1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland information
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1987 United Kingdom general election
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All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout
75.1%, 2.4%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Neil Kinnock
Margaret Thatcher
David Steel (Lib.) David Owen (SDP)
Party
Labour
Conservative
Alliance
Leader since
2 October 1983
11 February 1975
7 July 1976 (Steel) 21 June 1983 (Owen)
Last election
41 seats, 35.1%
21 seats, 28.4%
8 seats, 24.5%
Seats won
50
10
9
Seat change
9
11
1
Popular vote
1,258,132
713,081
570,053
Percentage
42.4%
24.0%
19.2%
Swing
7.3%
4.4%
5.3%
Fourth party
Leader
Gordon Wilson
Party
SNP
Leader since
15 September 1979
Last election
2
Seats won
3
Seat change
1
Popular vote
416,473
Percentage
14.1%
Swing
2.3%
Results of the 1987 election in Scotland
Main article: 1987 United Kingdom general election
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday, 11 June 1987 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]
^"Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2020.
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