This article lists the Social Democratic Party (UK)'s election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average votes per candidate  % UK vote Change (percentage points) Saved deposits Number of MPs
1983 311 3,521,624 11.64% New 6
1987 306 3,168,201 9.74% -1.9% 5

By-elections, 1981-1983

Election Candidate Votes % Position 1979 Result By-election
LAB LIB CON OTH LAB SDP CON OTH
1981 Warrington by-election Roy Jenkins 12,521 42.40 2 61.6 9.1 28.8 9.6 LAB hold 48.4 42.4 7.1 2.1
1981 Crosby by-election Shirley Williams 28,118 49.0 1 25.4 15.2 57.0 2.4 SDP gain from CON 9.5 49.1 39.8 1.6
1982 Glasgow Hillhead by-election Roy Jenkins 10,106 33.40 1 34.4 14.4 41.0 10.1 SDP gain from CON 25.9 33.4 26.6 14.1
1982 Mitcham and Morden by-election Bruce Douglas-Mann[1] 9,032 29.40 2 45.2 8.9 43.9 2.0 CON gain from LAB 24.4 29.4 43.4 2.8
1982 Gower by-election Gwynoro Jones 9,875 25.10 2 53.2 9.1 30.6 7.2 LAB hold 43.5 25.1 22.1 9.3
1982 Peckham by-election Dick Taverne 7,418 32.91 2 59.9 7.7 28.1 LAB hold 50.3 32.9 12.4 4.4
1983 Darlington by-election Anthony Cook 12,735 24.5 3 45.6 10.2 43.4 0.9 LAB hold 39.5 24.5 34.9 1.1

1983 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Posn 1979 Result compared to 1979 1983
LAB LIB CON OTH LAB SDP CON LIB OTH
Aberdeen North Colin Stirling Deans 10,118 24.7 2 LAB hold
Aberdeen South I.D. Philip 10,372 26.2 3 CON hold, but SDP and LAB together outpolled them
Aldridge-Brownhills P.G. Gunn 11,599 24.4 3 CON hold
Alyn and Deeside Eric Cyril Hammersley Owen 9,535 21.6 3 LAB win (new seat)
Angus East Pauline Mary Hammond 4,978 11.4 3 CON win (new seat)
Ashford J Hawkes 13,319 27.78 2 CON hold
Ashton-under-Lyne John Adler 7,521 17.8 3 LAB hold
Aylesbury Michael Alexander Soole 15,310 29.4 2 CON hold
Banbury Keith Fitchett 13,200 26.86 2 CON hold
Banff and Buchan Edward Allport Needham 6,084 15.0 3 CON win (new seat)
Barnsley West and Penistone J. Evans 9,624 21.7 3 LAB hold
Barrow and Furness D. Cottier 11,079 21.7 3 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB
Basildon Sue Slipman 11,634 25.7 3 CON hold, but SDP and LAB together outpolled them
Basingstoke Ednyfed Hudson Davies

(defecting Labour MP from Caerphilly)

15,931 28.8 2 CON hold
Bassetlaw B. Withnall 8,124 16.7 3 LAB hold
Bath Malcolm Dean 17,240 36 2 CON hold, but SDP and LAB together outpolled them
Batley and Spen Stephen Woollery 11,678 21.6 3 CON win (new seat), but SDP+LAB outpolled them
Battersea M. Harris 7,675 17.5 3 LAB win (new seat)
South West Bedfordshire Richard Byfield 16,036 27.8 2
East Berkshire Kevin Patrick O'Sullivan 17,868 29.9 2
Birmingham Edgbaston Joseph Christopher Binns 8,167 22.4 2
Birmingham Erdington Christopher Bernard Barber 7,915 21.1 3
Birmingham Selly Oak Kevin William Wheldall 10,613 20.7 3
Birmingham Small Heath A.M. Bostock 5,722 16 3
Birmingham Sparkbrook Omkar Singh Parmar 3,416 10.4 3
Birmingham Yardley David Anthony Bennett 8,109 23.1 3
Blackburn Eric Fairbrother 8,174 14.4 3
Blackpool South Alex G. Cox 9,417 24 3
Blaydon M. Carr 12,607 26.3 3
Blyth Valley Rosemary Margaret Brownlow 13,340 31.8 2
Bolsover S. Reddish 7,886 16.8 3
Bradford West Edward Lyons (defecting Labour MP) 53.8 8.1 36.7 1.4 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 39.7 27.1 32.9 0.3
Caithness and Sutherland Robert Maclennan (defecting Labour MP) 41.5 30.5 28.0 SDP gain from LAB (held 1981 gain) 14.3 52.0 22.7 11.0
Cardiff West Jeffrey Thomas (defecting Labour MP

from Abertillery)

85.6 14.5 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 33.6 25.5 38.0 3.0
Clwyd South West Tom Ellis

(defecting Labour MP from Wrexham)

CON win in new seat; SDP+LAB together outpolled them 27.4 30.2 33.8 8.6
Crosby Shirley Williams (sitting SDP MP) 25.4 15.2 57.0 2.4 CON hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 10.2 42.0 47.2 0.6
Dewsbury David Ginsburg (defecting Labour MP) 46.7 15.5 37.8 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 35.3 25.3 39.4
Erith and Crayford James Wellbeloved (defecting Labour MP) 47.3 9.5 41.5 1.8 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 27.3 34.9 37.1 0.7
Glasgow Hillhead Roy Jenkins (sitting SDP MP) 34.4 14.4 41.0 10.1 SDP gain from CON (held 1982 by-election gain) 33.4 36.2 23.5 6.9
Hackney South and Shoreditch Ronald Brown (defecting Labour MP) 54.1 9.2 28.2 8.4 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 43.3 18.3 23.3 9.7 5.4
Hayes and Harlington Neville Sandelson (defecting Labour MP) 48.3 9.3 40.5 2.0 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 30.0 29.0 40.3 0.8
Islington North John Grant (defecting Labour MP

from abolished Islington Central)

52.6 8.9 33.6 4.9 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 40.4 22.4 25.3 12.0
Islington South and Finsbury George Cunningham (defecting Labour MP) 52.0 8.2 34.1 5.7 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 36.3 35.3 26.7 1.7
Leicester East Tom Bradley (defecting Labour MP) 46.9 9.1 41.3 2.7 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 37.0 21.1 38.9 2.9
Leyton Bryan Magee (defecting Labour MP) 51.4 8.3 37.4 2.9 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 43.5 24.9 31.6
Liverpool Broadgreen Richard Crawshaw (defecting Labour MP

from abolished Liverpool Toxteth)

LAB win in new seat 40.9 11.2 32.6 15.3
Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden 55.5 9.3 35.3 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 54.5 18.0 27.5
Newcastle Central John Horam (defecting Labour MP

from abolished Gateshead West)

67.3 13.4 19.3 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 35.8 22.3 40.8 1.1
Newcastle upon Tyne East Mike Thomas (defecting Labour MP) 55.1 8.5 36.5 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 45.5 26.7 27.8
North West Norfolk Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler

(defecting Conservative MP)

39.0 9.9 51.0 CON hold, but SDP and LAB together outpolled them 18.9 37.6 43.5
Plymouth Devonport David Owen (defecting Labour MP) 47.4 6.8 44.6 1.3 SDP gain from LAB (held 1981 gain) 21.0 44.3 33.8 0.9
Renfrew West and Inverclyde

(replaced West Renfrewshire)

Dickson Mabon (defecting Labour MP

from abolished Greenock & Port Glasgow)

44.5 11.4 31.0 13.1 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 29.0 29.5 32.7 8.8
Ross, Cromarty and Skye

(replaced Ross and Cromarty)

Charles Kennedy 20.1 13.9 42.4 23.6 SDP gain from CON 14.0 38.5 33.7 13.9
Southampton Itchen Bob Mitchell (defecting Labour MP) 46.3 10.1 43.6 SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON gain from LAB 27.1 31.5 41.5
Stockport Thomas McNally (defecting Labour MP

from abolished Stockport South)

SDP split left-wing vote allowing CON win in new seat 29.0 27.6 42.1 1.2
Stockton North

(replaced Stockton-on-Tees)

William Rodgers (defecting Labour MP) 53.1 9.2 36.2 1.5 LAB hold (that is, reverted to 1979 status quo) 37.1 29.6 33.3
Stockton South

(replaced Thornaby)

Ian Wrigglesworth (defecting Labour MP) 51.1 9.2 39.1 0.5 SDP gain from LAB (held 1981 gain) 26.3 36.8 36.6 0.4
Woolwich

(replaced Woolwich East)

John Cartwright (defecting Labour MP) 58.9 8.1 30.5 2.4 SDP gain from LAB (held 1981 gain) 33.4 40.5 25.1 1.0
Worsley John Roper (defecting Labour MP

from Farnworth)

LAB win in new seat 40.3 27.1 32.6

References

  1. (Incumbent Labour MP)
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