However, the Conservative government's majority had come down from 144 in 1983 to 102.
It took until 2012 for the Conservative government to take action.
Today's conservative Government, now one year old, says that things will be different.
The Conservative government's policy is the opposite on all four points.
It was to be the last budget of the Conservative government's first term in office.
The intentions of the current Conservative government are not known.
The policies were carried forward by the next Conservative government.
The vote, on a motion by the new Conservative government, passed 149 to 145.
A Conservative government will do anything it can to avoid this kind of issue.
