Elections in The 1980s
| General Election 1987: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Blaker | 20,312 | 48.0 | −2.6 | |
| Labour | Mrs. S.M. Baugh | 13,568 | 32.1 | +7.4 | |
| Social Democrat | J.B. Allitt | 8,405 | 19.9 | −4.1 | |
| Majority | 6,744 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 42,285 | 73.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −5.0 | |||
| General Election 1983: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Blaker | 19,852 | 50.6 | −0.9 | |
| Labour | F.J. Jackson | 9,714 | 24.7 | −5.9 | |
| Social Democrat | A.G. Cox | 9,417 | 24.0 | N/A | |
| National Front | W. Smith | 263 | 0.7 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 10,138 | 25.9 | |||
| Turnout | 39,246 | 69.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Read more about this topic: Blackpool South (UK Parliament Constituency)
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