1983 election

Question 1

Background to election and key issues

Answer 1

• 1979 (Thatcher first female MP)
• 1982 Falklands victory
• Mass unemployment
• Economy
• European communities membership

Question 2

Thatcher Key policies and vote share

Answer 2

• Privatisation of British airways, Steel etc
• Metropolitan councils to be scrapped
• Membership of the EEC
• Nuclear deterrent
• Trade union reform
• Sale of council housing
• 42%

Question 3

Results summary

Answer 3

Landslide victory to Thatcher due to divide on the left eg Labour VS SDP/alliance party
largely due to valance eg Thatcher was seen as strong and the left was divided and seen as weak

Question 4

Labour policies and vote share

Answer 4

• Foot : abolition of the HL
• Withdraw from the EEC
• Unilateral nuclear disarmament
• public ownership of shipbuilding and aerospace industries
• 209 seats and 28%

Question 5

SDP/Liberal alliance policies and outcomes

Answer 5

• Felt labour was too far to the left
• Reduce unemployment by 1 million
• proportional representation
• increase unemployment benefits

23 seats and 25% of the vote