must be totally free from any colet Owen form a coalition decline in votes Labour has build up its vote among The black community remains widely the party by the The fight to support all sections of the workpolitical levy campaign in strengthening unions, is not Fourthly if this is to be carried through the This again is no purely completely Fifthly, within the party and in struggle, the with the Justice for the What is clear is that Kinnock is incapable, That The 1983 election was presented in the press as a popular triumph for the Tory Party. But the reality was the exact opposite. Thatcher's vote in 1983 was part of a long term decline in Tory party support - as can be seen in the graph on this page.
The votes naturally swing from victory to defeat. overall trend is clear. The victories ale WOl on a progressively lower percentage of the vote.
Each Tory defeat sees its support fall to new depths.
It is this long term decline of the Conservative party that forces the ruling class to create capitalist SD Paries such as creates the basis for explosions such as the Westland crisis.
Tory victories:
Year Tory % of the vote 1931 55.0 1935 1951 1955 49.7 49.4 1970 46.0 1979 43.9 1983 4L4 Tory defeats:
39.6 1950 43.4 1964 1966 41.9 39.6 1974 (Oct) 35.8
Socialist Action 31 January 1986
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Tory percentage of the vote since 1931 Granh: THATCHER AND FRIENDS