List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1983

This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom in the 1983 general election, held on 9 June 1983. This Parliament was dissolved in 1987.

Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Michael Howard, Paddy Ashdown, Edwina Currie, Clare Short, Charles Kennedy, Peter Lilley, Jeremy Corbyn, Neil Hamilton, Colin Moynihan and Michael Fallon. Gerry Adams was also elected, but did not take his seat.

Composition

These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties in the 1983 General Election.

Note: The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru sit together as a party group, while Sinn Féin has not taken its seats. This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.

By-elections

See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.

Two seats were vacant when Parliament was dissolved preparatory to the 1987 general election:

• Kirkcaldy – Harry Gourlay (Lab) died 20 April 1987
• Lewisham, Deptford – John Silkin (Lab) died 26 April 1987

See also

• Results of the United Kingdom general election, 1983