1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
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17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 70.0% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.
Party | MPs | Votes | ||||
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No. | Change | No. | % | Change | ||
UUP | 9 | 271,049 | 34.5% | ![]() | ||
SDLP | 4 | ![]() |
184,445 | 23.5% | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | ![]() |
103,039 | 13.1% | ![]() | |
UPUP | 1 | ![]() |
19,305 | 2.5% | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | ![]() |
78,291 | 10.0% | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | ![]() |
68,665 | 8.7% | ![]() | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | ![]() |
44,608 | 5.7% | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | ![]() |
4,359 | 0.5% | ![]() | |
Natural Law | 0 | New | 2,147 | 0.2% | New | |
New Agenda | 0 | New | 2,133 | 0.2% | New | |
Labour and Trade Union | 0 | ![]() |
1,264 | 0.2% | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
5,788 | 0.8% | ||
Total | 17 | ![]() |
785,093 | 100 | ![]() |
MPs elected
By-elections
Constituency | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
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North Down | 15 June 1995[4] | Jim Kilfedder | UPUP | Robert McCartney | UK Unionist | Death |
References
- ^ "UK Parliamentary Election 1992- Turnout". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 9 April 1992". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Westminster election, 9 April 1987". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "The 1995 North Down by-election". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.