East of England: 1987 general election results

How East of England voted at the 1987 general election: the Conservatives won 50 of 51 seats with 52.9% of the vote. Every constituency result.

26 for a majority

Con50
Lab1

East of England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	50	+2	1,547,622	52.9%	+1.8	51
Labour	1	−1	605,915	20.7%	+1.1	51
SDP–Liberal Alliance	0	−1	759,514	26.0%	−2.9	51
1 other parties and independents			11,648	0.4%

Change compared with the 1983 general election in East of England.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Basildon	Con	2,649	5.3	73.3%	Con hold
Bedfordshire Mid	Con	22,851	36.0	78.6%	Con hold
Bedfordshire North	Con	16,505	29.1	77.2%	Con hold
Bedfordshire South West	Con	22,305	35.9	78.7%	Con hold
Billericay	Con	17,986	29.3	77.2%	Con hold
Braintree	Con	16,857	27.7	79.0%	Con hold
Brentwood and Ongar	Con	18,921	35.5	79.0%	Con hold
Broxbourne	Con	22,995	43.3	75.2%	Con hold
Bury St Edmunds	Con	21,458	37.8	74.1%	Con hold
Cambridge	Con	5,060	9.4	78.0%	Con hold
Cambridgeshire North East	Con	1,428	2.5	77.4%	Con gain from Alliance
Cambridgeshire South East	Con	17,502	31.3	76.5%	Con hold
Cambridgeshire South West	Con	18,251	28.8	77.7%	Con hold
Castle Point	Con	19,248	38.9	75.1%	Con hold
Chelmsford	Con	7,761	11.4	82.2%	Con hold
Colchester North	Con	13,623	21.8	76.0%	Con hold
Colchester South and Maldon	Con	15,483	24.4	75.3%	Con hold
Epping Forest	Con	21,513	41.6	76.3%	Con hold
Great Yarmouth	Con	10,083	20.6	74.5%	Con hold
Harlow	Con	5,877	10.7	78.4%	Con hold
Harwich	Con	12,082	21.3	73.5%	Con hold
Hertford and Stortford	Con	17,140	29.2	77.7%	Con hold
Hertfordshire North	Con	11,442	17.9	81.1%	Con hold
Hertfordshire South West	Con	15,784	26.9	77.7%	Con hold
Hertfordshire West	Con	14,924	23.4	80.9%	Con hold
Hertsmere	Con	18,106	32.8	75.4%	Con hold
Huntingdon	Con	27,044	42.4	74.0%	Con hold
Ipswich	Con	874	1.7	77.1%	Con gain from Lab
Luton North	Con	15,573	27.0	77.6%	Con hold
Luton South	Con	5,115	9.6	75.2%	Con hold
Norfolk Mid	Con	18,008	31.2	78.2%	Con hold
Norfolk North	Con	15,310	28.3	77.5%	Con hold
Norfolk North West	Con	10,825	18.6	78.9%	Con hold
Norfolk South	Con	12,418	19.6	81.0%	Con hold
Norfolk South West	Con	20,436	36.2	76.0%	Con hold
Norwich North	Con	7,776	15.7	79.2%	Con hold
Norwich South	Lab	336	0.7	80.6%	Lab gain from Con
Peterborough	Con	9,784	15.8	73.5%	Con hold
Rochford	Con	19,694	33.2	78.1%	Con hold
Saffron Walden	Con	16,602	28.7	79.0%	Con hold
Southend East	Con	13,847	33.8	69.3%	Con hold
Southend West	Con	8,400	16.3	75.3%	Con hold
St Albans	Con	10,881	18.0	80.2%	Con hold
Stevenage	Con	5,340	9.5	80.5%	Con hold
Suffolk Central	Con	16,290	27.0	76.2%	Con hold
Suffolk Coastal	Con	15,280	25.9	77.9%	Con hold
Suffolk South	Con	16,243	25.6	77.6%	Con hold
Thurrock	Con	690	1.4	71.5%	Con gain from Lab
Watford	Con	11,736	20.5	77.9%	Con hold
Waveney	Con	11,783	18.4	78.4%	Con hold
Welwyn Hatfield	Con	10,903	18.3	80.9%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in East of England at the 1987 general election?

The Conservatives won 50 of the 51 seats in East of England, with 52.9% of the vote.

How many seats were there in East of England in 1987?

51 constituencies.

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