General election - Benn loses seat

Title
General election - Benn loses seat
Genre
Speech
TX Date
Unknown
Year of production
1983
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Duration
00:01:23
Description
Speech by former MP Tony Benn on 10/06/83 after his loss to the Conservative Party candidate Jonathan Sayeed in the Bristol East constituency and Labour’s defeat in the 1983 General Election.
Contributors
Tony Benn
Keywords
Elections; Politics; Labour Party; Political parties; General elections; Tony Benn; Parliamentary candidates; Election campaigns; Bristol; Constituencies

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LBC/IRN, "General election - Benn loses seat". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0114b00279016 (Accessed 06 Jun 2026)