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1987 general election map

Map of the 1987 UK general election: each nation and region coloured by the party that won most of its seats.

South East: Conservative 76 of 77 seatsWest Midlands: Conservative 36 of 58 seatsNorth West: Labour 39 of 79 seatsEast Midlands: Conservative 31 of 42 seatsLondon: Conservative 58 of 84 seatsYorkshire and the Humber: Labour 33 of 54 seatsEast of England: Conservative 50 of 51 seatsSouth West: Conservative 44 of 48 seatsNorth East: Labour 24 of 30 seatsNorthern Ireland: Ulster Unionist Party 9 of 17 seatsScotland: Labour 50 of 72 seatsWales: Labour 24 of 38 seats
Each nation and region is coloured by the party that won most of its seats; darker means a larger share of the seats. Constituency maps start in 2010, when the hexagon layouts begin.

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Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Hexagon layouts: Open Innovations (MIT). How we use this data