York (UK Parliament constituency)
York was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 2010. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until 1918, and one thereafter by the first past the post system of election. From 1997 to 2010 it was known as City of York.
Lockwood
Stuart
Greenwood
Butcher
1983 United Kingdom general election
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of the Labour Party in 1945, with a majority of 144 seats and the first of two consecutive landslide victories.
Image: Margaret Thatcher (1983)
Image: Michael Foot (1981)
Image: David Steel 1987 cropped
Image: Roy Jenkins 1977 (cropped)