At the same time the Alliance vote fell, and the Conservatives took Colne Valley.

He contested the 1982 Beaconsfield by-election, increasing the Alliance vote and pushing the Labour candidate (Tony Blair) into third place.

December 5 - The Canadian Alliance votes with a 96% majority in favour of merging with the Progressive Conservative Party.

The SDP-Liberal Alliance vote is compared with the Liberal Party vote in the 1979 election.

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Alliance vote in 2002.

Note: Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997.

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Canadian Alliance vote in the 2000 election.

Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Dented by the newly-established Northern Ireland Conservatives, the Alliance vote slipped back from 10 to 8.7 per cent.

An upsurge in turnout brought with it a greater Conservative and Alliance vote, with a 3.5% swing from Labour to Conservative narrowing things back towards a three-way race.