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
  John Hume 2008.jpg
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
  DrIanPaisley.jpg Gerry Adams Easter Lily Badge.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]
PartyMPsVotes
No.ChangeNo.%Change
UUP 9Decrease2.svg 2276,23038.0%Increase2.svg 4.0
SDLP 3Increase2.svg 2154,08721.2%Increase2.svg 3.3
DUP 3Steady2.svg85,64211.8%Decrease2.svg 8.2
Sinn Féin 1Steady2.svg83,38911.5%Decrease2.svg 3.9
UPUP 1Steady2.svg18,4202.5%Decrease2.svg 0.5
Alliance 0Steady2.svg72,76110.0%Increase2.svg 2.0
Workers' Party 0Steady2.svg19,2942.6%Increase2.svg 0.7
Real Unionist 0New14,4672.0%Increase2.svg 2.0
Protestant Unionist 0New2,1470.3%Increase2.svg 0.3
Ecology 0New2810.04%Increase2.svg 0.04
Total17Steady2.svg726,718100Steady2.svg

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

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