1992 United Kingdom general election in England
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On Thursday 9 April 1992, the 1992 United Kingdom general election was held in England, to elect all 651 members of the House of Commons, with 524 constituencies being in England.
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9 April 1992
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| Turnout | 78.0% ( 2.6 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Candidates
Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1992 general election in England.[1][2][3]
| Affiliation | Candidates | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 524 | |
| Labour Party | 524 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 522 | |
| Natural Law Party | 272 | |
| Green Party of England and Wales | 223 | |
| Other | 263 | |
| Total | 2,328 | |
Analysis
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. This was a significant reduction from the Conservative majority of 102 seats in the 1987 general election.[4]
Although the party won the election, the Conservatives lost notable members of Parliament in England. Chris Patten, the then Chairman of the Conservative Party, lost his seat of Bath, which he had held the seat since 1979, to the Liberal Democrats. He was later appointed Governor of Hong Kong. Lynda Chalker also lost her seat of Wallasey, which she had held since the February 1974 general election. Francis Maude lost his seat of North Warwickshire and Bedworth to Mike O'Brien, though returned at the next election.
Former Conservative leader and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former Labour Party leader Michael Foot, former Social Democratic Party leader David Owen, three former Chancellors of the Exchequer, Denis Healey, Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson, former Home Secretary Merlyn Rees, Norman Tebbit, Rosie Barnes and Speaker of the House of Commons Bernard Weatherill did not re-contest their constituencies in England, leaving the House of Commons following the election.
Future Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith was elected to Parliament as the member of Parliament (MP) for Chingford and Woodford Green for the first time in this election. Betty Boothroyd, the re-elected MP for West Bromwich West, subsequently became Speaker of the House of Commons on 28 April 1992.
Results
| Party[5] | Seats | Aggregate votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| 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 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1.9 | 156,463 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
| Natural Law | 0 | New | 1.9 | 57,415 | 0.2 | New | |||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | — | 187,653 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| Total | 524 | 1 |
100.0 | 28,148,506 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Registered voters, and turnout | 78.0[6] | 2.6 | |||||||
By region
Note: these results are based on the previously-used standard statistical regions, not the current regions of England established in 1994.
North
This region included Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and constituencies in the defunct county of Cleveland in the current English region of North East England, as well as Cumbria.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 80.6 | 914,712 | 50.6 | 4.2 | |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16.7 | 603,893 | 33.4 | 1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 2.8 | 281,236 | 15.6 | 5.5 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 8,704 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
| Total | 36 | |
1,808,545 | ||||||
Yorkshire and the Humber
Like the current statistical region, this region included North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire constituencies in Humberside.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63.0 | 1,267,515 | 44.3 | 3.7 | |
| Conservative | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37.0 | 1,084,242 | 37.9 | 0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 481,260 | 16.8 | 4.8 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 25,240 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |
| Total | 54 | |
2,858,257 | ||||||
East Midlands
Like the current statistical region, this region included Derbyshire, Lincolnshire (excluding North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 28 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 66.7 | 1,149,514 | 46.6 | 2.2 | |
| Labour | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 922,397 | 37.4 | 7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 376,608 | 15.3 | 5.7 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 18,037 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
| Total | 42 | |
2,466,556 | ||||||
East Anglia
This region included Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 85.0 | 635,754 | 51.1 | 1.1 | |
| Labour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 348,353 | 28.0 | 6.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 242,984 | 19.5 | 6.2 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 18,424 | 1.5 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 20 | |
1,245,515 | ||||||
Greater London
This consisted of the constituencies within the county and region of Greater London.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 48 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 57.1 | 1,630,333 | 45.3 | 1.2 | |
| Labour | 35 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 41.7 | 1,332,424 | 37.1 | 5.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.2 | 543,741 | 15.1 | 6.2 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 89,344 | 2.5 | 1.7 | |
| Total | 84 | |
3,595,842 | ||||||
Greater London
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South East England
This region included Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Kent, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex within the current South East England. It also included Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex within the current East of England region.
However, it excluded Greater London, which was otherwise part of the standard statistical region at the time.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 106 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 97.2 | 3,519,149 | 54.5 | 1.1 | |
| Labour | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.8 | 1,341,299 | 20.8 | 4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1,507,305 | 23.3 | 3.8 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 88,188 | 1.4 | 0.9 | |
| Total | 109 | 1 |
6,455,871 | ||||||
South West England
Like the current statistical region, this region included Cornwall, Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, and the defunct county of Avon.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 38 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 79.2 | 1,387,923 | 47.6 | 3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12.5 | 916,763 | 31.4 | 1.6 | |
| Labour | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8.3 | 561,836 | 19.2 | 3.3 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 52,191 | 1.8 | 1.3 | |
| Total | 48 | |
2,918,871 | ||||||
West Midlands
Like the current statistical region, this region included Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the county of West Midlands, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Conservative | 29 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 1,390,246 | 44.8 | 0.8 | |
| Labour | 29 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 50.0 | 1,203,351 | 38.8 | 5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 466,228 | 15.0 | 5.8 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 45,124 | 1.5 | 1.1 | |
| Total | 58 | |
3,104,949 | ||||||
North West
This region included Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.
| Party | Seats | Aggregate Votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Gains | Losses | Net | Of all (%) | Total | Of all (%) | Change (%) | ||
| Labour | 44 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 60.3 | 1,660,023 | 44.9 | 3.7 | |
| Conservative | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 37.0 | 1,395,718 | 37.8 | 0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.7 | 582,168 | 15.8 | 4.8 | |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 56,349 | 1.5 | 1.3 | |
| Total | 73 | |
3,694,258 | ||||||
See also
Notes
- Figure is the combined result of the SDP-Liberal Alliance parties - the Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party - which formed the Liberal Democrats.