1992 United Kingdom general election

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A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 9 April 1992, to elect 651 members to the House of Commons. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major won a fourth consecutive election victory, with a majority of 21. This would be the last time that the Conservatives would win an overall majority at a general election until 2015 and the last general election to be held on a day which did not coincide with any local elections until 2017. The result took many by surprise, as opinion polling leading up to the election day had shown a narrow but consistent lead for the Labour Party under leader Neil Kinnock during a period of recession and declining living standards. The polls predicted either a hung parliament or a Labour majority. The Conservatives received what remains the largest number of votes at a UK general election, breaking the previous record set by Labour in 1951. Major had won the Conservative Party leadership election in November 1990 following...

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