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Election

Great Britain · Politics / SDP. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1983–1987Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1983

David OwenJune 1983

Politics / SDP

The Liberal-SDP Alliance win 25% of the popular vote

1987

Roy Jenkins11 June 1987

Glasgow · Politics / SDP

Defeated during the general election

David Owen1987

Politics / SDP

The SDP-Liberal Alliance win 22.6% of the popular vote, 7% behind Labour

Names involved

David OwenRoy Jenkins

Provenance

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