1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

Main article: 1992 United Kingdom general election

1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

9 April 1992
17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout	70.0% ()
First party Second party   Leader James Molyneaux John Hume Party UUP Social Democratic and Labour Party Leader since 1979 6 May 1979 Leader's seat Lagan Valley Foyle Seats won 9 4 Seat change 2 Popular vote 271,049 154,087 Percentage 34.5% 21.1%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Ian Paisley James Kilfedder Party DUP UPUP Leader since 1971 1980 Leader's seat North Antrim North Down Seats won 3 1 Seat change Popular vote 85,642 19,305 Percentage 11.7% 2.5%

The 1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 9 April with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. 1,124,900 people were eligible to vote, up 34,511 from the 1987 general election. 70.02% of eligible voters turned out, down 2.6 percentage points from the last general election.

Results

The Conservative Party, now led by John Major as prime minister, won another term in government. In Northern Ireland, the only change was between the nationalist parties, with Sinn Féin losing its seat in Belfast West to the SDLP. The SDLP's four seats was and still is its best-ever result.

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Conservatives" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffe4e1;" data-sort-value="Natural Law Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D44442;" data-sort-value="Labour and Trade Union Group" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" |

Results

Party		MPs		Votes
		No.	Change	No.	%	Change
UUP	9		271,049	34.5%	2.3
SDLP	4	1	184,445	23.5%	2.4
DUP	3		103,039	13.1%	1.4
UPUP	1		19,305	2.5%
Sinn Féin	0	1	78,291	10.0%	3.4
Alliance	0		68,665	8.7%	1.3
NI Conservatives	0		44,608	5.7%	5.7
Workers' Party of Ireland	0		4,359	0.5%	2.1
Natural Law	0	New	2,147	0.2%	New
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Left (Ireland)/meta/color" |	New Agenda	0	New	2,133	0.2%	New
Labour and Trade Union	0		1,264	0.2%	0.2
Independent	0		5,788	0.8%
Total		17		785,093	100

MPs elected

Constituency	Party		MP
East Antrim style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Roy Beggs
North Antrim style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Ian Paisley
South Antrim style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Clifford Forsythe
Belfast East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Peter Robinson
Belfast North style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Cecil Walker
Belfast South style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Martin Smyth
Belfast West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" |	SDLP	Joe Hendron
North Down style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" |	UPUP	Jim Kilfedder
South Down style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" |	SDLP	Eddie McGrady
Fermanagh and South Tyrone style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Ken Maginnis
Foyle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" |	SDLP	John Hume
Lagan Valley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	James Molyneaux
East Londonderry style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	William Ross
Mid Ulster style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	William McCrea
Newry and Armagh style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" |	SDLP	Seamus Mallon
Strangford style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	John Taylor
Upper Bann style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	David Trimble

By-elections

Constituency	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
North Down	15 June 1995	Jim Kilfedder style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" |	UPUP	Robert McCartney style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party" |	UK Unionist	Death