1986 Mid Ulster by-election

The 1986 Mid Ulster by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election.

The Unionist candidates was able to survive with less than 50% of the vote due to a split Nationalist vote and both seats were gained by Sinn Féin in later elections once Unionist pacts had broken down.

1986 Mid Ulster by-election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DUP	William McCrea	23,695	46.4	+16.4
	Sinn Féin	Danny Morrison	13,998	27.1	−2.8
	SDLP	Adrian Colton	13,021	25.2	+2.8
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	691	1.4	+0.0
Majority			9,697	19.3	+19.2
Turnout			51,405	77.6	-6.7
Registered electors			66,757
	DUP hold		Swing

References

Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament in the United Kingdom Election Results website maintained by David Boothroyd

Other References

By-elections in Northern Ireland to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
1920s	June 1921: Mid Armagh Belfast Duncairn North Down July 1921: Mid Down West Down August 1921: South Londonderry January 1922: South Londonderry February 1922: West Down North Down June 1922: North Londonderry July 1922: North Down January 1929: Londonderry
1930s	March 1931: Fermanagh and Tyrone June 1934: Fermanagh and Tyrone May 1939: Down
1920s	February 1940: Belfast East November 1940: Queen's University of Belfast February 1943: Belfast West Antrim June 1946: Down March 1948: Armagh
1950s	November 1950: Belfast West May 1951: Londonderry October 1952: North Antrim November 1952: Belfast South April 1953: North Down November 1954: Armagh August 1955: Mid Ulster May 1956: Mid Ulster March 1959: Belfast East
1960s	October 1963: Belfast South
1970s	None
1980s	April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone August 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone March 1982: Belfast South January 1986: Antrim North Antrim East Antrim South Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Down North Down South Fermanagh and South Tyrone Lagan Valley East Londonderry Mid Ulster Strangford Newry and Armagh Upper Bann
1990s	May 1990: Upper Bann June 1995: North Down
2000s	September 2000: South Antrim
2010s	June 2011: Belfast West March 2013: Mid Ulster May 2018: West Tyrone
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