	-1.6%
Labour	4	+3	19.2%	+6.3%

South East England excluding London

This region included Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey, West Sussex and East Sussex.

South East England

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Conservatives	106	-1	54.5%	-1.1%
Labour	3	+2	20.8%	+4.0%
Liberal Democrats	0	No change	23.3%	-3.8%

London

Same as the modern region.

London

Party	Total seats	Net +/-	Voteshare	Net +/-%
Conservatives	48	-10	45.3%	-1.2%
Labour	35	+12	37.1%	+5.6%
Liberal Democrats	1	-2	15.1%	-6.2%

References

1. "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 9 APRIL 1992" (PDF). 1993. Retrieved 30 July 2018.