BBC polling expert David Cowling said one of the differences between that election and now is that the Tories in the 1983 general election campaign were never below 40% but the non-Conservative vote ...

When it comes to elections, Labour leaders know what they have to try to avoid: any comparison to 1983. The only election fought under Michael Foot as leader was the moment the party suffered one ...

The 1987 mayor`s race in Naperville will be a replay of the 1983 election, both in issues and candidates. With nearly all the votes counted in Tuesday`s nonpartisan primary in the fast-growing subu… ...

There are currently a dozen candidates on the ballot to replace Mayor Thomas Menino. The last time there was a wide-open race like this was three decades ago, in 1983.