1992 United Kingdom general election in England

1992 United Kingdom general election in England

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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 Decrease39 Increase40 Steady
Popular vote 12,796,772 9,551,910 5,398,293
Percentage 45.5% 33.9% 19.2%
Swing Decrease0.8% Increase4.4% Decrease4.7%

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.