Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher

This is a summary of the electoral history of Margaret Thatcher, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Finchley from 1959 to 1992.

Parliamentary Elections

1950 General Election, Dartford

United Kingdom general election, 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman Dodds	38,128	56.4
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher (as Margaret Roberts)	24,490	36.2
	Liberal	A.H. Giles	5,011	7.4
Majority			13,638	20.2
Turnout			67,629	85.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1951 General Election, Dartford

United Kingdom general election, 1951
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Norman Dodds	40,094	59.1
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher (as Margaret Roberts)	27,760	40.9
Majority			12,334	18.2
Turnout			67,854	85.2
	Labour hold		Swing

1959 General Election, Finchley

General Election 1959: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	29,697	53.19
	Labour	E. P. Deakins	13,437	24.07
	Liberal	H. I. Spence	12,701	22.75
Majority			16,260	29.12
Turnout			55,835	80.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 General Election, Finchley

General Election 1964: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	24,591	46.58	-6.21
	Liberal	John Pardoe	15,789	29.91	+7.16
	Labour	Alfred E. Tomlinson	12,408	23.51	-0.56
Majority			8,802	16.67	-12.45
Turnout			52,788	78.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

1966 General Election, Finchley

General Election 1966: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	23,968	46.5	-0.08
	Labour	Y. Sieve	14,504	28.0	+4.49
	Liberal	F. Davis	13,070	25.5	-4.41
Majority			9,464	18.36	+1.69
Turnout			51,542	75.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

1970 General Election, Finchley

General Election 1970: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	25,480	53.8	+7.3
	Labour	Michael I. Freeman	14,295	30.2	+2.2
	Liberal	G. Mitchell	7,614	16.0	-9.95
Majority			11,185
Turnout			47,389	65.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

February 1974 General Election, Finchley

General Election February 1974: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	18,180	44.00
	Labour	Martin John O'Connor	12,202	29.00
	Liberal	Laurence Steven Brass	11,221	27.00
Majority			5,978
Turnout			41,603	78.00
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1% to Labour

October 1974 General Election, Finchley

General Election October 1974: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	16,498	44.04
	Labour	Martin John O'Connor	12,587	33.60
	Liberal	Laurence Steven Brass	7,384	19.71
	National Front	Janet Godfrey	993	2.65
Majority			3,911	10.44
Turnout			37,462	69.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

1979 General Election, Finchley

General Election 1979: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	20,918	52.5
	Labour	Richard May	13,040	32.7
	Liberal	A. Paterson	5,254	13.2
	National Front	W. Verity	534	1.3
	Independent Democrat	E. Lloyd	86	0.2	N/A
Majority			7,878	19.8
Turnout			39,832	71.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

1983 General Election, Finchley

General Election 1983: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	19,616	51.1	-1.4
	Labour	Lawrence Gregory Spigel	10,302	26.8	-5.9
	Liberal	Margaret Joachim	7,763	20.2	+7.0
	Ecology	S. J. Wilkinson	279	0.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	235	0.6	N/A
	Ban Every Licensing Law Society	Antony Joseph Noonan	75	0.2	N/A
	Independent	H. M. Anscomb	42	0.1	N/A
	Law and Order in Gotham City	Antony Peter Whitehead	37	0.1	N/A
	Anti-Censorship	David Alec Webb	28	0.1	N/A
	Party of Associates with Licensees	Brian Clifford Wareham	27	0.1	N/A
	Belgrano Blood-Hunger	Benjamin C. Wedmore	13	0.0	N/A
Majority			9,314	24.2	+4.4
Turnout			38,417	69.0	-2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

1987 General Election, Finchley

General Election 1987: Finchley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	21,603	53.9	+2.8
	Labour	John Roderick Mervyn Davies	12,690	31.7	+4.9
	Liberal	David Howarth	5,580	13.9	−7.3
	Gremloid Party	Lord Buckethead	131	0.3	N/A
	Gold Party	M. Jane St Vincent	59	0.2	N/A
Majority			8,913	22.2	-2.0
Turnout			40,063	69.4	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Conservative Party leadership elections

1975 Leadership Election

Ballot: 4 February 1975
Candidate		Votes	%
	Margaret Thatcher	130	49.1
	Edward Heath	119	44.9
	Hugh Fraser	16	6.0

Heath resigned as Conservative leader, but another ballot was needed. This was held on 11 February.

Ballot: 11 February 1975
Candidate		Votes	%
	Margaret Thatcher	146	53.3
	William Whitelaw	79	28.9
	Geoffrey Howe	19	6.9
	James Prior	19	6.9
	John Peyton	11	4.0

1989 Leadership election

Ballot: 5 December 1989
Candidate		Votes	%
	Margaret Thatcher	314	84.0
	Anthony Meyer	33	8.8
	Abstentions	3	0.8
	Spoilt	24	6.4
Majority		281	75.1
Turnout		374
	Thatcher re-elected

1990 Leadership Election

First ballot: 20 November 1990
Candidate		Votes	%
	Margaret Thatcher	204	53.8
	Michael Heseltine	152	40.1
	Abstentions	6	1.6
	Void/Spoilt	17	4.5
Majority		52	13.7
Turnout		379
	Second Ballot required

Although receiving the support of a clear majority of MPs, Thatcher narrowly failed to achieve a lead over Heseltine that comprised at least 15% of the number of all Conservative MPs, abstentions and spoilt ballots included. Thatcher therefore decided to withdraw her candidacy on Thursday 22 November 1990. As a result of this, two further candidates allowed themselves to be nominated: the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and the Chancellor of the Exchequer John Major. John Major subsequently won the leadership election and was made Prime Minister.

UK General Elections

1979 General Election

UK General Election 1979
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Conservative	622	339	63	1	+ 62	53.4%	43.9	13,697,923	+ 8.1
	Labour	623	269	4	54	– 50	42.4%	36.9	11,532,218	– 2.3
	Liberal	577	11	1	3	– 2	1.7%	13.8	4,313,804	– 4.5
	SNP	71	2	0	9	– 9	0.31%	1.6	504,259	– 1.3
	UUP	11	5	1	2	– 1	0.79%	0.8	254,578	– 0.1
	National Front	303	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.6	191,719	+ 0.2
	Plaid Cymru	36	2	0	1	– 1	0.31%	0.4	132,544	– 0.2
	SDLP	9	1	0	0	0	0.16%	0.4	126,325	– 0.2
	Alliance	12	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.3	82,892	+ 0.1
	DUP	5	3	2	0	+ 2	0.47%	0.2	70,795	– 0.1
	Ecology	53	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	39,918	+ 0.1
	UUUP	2	1	1	0	+ 1	0.16%	0.1	39,856	N/A
	Independent Ulster Unionist	1	1	1	0	+ 1	0.16%	0.1	36,989	+ 0.1
	Independent Labour	12	0	0	0	0	0.16%	0.1	27,953	– 0.1
	Irish Independence	4	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	23,086	N/A
	Independent Republican	1	1	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	22,398	– 0.1
	Independent	62	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	19,531	+ 0.1
	Communist	38	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	16,858	0.0
	SLP	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	13,737	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	60	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	12,631	+ 0.1
	Workers' Party	7	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.1	12,098	0.0
	Independent SDLP	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	10,785	N/A
	Unionist Party NI	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	8,021	– 0.1
	Independent Conservative	7	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	4,841	0.0
	NI Labour	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	4,441	0.0
	Mebyon Kernow	3	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	4,164	0.0
	Democratic Labour	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	3,785	– 0.1
	Wessex Regionalist	7	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	3,090	N/A
	Socialist Unity	10	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	2,834	N/A
	Independent Democratic	5	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	1,087	N/A
	United Country	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	1,033	N/A
	Independent Liberal	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	1,023	0.0
	Independent Socialist	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	770	0.0
	Workers (Leninist)	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	767	0.0
	New Britain	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	717	0.0
	Fellowship	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	531	0.0
	More Prosperous Britain	6	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	518	0.0
	United English National	2	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	238	0.0
	Cornish Nationalist	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	227	N/A
	Social Democrat	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	144	0.0
	English National	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	142	0.0
	Socialist (GB)	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0	78	0.0

All parties shown.

Government's new majority	43
Total votes cast	31,221,362
Turnout	76%

1983 General Election

United Kingdom General Election 1983
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Conservative	633	397	47	10	+ 37	61.1	42.4	13,012,316	– 1.5
	Labour	633	209	4	55	– 51	32.2	27.6	8,456,934	– 9.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	633	23	14	0	+ 14	3.5	25.4	7,780,949	+ 11.6
	SNP	72	2	0	0	0	0.3	1.1	331,975	– 0.5
	UUP	16	11	3	1	+ 2	1.7	0.8	259,952	0.0
	DUP	14	3	2	1	+ 1	0.5	0.5	152,749	+ 0.3
	SDLP	17	1	0	1	– 1	0.2	0.4	137,012	0.0
	Plaid Cymru	38	2	0	0	0	0.3	0.4	125,309	0.0
	Sinn Féin	14	1	1	1	0	0.2	0.3	102,701	N/A
	Alliance	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	61,275	– 0.1
	Ecology	109	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	54,299	+ 0.1
	Independent		0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	30,422	N/A
	National Front	60	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	27,065	– 0.5
	Ulster Popular Unionist	1	1	1	0	+ 1	0.2	0.1	22,861	N/A
	Independent Labour		0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	16,447	0.0
	Workers' Party	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	14,650	– 0.1
	BNP	54	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	14,621	N/A
	Independent Liberal	3^[1]	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	13,743	0.0
	Communist	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	11,606	– 0.1
	Independent Socialist	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	10,326	N/A
	Independent Conservative		0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	9,442	0.0
	Independent Communist		0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	4,760	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	3,798	– 0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	3,015	N/A
	Wessex Regionalist	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,750	0.0
	Mebyon Kernow	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,151	N/A
	Independent DUP	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1,134	N/A
	Licensees	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	934	N/A
	Nationalist Party	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	630	N/A
	Labour and Trade Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	584	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	581	N/A
	Freedom Party	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	508	N/A

All parties with more than 500 votes shown.

Government's new majority	144
Total votes cast	30,661,309
Turnout	72.7%

1987 General Election

UK general election 1987
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	№	Net %
	Conservative	633	376	9	30	– 21	57.8	42.2	13,760,935	– 0.2
	Labour	633	229	26	6	+ 20	35.2	30.8	10,029,270	+ 3.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	633	22	5	6	– 1	3.38	22.6	7,341,651	– 2.8
	SNP	72	3	3	2	+ 1	0.46	1.3	416,473	+ 0.2
	UUP	12	9	0	2	– 2	1.38	0.8	276,230	0.0
	SDLP	13	3	2	0	+ 2	0.46	0.5	154,067	+ 0.1
	Plaid Cymru	38	3	1	0	+ 1	0.46	0.4	123,599	0.0
	Green	133	0	0	0	0		0.3	89,753	+ 0.1
	DUP	4	3	0	0	0	0.46	0.3	85,642	– 0.2
	Sinn Féin	14	1	0	0	0	0.15	0.3	83,389	0.0
	Alliance	16	0	0	0	0		0.2	72,671	0.0
	Workers' Party	14	0	0	0	0		0.1	19,294	+ 0.1
	Ulster Popular Unionist	1	1	0	0	0	0.15	0.1	18,420	0.0
	Real Unionist	1	0	0	0	0		0.1	14,467	N/A
	Communist	19	0	0	0	0		0.0	6,078	0.0
	Protestant Unionist	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	5,671	N/A
	Red Front	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	3,177	N/A
	Orkney and Shetland Movement	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	3,095	N/A
	Moderate Labour	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,269	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,951	0.0
	Workers Revolutionary	10	0	0	0	0		0.0	1,721	0.0
	Independent Liberal		0	0	0	0		0.0	686	0.0
	BNP	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	553	0.0
	Independent Green		0	0	0	0		0.0	522	N/A

All parties gaining over 500 votes listed.

Government's new majority	102
Total votes cast	32,530,204
Turnout	75.3%

References

↑ In addition, rebel Liberal associations fielded candidates against official SDP/Alliance nominees in three constituencies: Liverpool Broadgreen, Hackney South and Shoreditch, and Hammersmith.

Margaret Thatcher

13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–90)
Leader of the Conservative Party (1975–90)
MP for Finchley (1959–92)
Death and funeral (2013)

Member of Parliament

Ideology

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Premiership

Party elections

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Family

Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Bt (husband)
The Hon. Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Bt (son)
The Hon. Carol Thatcher (daughter)
Alfred Roberts (father)

Cultural depictions

Film and television	Thatcher: The Final Days The Falklands Play Pinochet in Suburbia The Long Walk to Finchley Margaret The Iron Lady The Hunt for Tony Blair In Search of La Che

Statues	Statue of Margaret Thatcher, Palace of Westminster Statue of Margaret Thatcher, London Guildhall

Associated performers	Steve Nallon Janet Brown Meryl Streep

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