List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1983–1997) by region
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Constituencies in 1974-1979 | 1983 MPs | 1987 MPs | 1992 MPs | Constituencies in 1997-2010
This is a list of all constituencies that were in existence in the 1983 and 1987 General Elections broken down by region. Apart from one seat, the same seats were used in the 1992 General Election.
South East of England (77 then 78)
Berkshire (7)
Buckinghamshire (6 then 7)
East Sussex (8)
Hampshire (15)
Isle of Wight (1)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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Isle of Wight | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
Kent (16)
Oxfordshire (6)
Surrey (11)
West Sussex (7)
South West of England (48)
Avon (10)
Cornwall (5)
Devon (11)
Dorset (7)
Gloucestershire (5)
Somerset (5)
Wiltshire (5)
Greater London (84)
North West London (23)
The boroughs of Hillingdon, Harrow, Brent, Ealing, Barnet, Camden, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster, and the City of London.
North East London (25)
The boroughs of Enfield, Haringey, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and Havering.
South West London (17)
The boroughs of Hounslow, Richmond, Kingston, Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton and Croydon.
South East London (19)
The boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley.
Eastern England (51)
Bedfordshire (5)
Cambridgeshire (6)
Essex (16)
Hertfordshire (10)
Norfolk (8)
Suffolk (6)
West Midlands (58)
Hereford and Worcester (7)
Shropshire (4)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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Ludlow | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
North Shropshire | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
Shrewsbury and Atcham | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
The Wrekin | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour |
Staffordshire (11)
Warwickshire (5)
West Midlands (31)
East Midlands (42)
Derbyshire (10)
Leicestershire (9)
Lincolnshire (6)
Northamptonshire (6)
Nottinghamshire (11)
North East of England (29)
Cleveland (6)
Durham (7)
Northumberland (4)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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Berwick upon Tweed | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal |
Blyth Valley | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour |
Hexham | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
Wansbeck | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour |
Tyne and Wear (13)
North West of England (79)
Cheshire (10)
Cumbria (6)
Greater Manchester (30)
Lancashire (16)
Merseyside (17)
Yorkshire and Humberside (54)
Humberside (9)
North Yorkshire (7)
South Yorkshire (15)
West Yorkshire (23)
Scotland (72)
Borders (2)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat |
Dumfries and Galloway (2)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
Strathclyde (33)
Lothian (10)
Central (4)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
Fife (5)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat |
Tayside (5)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color| SNP | bgcolor=Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color| SNP | |
bgcolor=Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color| SNP | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |
Grampian (6)
Highland (5)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color| Social Democrat | bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color| Social Democrat | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat | |
Orkney and Shetland | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat |
bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color| Social Democrat | bgcolor=Template:Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color| Social Democrat | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat | |
bgcolor=Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color| SNP | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour |
Wales (38)
Gwynedd (4)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | |
bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru |
Clwyd (5)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour |
Dyfed (4)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color| Plaid Cymru | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour |
Powys (2)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | |
bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color| Liberal | bgcolor=Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color| Liberal Democrat |
West Glamorgan (5)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour |
Mid Glamorgan (6)
South Glamorgan (5)
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 |
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bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | |
bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color| Labour | |
bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative | bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color| Conservative |