1987 United Kingdom general election in England
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All 523 English seats in the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1987 United Kingdom general election in England was held on 11 June 1987 for 523 English seats to the House of Commons. The Conservative Party won an overall majority of English seats for the third successive election.
Results table
style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="SDP-Liberal Alliance" | style="width: 2px; background-color: white;" data-sort-value="Other parties" |Party[1] | Seats | Votes | |||||||
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Total | Gains | Losses | Net +/- | % seats | Total votes | % votes | Change | ||
Conservative | 358 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 68.5 | 12,546,186 | 46.2 | 0.2 | |
Labour | 155 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 29.6 | 8,006,466 | 29.5 | 2.5 | |
Alliance | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1.9 | 6,467,350 | 23.8 | 2.4 | |
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 113,520 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||
27,133,522 | 75.4 | 2.9 |
References
- ^ "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 11 JUNE 1987" (PDF). 1989. Retrieved 30 July 2018.