1986 Strangford by-election
Template:Infobox election Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB The 1986 Strangford by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election.
Template:Election box winning candidate with party linkTemplate:Election box registered electors| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| "For the Anglo-Irish Agreement" | "Peter Barry" (Wesley Robert Williamson)[2] | 1,993 | 5.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 30,634 | 88.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 34,620 | 55.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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References
External links
- British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-elections
- CAIN: Westminster By-Elections (NI) - Thursday 23 January 1986
- Northern Ireland Elections: Westminster by-elections 1986
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