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]
Results
The Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister won another term in government.
| Party | MPs | Votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Change | No. | % | Change | ||
| UUP | 9 |  2
|
276,230 | 38.0% |  4.0
| |
| SDLP | 3 | 2
|
154,087 | 21.2% | 3.3
| |
| DUP | 3 | 
|
85,642 | 11.8% | 8.2
| |
| Sinn Féin | 1 |
|
83,389 | 11.5% | 3.9
| |
| UPUP | 1 |
|
18,420 | 2.5% | 0.5
| |
| Alliance | 0 |
|
72,761 | 10.0% | 2.0
| |
| Workers' Party | 0 |
|
19,294 | 2.6% | 0.7
| |
| Real Unionist | 0 | New | 14,467 | 2.0% | 2.0
| |
| Protestant Unionist | 0 | New | 2,147 | 0.3% | 0.3
| |
| Ecology | 0 | New | 281 | 0.04% | 0.04
| |
| Total | 17 |
|
726,718 | 100 |
| |
MPs elected
By-elections
| Constituency | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Bann | 17 May 1990 | Harold McCusker | UUP | David Trimble | UUP | Death | ||
References
- ^ "UK Parliamentary Election 1987 - Turnout". EONI. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Walker, Brian Mercer (1992). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1918–1992 (New History of Ireland). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 37–39. ISBN 0901714968.
- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 11 June 1987". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Westminster election, 11 June 1987". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.