1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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  1983 11 June 1987 1992  

17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout67.4% (Decrease2.svg)
 First partySecond party
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Leader James Molyneaux John Hume
Party Ulster Unionist Party Social Democratic and Labour Party
Leader since19796 May 1979
Leader's seat Lagan Valley Foyle
Seats won93
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote276,230154,087
Percentage37.8%21.1%

 Third partyFourth party
  Ian Paisley, 1983 (cropped).jpg Gerry Adams, 1997.jpg
Leader Ian Paisley Gerry Adams
Party Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin
Leader since19711983
Leader's seat Antrim North Belfast West
Seats won31
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote85,64283,389
Percentage11.7%11.4%

The 1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 11 June with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. 1,090,389 people were eligible to vote, up 40,253 from the 1983 general election. 67.41% of eligible voters turned out, down 5.9 percentage points from the last general election. [1]

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Results

The Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister won another term in government.


Results [2] [3] [4]
PartySeatsAggregate Votes
TotalGainsLossesNet +/-Of all (%)Totalof all (%)Difference
UUP 902Decrease2.svg252.9276,23038.0Increase2.svg4.0
SDLP 320Increase2.svg 213.1154,08721.2Increase2.svg3.3
DUP 300Steady2.svg13.185,64211.8Decrease2.svg8.2
Sinn Féin 100Steady2.svg5.983,38911.5Decrease2.svg1.9
UPUP 100Steady2.svg5.918,4202.5Decrease2.svg0.5
Alliance 000Steady2.svg0.072,76110.0Increase2.svg2.0
Workers' Party 000Steady2.svg0.019,2942.6Increase2.svg0.7
Real Unionist 000Steady2.svg0.014,4672.0Increase2.svg2.0
Protestant Unionist 000Steady2.svg0.02,1470.3Increase2.svg0.3
Ecology 000Steady2.svg0.02810.04Increase2.svg0.04
Total17726,71867.4

MPs elected

ConstituencyPartyMP
Antrim East UUP Roy Beggs
Antrim North DUP Ian Paisley
Antrim South UUP Clifford Forsythe
Belfast East DUP Peter Robinson
Belfast North UUP Cecil Walker
Belfast South UUP Martin Smyth
Belfast West Sinn Féin Gerry Adams
Down North UPUP Jim Kilfedder
Down South SDLP Eddie McGrady
Fermanagh and South Tyrone UUP Ken Maginnis
Foyle SDLP John Hume
Lagan Valley UUP James Molyneaux
Londonderry East UUP William Ross
Mid Ulster DUP William McCrea
Newry and Armagh SDLP Seamus Mallon
Strangford UUP John Taylor
Upper Bann UUP Harold McCusker

By-elections

ConstituencyDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCause
Upper Bann 17 May 1990 Harold McCusker UUP David Trimble UUP Death

References

  1. "UK Parliamentary Election 1987 - Turnout". EONI . Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. Walker, Brian Mercer (1992). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1918–1992 (New History of Ireland). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 37–39. ISBN   0901714968.
  3. "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 11 June 1987". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  4. "Westminster election, 11 June 1987". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.