1987 United Kingdom general election in England information
1987 United Kingdom general election in England
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All 523 English seats in the House of Commons
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Margaret Thatcher
Neil Kinnock
David Steel (Lib)
David Owen (SDP)
Party
Conservative
Labour
Alliance
Leader since
11 February 1975
2 October 1983
July 1976/June 1983
Leader's seat
Finchley
Islwyn
Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale (Steel)
Ply. Devonpt. (Owen)
Last election
362 seats, 46.0%
148 seats, 26.8%
13 seats, 26.4%
Seats won
358
155
10
Seat change
4
7
3
Popular vote
12,546,186
8,006,466
6,467,350
Percentage
46.2%
29.5%
23.8%
Swing
0.2%
2.5%
2.4%
Main article: 1987 United Kingdom general election
The 1987 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 11 June 1987 for 523 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservative Party won an overall majority of English seats for the third successive election and enough seats to seal a UK-wide majority already within England's borders. 326 was the UK-wide threshold and the Conservatives won 358 in the English constituencies.
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