Home By Elections 26 February 1987 Greenwich

UK Polling History: Election of 26 February 1987 – Greenwich

Result summary

Parties
SDP Labour Conservative Others Green BNP
Votes 18,287 11,676 3,852 318 264 116
Votes gained – -1,685 -8,298 – – –
Share of votes 53.0% 33.8% 11.2% 0.9% 0.8% 0.3%
Share of eligible voters 36.1% 23.1% 7.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.2%
Gain in share of votes – -4.4% -23.6% – – –
Gain in share of eligible voters – -2.6% -15.7% – – –
Total votes: 34,513
Electorate: 50,606
Turnout: 68.2%
Outcome: SDP gain from Labour
Swing: 9.6% Labour from Conservative

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Alliance SDP Liberal
Democrat		 Other Communist Others Independent
Conservative		 Green BNP
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal Alliance SDP Liberal
Democrat		 Other Communist Others Independent
Conservative		 Green BNP
9 April 1992 General Election 14,630 6,960 13,273 803 0
11 June 1987 General Election 13,008 8,695 15,149 463 0
26 February 1987 By Election 11,676 3,852 18,287 318 264 116
9 June 1983 General Election 13,361 12,150 8,783 650 0
3 May 1979 General Election 18,975 12,133 3,870 1,411 0
10 October 1974 General Election 19,155 9,249 5,838 254 0
28 February 1974 General Election 20,164 11,294 7,855 0
8 July 1971 By Election 14,671 6,150 881 285
18 June 1970 General Election 20,804 13,195 2,319 0
31 March 1966 General Election 24,359 13,200 0
15 October 1964 General Election 22,814 12,592 5,205 0
8 October 1959 General Election 25,204 19,679 0
26 May 1955 General Election 26,423 18,484 0
25 October 1951 General Election 30,326 19,898 0
23 February 1950 General Election 29,379 18,255 3,148 0
5 July 1945 General Election 22,078 11,580 0
14 November 1935 General Election 20,436 22,526 0
27 October 1931 General Election 13,722 29,278 2,024 0
30 May 1929 General Election 20,328 16,710 6,870 0
29 October 1924 General Election 17,409 18,473 0
6 December 1923 General Election 12,314 10,746 5,806 0
15 November 1922 General Election 10,860 16,934 0
14 December 1918 General Election 6,471 14,576 0

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