The 1986 North Down 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.
1986, north, down, election, fifteen, 1986, northern, ireland, elections, held, january, 1986, fill, vacancies, parliament, united, kingdom, caused, resignation, december, 1985, sitting, unionist, members, parliament, from, ulster, unionist, party, democratic,. The 1986 North Down 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 1986 North Down by election 1983 23 Jan 1986 1987 Constituency of North DownTurnout62 8 3 4 First party Second party Candidate James Kilfedder John Cushnahan Party UPUP Alliance Popular vote 30 793 8 066 Percentage 79 2 20 8 Swing 23 1 1 3 MP before election James Kilfedder UPUP Subsequent MP James Kilfedder UPUP 1986 North Down by election 1 Party Candidate Votes UPUP James Kilfedder 30 793 79 2 23 1 Alliance John Cushnahan 8 066 20 8 1 3 Majority 22 727 58 4 24 4 Turnout 38 859 62 8 3 4 Registered electors 64 276 UPUP hold SwingReferences edit Results of Byelections in the 1983 87 Parliament in the United Kingdom Election Results website maintained by David BoothroydOther References editBritish 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 nbsp nbsp This Elections in Northern Ireland related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a by election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1986 North Down by election amp oldid 1094804778, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
