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United Kingdom 1992 general election

What was the result of the 1992 general election in the United Kingdom?

Conservative Party won 336 of 651 seats with 41.9% of the vote. 77.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Conservative Party won 336 of 651 seats with 41.9% of the vote; 77.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.3 points on 1987.

  • Conservative Party 336 −40 seats 41.9% −0.4 points
  • Labour Party 271 +42 seats 34.9% +4.1 points
  • Liberal Democrats 20 +3 seats 17.8% −4.8 points
  • Scottish National Party 3 0 seats 1.9% +0.6 points
  • Ulster Unionist Party 9 0 seats 0.8% −0.1 points
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 +1 seat 0.5% 0.0 points
  • Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 seats 0.5% +0.2 points
  • Plaid Cymru 4 +1 seat 0.5% +0.1 points
  • Democratic Unionist Party 3 0 seats 0.3% 0.0 points
  • Ulster Popular Unionist Party 1 0 seats 0.1% 0.0 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the United Kingdom 1987 general election, party by party.

326 of 651 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.9%

    Share of the vote won by Conservative Party

    Conservative Party won 336 of 651 seats. A majority needs 326.

  2. +42 seats

    Seats gained by Labour Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1987. Conservative Party lost 40 seats.

  3. 77.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.3 points on 1987.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Conservative Party336−4041.9−0.414,093,007
Labour Party271+4234.9+4.111,560,484
Liberal Democrats20+317.8−4.85,999,606
Scottish National Party301.9+0.6629,564
Ulster Unionist Party900.8−0.1271,049
Social Democratic and Labour Party4+10.50.0184,445
Green Party of England and Wales000.5+0.2171,927
Plaid Cymru4+10.5+0.1154,947
Democratic Unionist Party300.30.0103,039
Ulster Popular Unionist Party100.10.019,305

± is the change against the United Kingdom 1987 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Conservative Party 14,093,007
  • Labour Party 11,560,484
  • Liberal Democrats 5,999,606
  • Scottish National Party 629,564
  • Ulster Unionist Party 271,049
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party 184,445
  • Green Party of England and Wales 171,927
  • Plaid Cymru 154,947
  • Democratic Unionist Party 103,039
  • Ulster Popular Unionist Party 19,305

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

77.8% of the 43,275,316 registered voters cast a ballot (33,653,800 ballots), up 2.3 points on 1987. 33,614,074 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1974 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Conservative Party41.9% of votes51.6% of seats
  • Labour Party34.9% of votes41.6% of seats
  • Liberal Democrats17.8% of votes3.1% of seats
  • Ulster Unionist Party0.8% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Plaid Cymru0.5% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Social Democratic and Labour Party0.5% of votes0.6% of seats
  • Scottish National Party1.9% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Democratic Unionist Party0.3% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Ulster Popular Unionist Party0.1% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.3 by seats; Conservative Party led Labour Party by 7.0 points of the vote.

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