1982 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1982. The elections coincided with rising popularity of the Conservative government and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which was mostly attributed to the Falklands War. The projected share of the vote was Conservatives 40%, Labour 29%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 27%.
Image: Margaret Thatcher (1983)
Image: Michael Foot (1981)
1983 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1983. The results were a success for Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who soon afterwards called a general election in which the Conservatives won a landslide victory. The projected share of the vote was Conservative 39%, Labour Party 36%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 20%.
Image: Margaret Thatcher (1983)
Image: Michael Foot (1981)
Image: David Steel 1987 cropped
Image: Roy Jenkins 1977b