1992 United Kingdom general election

A general election was held on 9 April 1992 to elect all 651 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won the election, winning 336 seats, and John Major stayed as Prime Minister. Many people thought that the Labour Party would win the election because opinion polls had shown them to be ahead.

1992 United Kingdom general election

9 April 1992
All 651 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	77.7% (2.4%)
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 Yeovil Last election 376 seats, 42.2% 229 seats, 30.8% 22 seats, 22.6% Seats won 336 271 20 Seat change 40 42 2 Popular vote 14,093,007 11,560,484 5,999,606 Percentage 41.9% 34.4% 17.8% Swing 0.3% 3.6% 4.8%
Colours show the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election John Major Conservative Prime Minister after election John Major Conservative

1992 United Kingdom General Election Media

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  Seats won in the election (outer ring) against number of votes (inner ring)

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  Opinion polling for the 1992 UK General Election, with a 7-poll moving average.

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    Conservative

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    Labour

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    Liberal Democrats

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  Labour Leader Neil Kinnock conceding defeat

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  The disproportionality of the house of parliament in the 1992 election was 13.59 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.