1992 United Kingdom general election in England

1992 United Kingdom general election in England

9 April 1992 (1992-04-09)
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		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	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
	Other parties	0	0	0		—	401,531	1.4	1.0
							28,148,506	78.0

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%