1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland information
Main article: 1987 United Kingdom general election
1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
← 1983
11 June 1987
1992 →
17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout
67.4% ()
First party
Second party
Leader
James Molyneaux
John Hume
Party
Ulster Unionist Party
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Leader since
1979
6 May 1979
Leader's seat
Lagan Valley
Foyle
Seats won
9
3
Seat change
2
2
Popular vote
276,230
154,087
Percentage
37.8%
21.1%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Ian Paisley
Gerry Adams
Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Sinn Féin
Leader since
1971
1983
Leader's seat
Antrim North
Belfast West
Seats won
3
1
Seat change
Popular vote
85,642
83,389
Percentage
11.7%
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]
^"UK Parliamentary Election 1987 - Turnout". EONI. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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