1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

On 11 June 1987, the 1987 United Kingdom general election was held in Northern Ireland, to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, including the 17 Northern Ireland seats. 1,090,389 people were eligible to vote, up 40,253 from the 1983 general election. Nevertheless, the turnout was down 5.9 percentage points from the last general election.^[1]

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1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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All 17 Northern Ireland seats in the House of Commons
Turnout	67.0% (5.9 pp)
First party Second party   UUP 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% Swing 4.0 pp 3.3 pp   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% Swing 8.2 pp 1.9 pp

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The Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister won another term in government.