Electoral history of John Major

John Major

This is a summary of the electoral history of John Major, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 1979 to 2001.

Council elections

1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election, Larkhall

This section is transcluded from 1964 Lambeth London Borough Council election. (edit | history)
Larkhall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A.J. Crouch 1,901 66.5
Labour G.A. Gold 1,875
Labour W.F. King 1,861
Conservative J.H. Chambers 774 27.1
Conservative J.R. Major 752
Conservative E. Brady 740
Communist S.G. Hope 107 3.7
Independent P.R. Winchester 77 2.7
Turnout 2,755 24.5
Registered electors 11,243
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election, Ferndale

This section is transcluded from 1968 Lambeth London Borough Council election. (edit | history)
Ferndale (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J.E. Langley 1,025 18.0%
Conservative G.R.I. Allnut 1,002 17.6%
Conservative John Roy Major 991 17.4%
Labour L.G.M. Davis 921 16.2%
Labour J.M. Dodson 892 15.7%
Labour D.J. Packer 863 15.2%
Turnout 5,694
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election, Thornton

This section is transcluded from 1971 Lambeth London Borough Council election. (edit | history)
Thornton (3)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour D. W. Wendon 2,205 15.3%
Labour W. P. Weston 2,176 15.1%
Labour H. A. Bavin 2,167 15.1%
Conservative A. E. S. Meyer 2,065 14.4%
Conservative John Major 2,061 14.3%
Conservative J. S. Steele 2,055 14.3%
Liberal J. P. Taylor 205 1.4%
Liberal A. G. Blackmore 182 1.3%
Liberal Mrs M. A. Granger 178 1.2%
Communist Mrs J. E. Styles 80 0.6%
Turnout 14,376
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Parliamentary elections

February 1974 general election, St Pancras North

This section is transcluded from St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency). (edit | history)
General election February 1974: St Pancras North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Stallard 14,761 52.76
Conservative John Major 7,926 28.33
Liberal Paul J Medlicott 4,825 17.25 New
Communist Gordon McLennan 466 1.67
Majority 6,835 24.43
Turnout 27,978 67.53
Labour hold Swing

October 1974 general election, St Pancras North

This section is transcluded from St Pancras North (UK Parliament constituency). (edit | history)
General election October 1974: St Pancras North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Stallard 14,155 58.53
Conservative John Major 6,602 27.30
Liberal Paul J Medlicott 3,428 14.17
Majority 7,553 31.23
Turnout 24,185 58.10
Labour hold Swing +3.4

1979 general election, Huntingdonshire

This section is transcluded from Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency). (edit | history)
General election 1979: Huntingdonshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Major 40,193 55.3 +10.2
Labour Julian G H Fulbrook 18,630 25.7 −3.9
Liberal Dennis Graham Rowe 12,812 17.6 −7.7
National Front K T Robinson 983 1.4 New
Majority 21,563 29.6 +14.1
Turnout 72.618 77.4 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing +7.1

1983 general election, Huntingdon

This section is transcluded from Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency). (edit | history)
General election 1983: Huntingdon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Major 34,254 62.4
Liberal Sheila Gatiss 13,906 25.3
Labour Mark Slater 6,317 11.5
Ecology Timothy Eiloart 444 0.8
Majority 20,348 37.1
Turnout 54,921 71.6
Conservative win (new seat)

1987 general election, Huntingdon

This section is transcluded from Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency). (edit | history)
General election 1987: Huntingdon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Major 40,530 63.6 +1.2
SDP Anthony Nicholson 13,486 21.1 –4.2
Labour David Brown 8,883 13.9 +2.4
Green William Lavin 874 1.4 +0.6
Majority 27,044 42.5 +5.4
Turnout 63,773 74.0 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing

1992 general election, Huntingdon

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General election 1992: Huntingdon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Major 48,662 66.2 +2.6
Labour Hugh Seckleman 12,432 16.9 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Andrew Duff 9,386 12.8 –8.3
Liberal Paul Wiggin 1,045 1.4 N/A
Green Deborah Birkhead 846 1.2 –0.2
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 728 1.0 N/A
Conservative Thatcherite Michael Flanagan 231 0.3 N/A
Gremloids Lord Buckethead 107 0.1 N/A
Forward to Mars Party Charles S. Cockell 91 0.1 N/A
Natural Law David Shepherd 26 0.0 N/A
Majority 36,230 49.3 +6.8
Turnout 73,554 79.2 +5.2
Conservative hold Swing –0.2

1997 general election, Huntingdon

This section is transcluded from Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency). (edit | history)
The constituency underwent boundary changes prior to the 1997 election and the changes are not based on the 1992 result.
General election 1997: Huntingdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Major 31,501 55.3 –9.9
Labour Jason Reece 13,361 23.5 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Owen 8,390 14.7 –6.4
Referendum David Bellamy 3,114 5.5 N/A
UKIP Charles Coyne 331 0.6 N/A
Christian Democrat Veronica Hufford 177 0.3 N/A
Independent Duncan Robertson 89 0.2 N/A
Majority 18,140 31.8 –6.8
Turnout 56,963 74.9 –4.3
Conservative hold Swing –8.25

Conservative Party leadership elections

1990 leadership election

This section is transcluded from 1990 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election. (edit | history)
Second ballot: 27 November 1990
Candidate Votes %
John Major 185 49.7
Michael Heseltine 131 35.2
Douglas Hurd 56 15.1
Majority 54 14.5
Turnout 372 100
Third ballot required

1995 leadership election

This section is transcluded from 1995 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election. (edit | history)
Only ballot: 4 July 1995
Candidate Votes %
John Major 218 66.3
John Redwood 89 27.1
Abstentions 10 3.0
Spoilt 12 3.6
Majority 129 39.2
Turnout 329 N/A
John Major re-elected

United Kingdom general elections

1992 general election

This section is transcluded from 1992 United Kingdom general election. (edit | history)
UK general election 1992[5]
Candidates Votes
Party Leader Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative John Major 645 336 3 44 −41 51.69 41.9 14,094,116 −0.3
  Labour Neil Kinnock 634 271 43 1 +42 41.62 34.4 11,557,062 +3.6
  Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown 632 20 4 6 −2 3.07 17.8 6,027,038 −4.8
  SNP Alex Salmond 72 3 Steady Steady Steady 0.46 1.9 629,552 +0.6
  UUP James Molyneaux 13 9 Steady Steady Steady 1.38 0.8 270,749 0.0
  SDLP John Hume 13 4 1 Steady +1 0.61 0.5 184,445 0.0
  Green Jean Lambert and Richard Lawson 253 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.5 170,047 +0.2
  Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 38 4 1 Steady +1 0.61 0.5 156,796 +0.1
  DUP Ian Paisley 7 3 Steady Steady Steady 0.46 0.3 103,039 0.0
  Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 14 0 Steady 1 −1 0.0 0.2 78,291 −0.1
  Alliance John Alderdice 16 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.2 68,695 0.0
  Liberal Michael Meadowcroft 73 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.2 64,744 Steady
  Natural Law Geoffrey Clements 309 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.2 62,888 Steady
  Ind. Social Democrat N/A 2 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 28,599 Steady
  Independent N/A 6 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 22,844 Steady
  UPUP James Kilfedder 1 1 Steady Steady Steady 0.15 0.1 19,305 0.0
  Ind. Conservative N/A 12 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 11,356 Steady
  Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 25 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 7,929 +0.1
  Independent N/A 23 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 7,631 Steady
  BNP John Tyndall 13 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 7,631 Steady
  SDP John Bates 8 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 6,649 Steady
  Scottish Militant Labour Tommy Sheridan 1 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 6,287 Steady
  National Front John McAuley 14 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 4,816 Steady
  True Labour Sydney Bidwell 1 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 4,665 Steady
  Anti-Federalist Alan Sked 17 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 4,383 Steady
  Workers' Party Marian Donnelly 8 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.1 4,359 0.0
  Official Conservative Hove Party Nigel Furness 1 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 2,658 Steady
  Loony Green Stuart Hughes 5 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 2,538 Steady
  Ind. Unionist N/A 1 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 2,256 Steady
  New Agenda Proinsias De Rossa 2 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 2,133 Steady
  Independent Progressive Socialist N/A 1 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 1,094 Steady
  Islamic Party David Pidcock 4 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 1,085 Steady
  Revolutionary Communist Frank Furedi 8 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 745 Steady
  Independent Nationalist N/A 1 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 649 Steady
  Communist (PCC) Jack Conrad 4 0 Steady Steady Steady 0.0 0.0 603 Steady

All parties with more than 500 votes shown. Plaid Cymru result includes votes for Green/Plaid Cymru Alliance.

Government's new majority 21
Total votes cast[5] 33,614,074
Turnout 77.7%

1997 general election

This section is transcluded from 1997 United Kingdom general election. (edit | history)
1997 United Kingdom general election[6]
Candidates Votes
Party Leader Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour Tony Blair 639 419 146 0 +146 63.4 43.2 13,518,167 +8.8
  Conservative John Major 648 165 0 178 –178 25.0 30.7 9,591,085 –11.2
  Liberal Democrats Paddy Ashdown 639 46 30 2 +28 7.0 16.8 5,242,947 –1.0
  Referendum James Goldsmith 547 0 0 0 0 2.6 811,849 N/A
  SNP Alex Salmond 72 6 3 0 +3 0.9 2.0 621,550 +0.1
  UUP David Trimble 16 10 1 0 +1 1.5 0.8 258,349 0.0
  SDLP John Hume 18 3 0 1 –1 0.5 0.6 190,814 +0.1
  Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 40 4 0 0 0 0.6 0.5 161,030 0.0
  Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 17 2 2 0 +2 0.3 0.4 126,921 0.0
  DUP Ian Paisley 9 2 0 1 –1 0.3 0.3 107,348 0.0
  UKIP Alan Sked 193 0 0 0 0 0.3 105,722 N/A
  Independent N/A 25 1 1 0 +1 0.2 0.2 64,482 0.0
  Alliance John Alderdice 17 0 0 0 0 0.2 62,972 0.0
  Green Peg Alexander and David Taylor 89 0 0 0 0 0.2 61,731 –0.2
  Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 64 0 0 0 0 0.2 52,109 N/A
  Liberal Michael Meadowcroft 53 0 0 0 0 0.1 45,166 –0.1
  BNP John Tyndall 57 0 0 0 0 0.1 35,832 0.0
  Natural Law Geoffrey Clements 197 0 0 0 0 0.1 30,604 –0.1
  Speaker Betty Boothroyd 1 1 1 0 0 0.1 23,969
  ProLife Alliance Bruno Quintavalle 56 0 0 0 0 0.1 19,332 N/A
  UK Unionist Robert McCartney 1 1 1 0 +1 0.2 0.0 12,817 N/A
  PUP Hugh Smyth 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 10,928 N/A
  National Democrats Ian Anderson 21 0 0 0 0 0.0 10,829 N/A
  Socialist Alternative Peter Taaffe 0 0 0 0 0.0 9,906 N/A
  Scottish Socialist Tommy Sheridan 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 9,740 N/A
  Independent N/A 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 9,233 – 0.1
  Ind. Conservative N/A 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 8,608 –0.1
  Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 24 0 0 0 0 0.0 7,906 –0.1
  Make Politicians History Rainbow George Weiss 29 0 0 0 0 0.0 3,745 N/A
  NI Women's Coalition Monica McWilliams and Pearl Sagar 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 3,024 N/A
  Workers' Party Tom French 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 2,766 –0.1
  National Front John McAuley 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 2,716 N/A
  Cannabis Law Reform Howard Marks 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 2,085 N/A
  Socialist People's Party Jim Hamezian 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,995 N/A
  Mebyon Kernow Loveday Jenkin 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,906 N/A
  Scottish Green Robin Harper 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,721
  Conservative Anti-Euro Christopher Story 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,434 N/A
  Socialist (GB) None 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,359 N/A
  Community Representative Ralph Knight 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,290 N/A
  Neighborhood association 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,263 N/A
  SDP John Bates 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,246 –0.1
  Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,178 N/A
  Real Labour N/A 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 1,117 N/A
  Independent Democrat N/A 0 0 0 0 0.0 982
  Independent N/A 0 0 0 0 0.0 890
  Communist Mike Hicks 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 639
  Independent N/A 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 593
  Green (NI) 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 539
  Socialist Equality Davy Hyland 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 505
All parties with more than 500 votes shown. Labour total includes New Labour and "Labour Time for Change" candidates; Conservative total includes candidates in Northern Ireland (excluded in some lists) and "Loyal Conservative" candidate.[citation needed]

The Popular Unionist MP elected in 1992 died in 1995, and the party folded shortly afterwards.

There was no incumbent Speaker in the 1992 election.
Government's new majority 179
Total votes cast 31,286,284
Turnout 71.3%

References

  1. ^ "London Borough Council Elections 13 May 1971" (PDF). London Datastore. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. ^ F. W. S. Craig (1984), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1974-1983. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.
  3. ^ a b "British Parliamentary Election results 1983-97: English Counties". www.election.demon.co.uk.
  4. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. ^ a b "General Election Results 9 April 1992" (PDF). parliament.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 October 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  6. ^ Morgan, Bryn (February 1999). "General Election Results, 1 May 1997" (PDF). Factsheet No. 68. House of Commons Information Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

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