1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales information
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United Kingdom general election, 1987 (Wales)
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All 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
First party
Second party
Leader
Neil Kinnock
Margaret Thatcher
Party
Labour
Conservative
Leader since
2 October 1983
11 February 1975
Last election
20 seats, 37.5%
14 seats, 31.0%
Seats won
24
8
Seat change
4
6
Popular vote
765,209
501,316
Percentage
45.1%
29.5%
Swing
7.6%
1.5%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
David Steel (Lib)
David Owen (SDP)
Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Party
Alliance
Plaid Cymru
Leader since
July 1976/June 1983
1984
Last election
2 seats, 23.2%
2 seats, 7.8%
Seats won
3
3
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
304,230
123,599
Percentage
17.9%
7.3%
Swing
5.3%
0.5%
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Main article: 1987 United Kingdom general election
The 1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales took place on 11th June, 1987 for all 38 Welsh seats in the House of Commons. The Labour Party again won a majority of Welsh MPs, gaining four seats for a total of 24 out of 38. The governing Conservatives lost six seats, with the SDP-Liberal Alliance and Plaid Cymru gaining one each.
Despite Labour winning the most votes in Wales, across the UK the Conservatives won a landslide majority and continued in office for a third term.[1]
^"GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 11 JUNE 1987" (PDF). 1989. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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