1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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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]
Results
The Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister won another term in government.
Party | MPs | Votes | ||||
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No. | Change | No. | % | Change | ||
UUP | 9 | ![]() | 276,230 | 38.0% | ![]() | |
SDLP | 3 | ![]() | 154,087 | 21.2% | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | ![]() | 85,642 | 11.8% | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | ![]() | 83,389 | 11.5% | ![]() | |
UPUP | 1 | ![]() | 18,420 | 2.5% | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | ![]() | 72,761 | 10.0% | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | ![]() | 19,294 | 2.6% | ![]() | |
Real Unionist | 0 | New | 14,467 | 2.0% | ![]() | |
Protestant Unionist | 0 | New | 2,147 | 0.3% | ![]() | |
Ecology | 0 | New | 281 | 0.04% | ![]() | |
Total | 17 | ![]() | 726,718 | 100 | ![]() |
MPs elected
Constituency | Party | MP | |
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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
Constituency | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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Upper Bann | 17 May 1990 | Harold McCusker | UUP | David Trimble | UUP | Death |
References
- ^ "UK Parliamentary Election 1987 - Turnout". EONI. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Walker, Brian Mercer (1992). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1918–1992 (New History of Ireland). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 37–39. ISBN 0901714968.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Westminster election, 11 June 1987". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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- Incumbent prime minister: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
- Appointed prime minister: Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
the House of Commons
- Conservative (Margaret Thatcher)
- Labour (Neil Kinnock)
- SDP–Liberal Alliance
- David Steel – Liberal
- David Owen – SDP
- Ulster Unionist Party (James Molyneaux)
- Democratic Unionist Party (Ian Paisley)
- Scottish National Party (Gordon Wilson)
- Plaid Cymru (Dafydd Elis-Thomas)
- Social Democratic and Labour Party (John Hume)
- Sinn Féin (Gerry Adams)
- Ulster Popular Unionist Party (James Kilfedder)
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