UK General Elections 1984 to 1996

[James G]

This idea comes from the elections mentioned within my recent story Burn It All Down : alternate-timelines.proboards.com/thread/3316/burn-all-britain-1982-84 




General election May 1984

Conservative Party, 298
Labour Party, 290
Liberal Party, 21
Social Democratic Party (SDP), 19
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 11
Scottish National Party (SNP), 3
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 2
Plaid Cymru, 2
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP), 2
Sinn Fein, 1
Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP), 1

All 650 seats up for election. Outcome is a Hung Parliament with Labour eventually agreeing with The Alliance (Liberals & SDP) to form a government with their supply-&-confidence. Late in the year, the so-called 'Alliance of the Losers' falls apart and the SDP join with the UUP in forming a coalition government with the Conservatives ahead of a new election.



General election November 1984

Conservative Party, 404
Labour Party, 129
Social Democratic Party (SDP), 82
Liberal Party, 12
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 11
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 3
Scottish National Party (SNP), 3
Plaid Cymru, 2
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP), 2
Speaker seeking re-election, 1
Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP), 1

All 650 seats up for election. Outcome is a Conservative majority government.



General election April 1988

Conservative Party, 372
Social Democratic Party (SDP), 135
Labour Party, 98
Liberal Party, 20
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 11
Scottish National Party (SNP), 5
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 3
Plaid Cymru, 2
Sinn Fein, 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP), 1
Speaker seeking re-election, 1
Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP), 1

All 650 seats up for election. Outcome is another Conservative majority government. The Social Democrats overtake the Labour Party, which will be later renamed the Socialist Labour Party.



General election May 1992

Conservative Party, 349
Social Democratic Party, 205
Socialist Labour Party, 48
Liberal & Co-operative Party, 23
Ulster Unionist Party, 11
Scottish National Party, 5
Democratic Unionist Party, 3
Plaid Cymru, 3
Sinn Fein, 1
Social Democratic & Labour Party, 1
Ulster Popular Unionist Party (UPUP), 1

Boundary changes see an increase to 656 seats for this election. Outcome is once more a Conservative majority government.



General election May 1996

Social Democratic Party, 336
Conservative Party, 253
Liberal & Co-operative Party, 20
Socialist Labour Party, 18
Ulster Unionist Party, 10
Scottish National Party, 6
Social Democratic & Labour Party, 4
Democratic Labour, 3
Plaid Cymru, 3
Democratic Unionist Party, 3
Speaker seeking re-election, 1

Boundary changes see an increase to 657 seats for this election. Outcome is a Social Democratic majority government. Socialist Labour is pushed into fourth place with the breakaway Democratic Labour Party only taking a trio of seats but splitting Labour's vote all over the place.