P139 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                             The 1983 United Kingdom general  election was held on 9 June 1983.  It gave the Conservative Party under  Margaret Thatcher the most decisive  election victory since that of Labour  in 1945.  The opposition vote split almost  evenly between the SDP/Liberal  Alliance and Labour.  With its worst performance since 1918,  the Labour vote fell by over 3 million  from 1979 and this accounted for both   Next       Prev       Home        End