1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

Main article: 1992 United Kingdom general election

1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout	70.0% ()
First party Second party   Leader James Molyneaux John Hume Party UUP SDLP Leader since 1979 6 May 1979 Leader's seat Lagan Valley Foyle Seats won 9 4 Seat change 1 Popular vote 271,049 184,445 Percentage 34.5% 21.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ian Paisley James Kilfedder Party DUP UPUP Leader since 1971 1980 Leader's seat North Antrim North Down Seats won 3 1 Seat change Popular vote 103,039 19,305 Percentage 13.1% 2.5%

The 1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 9 April with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. 1,124,900 people were eligible to vote, up 34,511 from the 1987 general election. 70.02% of eligible voters turned out, down 2.6 percentage points from the last general election. ^[1]

Results

The Conservative Party, now led by John Major as prime minister, won another term in government. In Northern Ireland, the only change was between the nationalist parties, with Sinn Féin losing its seat in Belfast West to the SDLP. The SDLP's four seats was and still is its best-ever result.

Results ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats					Aggregate Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total	Of all (%)	Difference
	UUP	9	0	0		52.9	271,049	34.5	2.3
	SDLP	4	1	0	1	23.5	184,445	23.5	2.4
	DUP	3	0	0		17.6	103,039	13.1	1.4
	UPUP	1	0	0		5.9	19,305	2.5
	Sinn Féin	0	0	1	1	0.0	78,291	10.0	1.5
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	68,665	8.7	1.3
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0		0.0	44,608	5.7	New
	Workers' Party	0	0	0		0.0	4,359	0.5	2.1
	Natural Law	0	0	0		0.0	2,147	0.2	New
	Democratic Left	0	0	0		0.0	2,133	0.2	New
	Labour and Trade Union	0	0	0		0.0	1,264	0.2	0.2
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	5,788	0.8	N/A
Total		17					785,093	70.0	2.6

MPs elected

Main article: List of MPs for constituencies in Northern Ireland (1992–1997)

Constituency	Party		MP
East Antrim		UUP	Roy Beggs
North Antrim		DUP	Ian Paisley
South Antrim		UUP	Clifford Forsythe
Belfast East		DUP	Peter Robinson
Belfast North		UUP	Cecil Walker
Belfast South		UUP	Martin Smyth
Belfast West		SDLP	Joe Hendron
North Down		UPUP	Jim Kilfedder
South Down		SDLP	Eddie McGrady
Fermanagh and South Tyrone		UUP	Ken Maginnis
Foyle		SDLP	John Hume
Lagan Valley		UUP	James Molyneaux
East Londonderry		UUP	William Ross
Mid Ulster		DUP	William McCrea
Newry and Armagh		SDLP	Seamus Mallon
Strangford		UUP	John Taylor
Upper Bann		UUP	David Trimble

By-elections

Constituency	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
North Down	15 June 1995 [4]	Jim Kilfedder		UPUP	Robert McCartney		UK Unionist	Death

References

1. "UK Parliamentary Election 1992- Turnout". EONI . Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
2. "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 9 April 1992". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
3. "Westminster election, 9 April 1987". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
4. "The 1995 North Down by-election". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.