Yorkshire and the Humber: 1987 general election results

How Yorkshire and the Humber voted at the 1987 general election: Labour won 33 of 54 seats with 40.6% of the vote. Every constituency result.

28 for a majority

Lab33
Con21

Yorkshire and the Humber: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	33	+5	1,128,875	40.6%	+5.3	54
Conservative	21	−3	1,040,749	37.4%	−1.2	54
SDP–Liberal Alliance	0	−2	602,709	21.7%	−3.9	54
1 other parties and independents			7,811	0.3%

Change compared with the 1983 general election in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
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
Batley and Spen	Con	1,362	2.3	79.0%	Con hold
Beverley	Con	12,595	20.9	76.3%	Con hold
Boothferry	Con	18,970	33.3	75.8%	Con 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
Bridlington	Con	17,321	29.4	73.7%	Con hold
Brigg and Cleethorpes	Con	12,248	20.1	76.3%	Con hold
Calder Valley	Con	6,045	10.2	81.1%	Con hold
Colne Valley	Con	1,677	3.0	80.1%	Con gain from Alliance
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
Elmet	Con	5,356	9.8	79.3%	Con hold
Glanford and Scunthorpe	Lab	512	0.9	78.0%	Lab gain from Con
Great Grimsby	Lab	8,784	17.0	75.3%	Lab hold
Halifax	Lab	1,212	2.1	77.7%	Lab gain from Con
Harrogate	Con	11,902	21.2	74.1%	Con hold
Hemsworth	Lab	20,700	49.8	75.7%	Lab 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
Keighley	Con	5,606	10.7	79.4%	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
Normanton	Lab	7,287	15.5	74.8%	Lab hold
Pontefract and Castleford	Lab	21,626	45.7	73.5%	Lab hold
Pudsey	Con	6,436	11.5	78.0%	Con hold
Richmond (Yorks)	Con	19,576	34.3	—
Rother Valley	Lab	15,790	31.5	75.6%	Lab hold
Rotherham	Lab	16,012	37.6	69.2%	Lab hold
Ryedale	Con	9,740	14.8	79.2%	Con hold
Scarborough	Con	13,626	24.9	73.2%	Con hold
Selby	Con	13,779	24.9	77.7%	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
Shipley	Con	12,630	23.2	79.2%	Con hold
Skipton and Ripon	Con	17,174	30.6	77.8%	Con hold
Wakefield	Lab	2,789	5.3	75.6%	Lab hold
Wentworth	Lab	20,092	43.4	72.5%	Lab hold
York	Con	147	0.2	78.4%	Con hold

Yorkshire and the Humber at every election →

Questions and answers

Who won in Yorkshire and the Humber at the 1987 general election?

Labour won 33 of the 54 seats in Yorkshire and the Humber, with 40.6% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Yorkshire and the Humber in 1987?

54 constituencies.

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