1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1987 United Kingdom general election
← 1983 11 June 1987 1992 →
All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout75.1%, Increase2.4%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975
Last election 41 seats, 35.1% 21 seats, 28.4% 8 seats, 24.5%
Seats won 50 10 9
Seat change Increase9 Decrease11 Increase1
Popular vote 1,258,132 713,081 570,053
Percentage 42.4% 24.0% 19.2%
Swing Increase7.3% Decrease4.4% Decrease5.3%
  Fourth party
 
Leader Gordon Wilson
Party SNP
Leader since 15 September 1979
Last election 2
Seats won 3
Seat change Increase1
Popular vote 416,473
Percentage 14.1%
Swing Increase2.3%
Results of the 1987 election in Scotland
Main article: 1987 United Kingdom general election

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday, 11 June 1987 and all 72 seats in Scotland were contested.[1]

  1. ^ "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 October 2020.