1987 United Kingdom general election in England

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.

United Kingdom general election, 1987 (England)
11 June 1987
All 523 English seats in the House of Commons
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Margaret Thatcher Neil Kinnock
Party Conservative Labour Alliance
Leader since 11 February 1975 2 October 1983
Leader's seat Finchley Islwyn
Last election 362 seats, 46.0% 148 seats, 26.8% 13 seats, 26.4%
Seats won 358 155 10
Seat change 4 7 3
Popular vote 12,546,186 8,006,466 6,467,350
Percentage 46.2% 29.5% 23.8%
Swing 0.2% 2.5% 2.4%
Main article: 1987 United Kingdom general election

Results table
Party[1] Seats Votes
TotalGainsLosses 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
Popular vote
Conservative
 
 46.2%
Labour
 
 29.5%
SDP–Liberal Alliance
 
 23.8%
Other
 
 0.4%
Parliament seats
Conservative
 
 68.5%
Labour
 
 29.6%
SDP–Liberal Alliance
 
 1.9%
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References
  1. "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 11 JUNE 1987" (PDF). 1989. Retrieved 30 July 2018.


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