The Britannican general election of 4 July 1989 was the fourth election that Labour came on top, and was the third of the them which they had a majority. Even thoguth there was a swing of 2.5% from Labour to Conservative, it was nowhere near enough to get in and teh Tory leader soon resigned.
Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) |
Labour | 378 | 38.6 | ||
Conservative | 227 | 37.7 | ||
Liberal | 19 | 17.6 | ||
Royalist | 16 | 5.3 | ||
Nationalist | 6 | 0.6 |
Labour Majority 112