England: 1987 general election results

How England voted at the 1987 general election: the Conservatives won 358 of 523 seats with 46.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

262 for a majority

Con358
Lab155
Alliance10

England: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	358	−4	12,546,134	46.2%	+0.3	523
Labour	155	+7	8,005,807	29.5%	+2.6	523
SDP–Liberal Alliance	10	−3	6,467,374	23.8%	−2.5	523
1 other parties and independents			113,402	0.4%

Change compared with the 1983 general election in England.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Aldershot	Con	17,784	29.7	74.0%	Con hold
Aldridge-Brownhills	Con	12,396	25.0	79.8%	Con hold
Altrincham and Sale	Con	14,228	27.4	76.7%	Con hold
Amber Valley	Con	9,500	17.1	81.2%	Con hold
Arundel	Con	18,880	33.7	71.2%	Con hold
Ashfield	Lab	4,400	8.0	77.2%	Lab hold
Ashford	Con	15,488	29.2	75.7%	Con hold
Ashton under Lyne	Lab	9,286	21.5	74.0%	Lab hold
Aylesbury	Con	16,558	28.9	74.5%	Con hold
Banbury	Con	17,330	32.8	76.2%	Con hold
Barking	Lab	3,409	9.9	66.9%	Lab hold
Barnsley Central	Lab	19,051	48.7	70.0%	Lab hold
Barnsley East	Lab	23,511	60.5	72.6%	Lab hold
Barnsley West and Penistone	Lab	14,191	30.7	75.6%	Lab hold
Barrow and Furness	Con	3,927	7.2	79.0%	Con hold
Basildon	Con	2,649	5.3	73.3%	Con hold
Basingstoke	Con	17,893	29.8	77.0%	Con hold
Bassetlaw	Lab	5,613	10.6	77.6%	Lab hold
Bath	Con	1,412	2.7	79.4%	Con hold
Batley and Spen	Con	1,362	2.3	79.0%	Con hold
Battersea	Con	857	1.8	70.7%	Con gain from Lab
Beaconsfield	Con	21,339	42.3	74.6%	Con hold
Beckenham	Con	13,464	30.4	73.6%	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
Berkshire East	Con	22,626	34.9	73.8%	Con hold
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Alliance	9,503	22.6	77.3%	Alliance hold
Bethnal Green and Stepney	Lab	5,284	16.5	57.6%	Lab hold
Beverley	Con	12,595	20.9	76.3%	Con hold
Bexhill and Battle	Con	20,519	40.6	77.4%	Con hold
Bexleyheath	Con	11,687	25.3	77.8%	Con hold
Billericay	Con	17,986	29.3	77.2%	Con hold
Birkenhead	Lab	15,372	32.4	72.3%	Lab hold
Birmingham Edgbaston	Con	8,581	23.0	68.6%	Con hold
Birmingham Erdington	Lab	2,467	6.6	68.5%	Lab hold
Birmingham Hall Green	Con	7,621	16.7	74.7%	Con hold
Birmingham Hodge Hill	Lab	4,789	11.7	68.8%	Lab hold
Birmingham Ladywood	Lab	10,028	26.3	64.8%	Lab hold
Birmingham Northfield	Con	3,135	5.9	72.6%	Con hold
Birmingham Perry Barr	Lab	6,933	13.5	69.6%	Lab hold
Birmingham Selly Oak	Con	2,584	4.9	73.1%	Con hold
Birmingham Small Heath	Lab	15,521	45.2	60.6%	Lab hold
Birmingham Sparkbrook	Lab	11,859	35.2	63.5%	Lab hold
Birmingham Yardley	Con	2,522	6.0	73.9%	Con hold
Bishop Auckland	Lab	7,035	13.2	74.1%	Lab hold
Blaby	Con	22,176	35.6	80.9%	Con hold
Blackburn	Lab	5,497	9.8	74.9%	Lab hold
Blackpool North	Con	7,321	17.0	73.1%	Con hold
Blackpool South	Con	6,744	16.1	72.7%	Con hold
Blaydon	Lab	12,488	24.9	75.7%	Lab hold
Blyth Valley	Lab	853	1.9	78.1%	Lab hold
Bolsover	Lab	14,120	27.9	77.3%	Lab hold
Bolton North East	Con	813	1.7	78.7%	Con hold
Bolton South East	Lab	11,381	23.1	74.9%	Lab hold
Bolton West	Con	4,593	8.2	80.0%	Con hold
Boothferry	Con	18,970	33.3	75.8%	Con hold
Bootle	Lab	24,477	46.8	72.9%	Lab hold
Bosworth	Con	17,016	27.1	81.3%	Con hold
Bournemouth East	Con	14,683	27.7	70.5%	Con hold
Bournemouth West	Con	12,651	23.2	73.3%	Con hold
Bow and Poplar	Lab	4,631	13.6	57.4%	Lab hold
Bradford North	Lab	1,633	3.3	72.7%	Lab gain from Con
Bradford South	Lab	309	0.6	73.7%	Lab hold
Bradford West	Lab	7,551	15.2	70.2%	Lab hold
Braintree	Con	16,857	27.7	79.0%	Con hold
Brent East	Lab	1,653	4.2	64.5%	Lab hold
Brent North	Con	15,720	35.1	71.0%	Con hold
Brent South	Lab	7,931	19.5	64.9%	Lab hold
Brentford and Isleworth	Con	7,953	14.5	76.7%	Con hold
Brentwood and Ongar	Con	18,921	35.5	79.0%	Con hold
Bridgwater	Con	11,195	21.2	78.2%	Con hold
Bridlington	Con	17,321	29.4	73.7%	Con hold
Brigg and Cleethorpes	Con	12,248	20.1	76.3%	Con hold
Brighton Kemptown	Con	9,260	20.6	74.5%	Con hold
Brighton Pavilion	Con	9,142	21.1	73.7%	Con hold
Bristol East	Con	4,123	8.2	78.7%	Con hold
Bristol North West	Con	6,952	12.0	79.4%	Con hold
Bristol South	Lab	1,404	2.8	74.0%	Lab hold
Bristol West	Con	7,703	14.2	75.0%	Con hold
Bromsgrove	Con	16,685	31.4	76.4%	Con hold
Broxbourne	Con	22,995	43.3	75.2%	Con hold
Broxtowe	Con	16,651	29.3	79.2%	Con hold
Buckingham	Con	18,526	33.8	78.3%	Con hold
Burnley	Lab	7,557	14.5	78.8%	Lab hold
Burton	Con	9,830	17.1	78.5%	Con hold
Bury North	Con	6,911	12.3	82.5%	Con hold
Bury South	Con	2,679	5.2	79.7%	Con hold
Bury St Edmunds	Con	21,458	37.8	74.1%	Con hold
Calder Valley	Con	6,045	10.2	81.1%	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
Cannock and Burntwood	Con	2,689	4.9	79.8%	Con hold
Canterbury	Con	14,891	26.5	74.9%	Con hold
Carlisle	Lab	916	2.1	78.8%	Lab hold
Carshalton and Wallington	Con	14,409	27.8	75.0%	Con hold
Castle Point	Con	19,248	38.9	75.1%	Con hold
Cheadle	Con	10,631	19.2	81.0%	Con hold
Chelmsford	Con	7,761	11.4	82.2%	Con hold
Chelsea	Con	13,319	46.6	57.8%	Con hold
Cheltenham	Con	4,896	7.8	78.9%	Con hold
Chertsy and Walton	Con	17,469	32.4	75.5%	Con hold
Chesham and Amersham	Con	19,440	35.0	77.3%	Con hold
Chester City of	Con	4,855	9.2	—
Chesterfield	Lab	8,557	15.9	76.7%	Lab hold
Chichester	Con	20,177	33.5	74.4%	Con hold
Chingford	Con	17,955	41.2	76.7%	Con hold
Chipping Barnet	Con	14,871	34.9	70.0%	Con hold
Chislehurst	Con	14,507	34.6	75.5%	Con hold
Chorley	Con	8,057	13.3	76.9%	Con hold
Christchurch	Con	22,374	41.4	76.3%	Con hold
Cirencester and Tewkesbury	Con	12,662	19.3	77.9%	Con hold
City of London and Westminster South	Con	12,042	36.0	58.2%	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
Colne Valley	Con	1,677	3.0	80.1%	Con gain from Alliance
Congleton	Con	7,969	14.5	80.5%	Con hold
Copeland	Lab	1,894	4.3	81.3%	Lab hold
Corby	Con	1,805	3.4	79.6%	Con hold
Cornwall North	Con	5,682	9.8	79.8%	Con hold
Cornwall South East	Con	6,607	11.8	79.5%	Con hold
Coventry North East	Lab	11,867	24.9	70.6%	Lab hold
Coventry North West	Lab	5,663	14.3	74.8%	Lab hold
Coventry South East	Lab	6,653	17.6	73.0%	Lab hold
Coventry South West	Con	3,210	6.2	78.7%	Con hold
Crawley	Con	12,138	20.6	81.9%	Con hold
Crewe and Nantwich	Lab	1,092	1.9	79.3%	Lab hold
Crosby	Con	6,847	10.3	79.6%	Con hold
Croydon Central	Con	12,617	32.3	70.5%	Con hold
Croydon North East	Con	12,519	28.5	69.7%	Con hold
Croydon North West	Con	3,988	10.0	69.2%	Con hold
Croydon South	Con	19,063	39.7	73.7%	Con hold
Dagenham	Lab	2,469	6.0	67.3%	Lab hold
Darlington	Con	2,661	5.0	80.8%	Con hold
Dartford	Con	14,929	26.0	79.0%	Con hold
Daventry	Con	19,690	36.4	78.2%	Con hold
Davyhulme	Con	8,199	16.2	77.3%	Con hold
Denton and Reddish	Lab	8,250	15.7	75.5%	Lab hold
Derby North	Con	6,325	11.6	75.8%	Con hold
Derby South	Lab	1,516	3.2	69.9%	Lab hold
Derbyshire North East	Lab	3,720	6.7	79.3%	Lab hold
Derbyshire South	Con	10,311	15.9	81.3%	Con hold
Derbyshire West	Con	10,527	17.9	83.1%	Con hold
Devizes	Con	17,830	26.9	77.2%	Con hold
Devon North	Con	4,469	8.1	81.7%	Con hold
Devon West and Torridge	Con	6,468	11.0	78.7%	Con hold
Dewsbury	Lab	445	0.8	78.8%	Lab gain from Con
Don Valley	Lab	11,467	20.9	73.8%	Lab hold
Doncaster Central	Lab	8,196	16.0	73.7%	Lab hold
Doncaster North	Lab	19,935	37.4	73.1%	Lab hold
Dorset North	Con	11,907	20.7	79.1%	Con hold
Dorset South	Con	15,067	27.4	75.5%	Con hold
Dorset West	Con	12,364	24.6	78.3%	Con hold
Dover	Con	6,541	11.9	79.8%	Con hold
Dudley East	Lab	3,473	6.4	72.3%	Lab hold
Dudley West	Con	10,244	15.8	79.1%	Con hold
Dulwich	Con	180	0.5	69.3%	Con hold
Durham City of	Lab	6,125	11.8	78.2%	Lab hold
Durham North	Lab	18,433	33.7	75.9%	Lab hold
Durham North West	Lab	10,162	22.5	73.5%	Lab hold
Ealing Acton	Con	12,243	25.7	71.0%	Con hold
Ealing North	Con	15,153	28.2	75.1%	Con hold
Ealing Southall	Lab	7,977	15.3	69.7%	Lab hold
Easington	Lab	24,639	51.8	73.4%	Lab hold
Eastbourne	Con	16,923	30.2	75.6%	Con hold
Eastleigh	Con	13,355	19.2	79.3%	Con hold
Eccles	Lab	9,699	19.4	74.5%	Lab hold
Eddisbury	Con	15,835	27.5	78.0%	Con hold
Edmonton	Con	7,286	15.2	72.5%	Con hold
Ellesmere Port and Neston	Con	1,853	3.2	81.0%	Con hold
Elmet	Con	5,356	9.8	79.3%	Con hold
Eltham	Con	6,460	15.5	76.9%	Con hold
Enfield North	Con	14,015	27.1	74.5%	Con hold
Enfield Southgate	Con	18,345	37.9	72.6%	Con hold
Epping Forest	Con	21,513	41.6	76.3%	Con hold
Epsom and Ewell	Con	20,761	39.0	75.4%	Con hold
Erewash	Con	9,754	16.5	77.4%	Con hold
Erith and Crayford	Con	6,994	15.6	75.4%	Con hold
Esher	Con	19,068	39.9	76.9%	Con hold
Exeter	Con	7,656	12.6	80.6%	Con hold
Falmouth and Camborne	Con	5,039	9.3	78.8%	Con hold
Fareham	Con	18,795	31.2	78.2%	Con hold
Faversham	Con	13,978	23.0	76.9%	Con hold
Feltham and Heston	Con	5,430	9.1	73.7%	Con hold
Finchley	Con	8,913	22.3	69.4%	Con hold
Folkestone and Hythe	Con	9,126	18.1	78.3%	Con hold
Fulham	Con	6,322	15.1	77.1%	Con hold
Fylde	Con	17,772	36.5	77.0%	Con hold
Gainsborough and Horncastle	Con	9,723	18.1	76.9%	Con hold
Gateshead East	Lab	17,228	35.3	71.8%	Lab hold
Gedling	Con	16,539	30.6	79.1%	Con hold
Gillingham	Con	12,549	23.2	75.3%	Con hold
Glanford and Scunthorpe	Lab	512	0.9	78.0%	Lab gain from Con
Gloucester	Con	12,035	20.1	78.1%	Con hold
Gloucestershire West	Con	11,679	18.5	81.1%	Con hold
Gosport	Con	13,723	26.9	74.8%	Con hold
Grantham	Con	21,303	35.8	75.0%	Con hold
Gravesham	Con	8,792	15.2	79.3%	Con hold
Great Grimsby	Lab	8,784	17.0	75.3%	Lab hold
Great Yarmouth	Con	10,083	20.6	74.5%	Con hold
Greenwich	Alliance	2,141	5.7	73.4%	Alliance gain from Lab
Guildford	Con	12,607	21.5	75.3%	Con hold
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Lab	7,678	19.8	58.1%	Lab hold
Hackney South and Shoreditch	Lab	7,522	19.1	55.4%	Lab hold
Halesowen and Stourbridge	Con	13,808	22.3	79.4%	Con hold
Halifax	Lab	1,212	2.1	77.7%	Lab gain from Con
Halton	Lab	14,578	25.2	78.3%	Lab hold
Hammersmith	Lab	2,415	6.9	72.7%	Lab hold
Hampshire East	Con	23,786	35.6	77.4%	Con hold
Hampshire North West	Con	13,437	24.7	77.9%	Con hold
Hampstead and Highgate	Con	2,221	4.9	71.5%	Con hold
Harborough	Con	18,810	31.7	79.3%	Con hold
Harlow	Con	5,877	10.7	78.4%	Con hold
Harrogate	Con	11,902	21.2	74.1%	Con hold
Harrow East	Con	18,273	30.7	73.4%	Con hold
Harrow West	Con	15,444	28.0	74.5%	Con hold
Hartlepool	Lab	7,289	14.5	73.0%	Lab hold
Harwich	Con	12,082	21.3	73.5%	Con hold
Hastings and Rye	Con	7,347	14.1	71.8%	Con hold
Havant	Con	16,510	29.0	74.6%	Con hold
Hayes and Harlington	Con	5,965	13.8	74.5%	Con hold
Hazel Grove	Con	1,840	3.4	81.6%	Con hold
Hemsworth	Lab	20,700	49.8	75.7%	Lab hold
Hendon North	Con	10,932	30.2	65.8%	Con hold
Hendon South	Con	11,124	32.0	63.8%	Con hold
Henley	Con	17,082	34.8	74.9%	Con hold
Hereford	Con	1,413	2.7	78.0%	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
Hexham	Con	8,066	17.9	80.0%	Con hold
Heywood and Middleton	Lab	6,848	15.6	73.8%	Lab hold
High Peak	Con	9,516	16.9	80.5%	Con hold
Holborn and St Pancras	Lab	8,853	19.5	64.3%	Lab hold
Holland With Boston	Con	17,595	37.2	72.3%	Con hold
Honiton	Con	16,562	28.1	76.4%	Con hold
Hornchurch	Con	10,694	22.8	75.3%	Con hold
Hornsey and Wood Green	Con	1,779	3.0	73.3%	Con hold
Horsham	Con	23,907	38.3	72.5%	Con hold
Houghton and Washington	Lab	20,193	36.4	71.2%	Lab hold
Hove	Con	18,218	37.0	67.8%	Con hold
Huddersfield	Lab	7,278	14.5	75.5%	Lab hold
Hull East	Lab	14,689	30.3	70.6%	Lab hold
Hull North	Lab	12,169	23.8	69.6%	Lab hold
Hull West	Lab	8,130	21.6	67.6%	Lab hold
Huntingdon	Con	27,044	42.4	74.0%	Con hold
Hyndburn	Con	2,220	4.6	80.5%	Con hold
Ilford North	Con	12,090	27.6	72.6%	Con hold
Ilford South	Con	4,572	10.9	71.8%	Con hold
Ipswich	Con	874	1.7	77.1%	Con gain from Lab
Isle of Wight	Con	6,442	8.2	79.6%	Con gain from Alliance
Islington North	Lab	9,657	24.6	66.5%	Lab hold
Islington South and Finsbury	Lab	805	2.0	71.2%	Lab hold
Jarrow	Lab	18,795	40.2	74.4%	Lab hold
Keighley	Con	5,606	10.7	79.4%	Con hold
Kensington	Con	4,447	14.3	64.7%	Con hold
Kent Mid	Con	14,768	28.4	71.9%	Con hold
Kettering	Con	11,327	21.8	78.8%	Con hold
Kingston upon Thames	Con	11,186	26.0	78.5%	Con hold
Kingswood	Con	4,393	7.5	80.2%	Con hold
Knowsley North	Lab	21,098	53.7	74.2%	Lab hold
Knowsley South	Lab	20,846	42.8	74.1%	Lab hold
Lancashire West	Con	1,353	2.2	79.7%	Con hold
Lancaster	Con	6,453	14.2	79.2%	Con hold
Langbaurgh	Con	2,088	3.4	78.8%	Con hold
Leeds Central	Lab	11,505	30.1	64.8%	Lab hold
Leeds East	Lab	9,526	22.2	70.2%	Lab hold
Leeds North East	Con	8,419	17.3	75.3%	Con hold
Leeds North West	Con	5,201	10.1	75.7%	Con hold
Leeds South and Morley	Lab	6,711	15.4	71.6%	Lab hold
Leeds West	Lab	4,692	9.6	73.3%	Lab gain from Alliance
Leicester East	Lab	1,924	3.7	78.6%	Lab gain from Con
Leicester South	Lab	1,877	3.3	77.0%	Lab gain from Con
Leicester West	Lab	1,201	2.4	73.4%	Lab hold
Leicestershire North West	Con	7,828	13.4	82.9%	Con hold
Leigh	Lab	16,606	32.4	74.1%	Lab hold
Leominster	Con	14,075	25.9	77.5%	Con hold
Lewes	Con	13,620	24.2	77.0%	Con hold
Lewisham Deptford	Lab	6,771	17.9	64.9%	Lab hold
Lewisham East	Con	4,814	10.9	73.9%	Con hold
Lewisham West	Con	3,772	8.3	72.3%	Con hold
Leyton	Lab	4,641	11.6	69.6%	Lab hold
Lincoln	Con	7,483	12.8	75.6%	Con hold
Lindsey East	Con	8,616	15.5	75.2%	Con hold
Littleborough and Saddleworth	Con	6,202	12.1	77.4%	Con hold
Liverpool Broadgreen	Lab	6,047	12.6	75.9%	Lab hold
Liverpool Garston	Lab	13,777	29.7	75.7%	Lab hold
Liverpool Mossley Hill	Alliance	2,226	4.9	75.1%	Alliance hold
Liverpool Riverside	Lab	20,689	59.4	65.3%	Lab hold
Liverpool Walton	Lab	23,253	43.2	73.6%	Lab hold
Liverpool West Derby	Lab	20,496	46.1	73.4%	Lab hold
Loughborough	Con	17,648	30.2	79.2%	Con hold
Ludlow	Con	11,699	22.9	77.1%	Con hold
Luton North	Con	15,573	27.0	77.6%	Con hold
Luton South	Con	5,115	9.6	75.2%	Con hold
Macclesfield	Con	19,092	32.4	77.4%	Con hold
Maidstone	Con	10,364	18.7	76.0%	Con hold
Makerfield	Lab	15,558	29.0	75.8%	Lab hold
Manchester Blackley	Lab	10,122	23.6	72.9%	Lab hold
Manchester Central	Lab	19,867	49.4	63.9%	Lab hold
Manchester Gorton	Lab	14,065	31.1	70.4%	Lab hold
Manchester Withington	Lab	3,391	6.7	77.1%	Lab gain from Con
Manchester Wythenshawe	Lab	11,855	28.2	72.1%	Lab hold
Mansfield	Lab	56	0.1	78.4%	Lab hold
Medway	Con	9,929	21.2	73.0%	Con hold
Meriden	Con	16,820	29.0	73.9%	Con hold
Middlesbrough	Lab	14,958	34.7	71.0%	Lab hold
Milton Keynes	Con	13,701	18.5	75.6%	Con hold
Mitcham and Morden	Con	6,183	13.0	75.7%	Con hold
Mole Valley	Con	16,076	30.8	77.0%	Con hold
Morecambe and Lunesdale	Con	11,785	27.8	76.1%	Con hold
New Forest	Con	21,732	37.8	76.6%	Con hold
Newark	Con	13,543	25.8	77.6%	Con hold
Newbury	Con	16,658	28.4	78.0%	Con hold
Newcastle under Lyme	Lab	5,132	9.6	80.8%	Lab hold
Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Lab	2,483	5.4	72.5%	Lab gain from Con
Newcastle upon Tyne East	Lab	12,500	29.8	70.6%	Lab hold
Newcastle upon Tyne North	Lab	5,243	10.0	75.9%	Lab hold
Newham North East	Lab	8,236	21.1	64.1%	Lab hold
Newham North West	Lab	8,496	30.1	59.4%	Lab hold
Newham South	Lab	2,766	9.3	59.1%	Lab 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
Normanton	Lab	7,287	15.5	74.8%	Lab hold
Northampton North	Con	9,256	17.9	74.6%	Con hold
Northampton South	Con	17,803	31.1	75.2%	Con hold
Northavon	Con	14,270	22.7	80.2%	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
Norwood	Lab	4,723	12.5	67.0%	Lab hold
Nottingham East	Con	456	1.0	68.8%	Con hold
Nottingham North	Lab	1,665	3.3	72.6%	Lab gain from Con
Nottingham South	Con	2,234	4.2	73.5%	Con hold
Nuneaton	Con	5,655	10.3	80.4%	Con hold
Old Bexley and Sidcup	Con	16,274	41.5	77.1%	Con hold
Oldham Central and Royton	Lab	6,279	13.9	69.2%	Lab hold
Oldham West	Lab	5,967	14.5	71.9%	Lab hold
Orpington	Con	12,732	27.2	78.5%	Con hold
Oxford East	Lab	1,288	2.6	79.0%	Lab gain from Con
Oxford West and Abingdon	Con	4,878	9.0	78.4%	Con hold
Peckham	Lab	9,489	28.8	55.6%	Lab hold
Pendle	Con	2,639	5.1	81.8%	Con hold
Penrith and the Border	Con	17,366	31.6	77.5%	Con hold
Peterborough	Con	9,784	15.8	73.5%	Con hold
Plymouth Devonport	Alliance	6,470	13.0	76.9%	Alliance hold
Plymouth Drake	Con	3,125	8.0	76.6%	Con hold
Plymouth Sutton	Con	4,013	7.9	79.0%	Con hold
Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	21,626	45.7	73.5%	Lab hold
Poole	Con	14,808	24.9	77.5%	Con hold
Portsmouth North	Con	18,401	30.6	74.8%	Con hold
Portsmouth South	Con	205	0.4	71.3%	Con hold
Preston	Lab	10,645	23.9	69.0%	Lab hold
Pudsey	Con	6,436	11.5	78.0%	Con hold
Putney	Con	6,907	14.4	75.9%	Con hold
Ravensbourne	Con	16,919	37.7	75.7%	Con hold
Reading East	Con	16,217	30.6	73.3%	Con hold
Reading West	Con	16,753	32.9	72.2%	Con hold
Redcar	Lab	7,735	16.0	76.1%	Lab hold
Reigate	Con	18,173	34.8	72.5%	Con hold
Ribble Valley	Con	19,528	39.4	79.1%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorks)	Con	19,576	34.3	—
Richmond and Barnes	Con	1,766	3.9	83.2%	Con hold
Rochdale	Alliance	2,779	5.4	74.6%	Alliance hold
Rochford	Con	19,694	33.2	78.1%	Con hold
Romford	Con	13,471	33.2	72.9%	Con hold
Romsey and Waterside	Con	15,272	24.4	79.0%	Con hold
Rossendale and Darwen	Con	4,982	8.3	80.3%	Con hold
Rother Valley	Lab	15,790	31.5	75.6%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Lab	16,012	37.6	69.2%	Lab hold
Rugby and Kenilworth	Con	16,264	26.6	79.6%	Con hold
Ruislip Northwood	Con	16,971	38.8	77.7%	Con hold
Rushcliffe	Con	20,839	35.8	80.0%	Con hold
Rutland and Melton	Con	23,022	38.5	76.8%	Con hold
Ryedale	Con	9,740	14.8	79.2%	Con hold
Saffron Walden	Con	16,602	28.7	79.0%	Con hold
Salford East	Lab	12,056	31.4	66.0%	Lab hold
Salisbury	Con	11,443	19.9	75.6%	Con hold
Scarborough	Con	13,626	24.9	73.2%	Con hold
Sedgefield	Lab	13,058	28.2	76.1%	Lab hold
Selby	Con	13,779	24.9	77.7%	Con hold
Sevenoaks	Con	17,345	31.0	76.4%	Con hold
Sheffield Attercliffe	Lab	17,191	35.2	72.9%	Lab hold
Sheffield Brightside	Lab	24,191	54.2	68.7%	Lab hold
Sheffield Central	Lab	19,342	50.6	62.5%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hallam	Con	7,637	13.8	74.7%	Con hold
Sheffield Heeley	Lab	14,440	27.1	72.0%	Lab hold
Sheffield Hillsborough	Lab	3,286	5.5	78.0%	Lab hold
Sherwood	Con	4,495	7.7	81.9%	Con hold
Shipley	Con	12,630	23.2	79.2%	Con hold
Shoreham	Con	17,070	30.9	77.5%	Con hold
Shrewsbury and Atcham	Con	9,064	16.7	77.0%	Con hold
Shropshire North	Con	14,415	24.8	75.5%	Con hold
Skipton and Ripon	Con	17,174	30.6	77.8%	Con hold
Slough	Con	4,090	7.3	75.9%	Con hold
Solihull	Con	21,786	37.1	75.1%	Con hold
Somerton and Frome	Con	9,538	17.5	79.4%	Con hold
South Hams	Con	13,146	21.3	78.6%	Con hold
South Ribble	Con	8,430	14.2	82.5%	Con hold
South Shields	Lab	13,851	32.2	70.7%	Lab hold
Southampton Itchen	Con	6,716	12.2	75.8%	Con hold
Southampton Test	Con	6,954	12.3	76.4%	Con hold
Southend East	Con	13,847	33.8	69.3%	Con hold
Southend West	Con	8,400	16.3	75.3%	Con hold
Southport	Alliance	1,849	3.4	76.3%	Alliance gain from Con
Southwark and Bermondsey	Alliance	2,779	7.7	64.9%	Alliance hold
Spelthorne	Con	20,050	37.1	74.1%	Con hold
St Albans	Con	10,881	18.0	80.2%	Con hold
St Helens North	Lab	14,260	26.4	76.3%	Lab hold
St Helens South	Lab	13,801	27.9	71.3%	Lab hold
St Ives	Con	7,555	14.5	77.2%	Con hold
Stafford	Con	13,707	23.8	79.5%	Con hold
Staffordshire Mid	Con	14,654	25.9	79.4%	Con hold
Staffordshire Moorlands	Con	14,427	24.2	80.4%	Con hold
Staffordshire South	Con	25,268	40.8	78.2%	Con hold
Staffordshire South East	Con	10,885	20.7	79.4%	Con hold
Stalybridge and Hyde	Lab	5,663	11.2	74.2%	Lab hold
Stamford and Spalding	Con	13,991	25.5	77.8%	Con hold
Stevenage	Con	5,340	9.5	80.5%	Con hold
Stockport	Con	2,853	6.1	78.1%	Con hold
Stockton North	Lab	8,801	16.6	75.4%	Lab hold
Stockton South	Con	774	1.3	79.0%	Con gain from Alliance
Stoke-on-Trent Central	Lab	9,770	21.5	68.8%	Lab hold
Stoke-on-Trent North	Lab	8,513	15.7	72.9%	Lab hold
Stoke-on-Trent South	Lab	5,053	9.7	73.7%	Lab hold
Stratford-on-Avon	Con	21,165	34.1	76.5%	Con hold
Streatham	Con	2,407	5.7	69.5%	Con hold
Stretford	Lab	9,402	22.7	71.9%	Lab hold
Stroud	Con	12,375	18.9	80.6%	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
Sunderland North	Lab	14,672	27.5	70.5%	Lab hold
Sunderland South	Lab	12,613	23.7	71.1%	Lab hold
Surbiton	Con	9,741	27.4	78.3%	Con hold
Surrey East	Con	18,126	39.5	77.2%	Con hold
Surrey North West	Con	23,575	39.1	72.5%	Con hold
Surrey South West	Con	14,343	25.1	78.4%	Con hold
Sussex Mid	Con	18,292	29.6	77.2%	Con hold
Sutton and Cheam	Con	15,718	32.1	76.6%	Con hold
Sutton Coldfield	Con	21,183	39.3	74.5%	Con hold
Swindon	Con	4,857	7.3	77.8%	Con hold
Tatton	Con	17,094	31.0	76.7%	Con hold
Taunton	Con	10,380	17.6	79.4%	Con hold
Teignbridge	Con	10,425	18.1	80.3%	Con hold
Thanet North	Con	17,480	34.7	72.2%	Con hold
Thanet South	Con	13,683	29.6	73.7%	Con hold
Thurrock	Con	690	1.4	71.5%	Con gain from Lab
Tiverton	Con	9,212	16.9	79.7%	Con hold
Tonbridge and Malling	Con	16,429	27.5	77.8%	Con hold
Tooting	Lab	1,441	3.0	71.2%	Lab hold
Torbay	Con	8,820	16.4	76.3%	Con hold
Tottenham	Lab	4,141	8.2	66.1%	Lab hold
Truro	Alliance	4,753	8.2	79.9%	Alliance hold
Tunbridge Wells	Con	16,122	28.5	74.3%	Con hold
Twickenham	Con	7,127	13.5	81.5%	Con hold
Tyne Bridge	Lab	15,573	42.4	63.1%	Lab hold
Tynemouth	Con	2,583	4.5	78.1%	Con hold
Upminster	Con	16,857	33.6	75.2%	Con hold
Uxbridge	Con	15,969	33.1	76.4%	Con hold
Vauxhall	Lab	9,019	21.2	64.0%	Lab hold
Wakefield	Lab	2,789	5.3	75.6%	Lab hold
Wallasey	Con	279	0.5	79.8%	Con hold
Wallsend	Lab	19,384	33.7	75.0%	Lab hold
Walsall North	Lab	1,790	3.6	73.8%	Lab hold
Walsall South	Lab	1,116	2.2	75.5%	Lab hold
Walthamstow	Con	1,512	4.3	72.4%	Con gain from Lab
Wansbeck	Lab	16,789	34.4	78.0%	Lab hold
Wansdyke	Con	16,144	26.4	81.3%	Con hold
Wanstead and Woodfod	Con	16,412	39.1	72.4%	Con hold
Wantage	Con	12,156	23.5	77.9%	Con hold
Warley East	Lab	5,585	14.4	69.4%	Lab hold
Warley West	Lab	5,393	13.4	70.0%	Lab hold
Warrington North	Lab	8,013	14.1	75.2%	Lab hold
Warrington South	Con	3,609	6.1	77.6%	Con hold
Warwick and Leamington	Con	13,982	25.3	76.0%	Con hold
Warwickshire North	Con	2,829	5.0	79.9%	Con hold
Watford	Con	11,736	20.5	77.9%	Con hold
Waveney	Con	11,783	18.4	78.4%	Con hold
Wealden	Con	20,110	36.7	75.0%	Con hold
Wellingborough	Con	14,070	25.6	78.1%	Con hold
Wells	Con	8,541	16.0	79.6%	Con hold
Welwyn Hatfield	Con	10,903	18.3	80.9%	Con hold
Wentworth	Lab	20,092	43.4	72.5%	Lab hold
West Bromwich East	Lab	983	2.3	73.2%	Lab hold
West Bromwich West	Lab	5,253	13.3	67.0%	Lab hold
Westbury	Con	10,097	15.2	78.2%	Con hold
Westminster North	Con	3,310	7.9	71.1%	Con hold
Westmorland and Lonsdale	Con	14,920	28.4	74.8%	Con hold
Weston Super Mare	Con	7,998	13.9	75.6%	Con hold
Wigan	Lab	20,462	37.1	76.6%	Lab hold
Wiltshire North	Con	10,939	17.1	79.3%	Con hold
Wimbledon	Con	11,301	23.4	76.1%	Con hold
Winchester	Con	7,479	12.2	80.4%	Con hold
Windsor and Maidenhead	Con	17,836	29.8	75.4%	Con hold
Wirral South	Con	10,963	22.2	79.4%	Con hold
Wirral West	Con	12,723	25.7	77.9%	Con hold
Witney	Con	18,464	31.7	77.3%	Con hold
Woking	Con	16,544	26.7	75.1%	Con hold
Wokingham	Con	20,387	31.4	75.9%	Con hold
Wolverhampton North East	Con	204	0.4	74.3%	Con gain from Lab
Wolverhampton South East	Lab	6,398	15.8	72.5%	Lab hold
Wolverhampton South West	Con	10,318	19.9	75.5%	Con hold
Woodspring	Con	17,852	29.6	79.1%	Con hold
Woolwich	Alliance	1,937	4.7	70.7%	Alliance hold
Worcester	Con	10,453	19.7	76.7%	Con hold
Worcestershire Mid	Con	14,911	24.2	76.6%	Con hold
Worcestershire South	Con	13,645	23.4	75.6%	Con hold
Workington	Lab	7,019	15.3	80.6%	Lab hold
Worsley	Lab	7,337	13.0	77.2%	Lab hold
Worthing	Con	18,501	33.0	72.8%	Con hold
Wrekin The	Lab	1,456	2.3	78.3%	Lab gain from Con
Wycombe	Con	13,819	26.4	72.8%	Con hold
Wyre	Con	14,661	29.0	75.3%	Con hold
Wyre Forest	Con	7,224	13.2	77.6%	Con hold
Yeovil	Alliance	5,700	10.2	79.7%	Alliance hold
York	Con	147	0.2	78.4%	Con hold

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Questions and answers

Who won in England at the 1987 general election?

The Conservatives won 358 of the 523 seats in England, with 46.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in England in 1987?

523 constituencies.

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