United Kingdom general election, 1987 (Wales)

United Kingdom general election, 1987 (Wales)

11 June 1987
All 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher Party Labour Conservative Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975 Last election 20 seats, 37.5% 14 seats, 31.0% Seats won 24 8 Seat change 4 6 Popular vote 765,209 501,316 Percentage 45.1% 29.5% Swing 7.6% 1.5%   Third party Fourth party   Leader David Steel (Lib) David Owen (SDP) Dafydd Elis-Thomas Party SDP–Liberal Alliance Plaid Cymru Leader since July 1976/June 1983 1984 Last election 2 seats, 23.2% 2 seats, 7.8% Seats won 3 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 304,230 123,599 Percentage 17.9% 7.3% Swing 5.3% 0.5%

The 1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales took place on 11 June 1987 for all 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons. The Labour Party again won a majority of Welsh MPs, gaining four seats for a total of 24 out of 38. The governing Conservatives lost six seats, with the SDP-Liberal Alliance and Plaid Cymru gaining one each.

However, across the UK the Conservatives won a landslide majority and continued in office for a third term.^[1]

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1987 general election in Wales.^[2]

Party		Seats					Votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	% seats	Total votes	% votes	Change
	Labour	24	4	0	4	63.2	765,209	45.1	7.6
	Conservative	8	0	6	6	21.1	501,316	29.5	1.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	3	1	0	1	7.9	304,230	17.9	5.3
	Plaid Cymru	3	1	0	1	7.9	123,599	7.3	0.5
	Other parties	0	0	0		—	3,742	0.2	0.2

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