1987 United Kingdom general election

A general election was held on 11 June 1987 to elect all 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won the election, winning 376 seats, and Margaret Thatcher stayed as Prime Minister for the third election in a row. The Labour Party won 20 more seats than the last election, mostly from the Conservatives.

1987 United Kingdom general election

11 June 1987
All 650 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	75.3%, 2.6%
First party Second party Third party   File:Margaret Thatcher (1987).jpg 150x150px 75x75px File:David Owen-1.jpg Leader Margaret Thatcher Neil Kinnock David Steel (Lib) David Owen (SDP) Party Conservative Labour SDP–Liberal Alliance Leader since 11 February 1975 2 October 1983 7 July 1976 (Steel) 21 June 1983 (Owen) Leader's seat Finchley Islwyn Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale (Steel) Plymouth Devonport (Owen) Last election 397 seats, 42.4% 209 seats, 27.6% 23 seats, 25.4% Seats won 376 229 22 Seat change 21 20 1 Popular vote 13,760,583 10,029,807 7,341,633 Percentage 42.2% 30.8% 22.6% Swing 0.2% 3.2% 2.8%
Colours denote the winning party—as shown in § Results
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Margaret Thatcher Conservative Prime Minister after election Margaret Thatcher Conservative

1987 United Kingdom General Election Media

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  David Steel addressing the Liberal Party assembly in 1987.

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    Conservative*  Labour*  SDP–Liberal Alliance

•   Sinn Féin: 1 seat

Sources

• Butler, David E.; Kavanagh, Dennis (1988), The British General Election of 1987, the standard scholarly study{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989), British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987, Dartmouth: Gower, ISBN 0900178302
• Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1990), British General Election Manifestos, 1959–1987
• Crewe, Ivor; Harrop, Martin (1989), Political Communications: The General Election Campaign of 1987, p. 316