Home By Elections 23 January 1986 Lagan Valley

UK Polling History: Election of 23 January 1986 – Lagan Valley

Result summary

Parties
Ulster
Unionist		 Workers'
Party
Votes 32,514 3,328
Votes gained +8,497 +2,519
Share of votes 90.7% 9.3%
Share of eligible voters 51.4% 5.3%
Gain in share of votes +31.5% +7.3%
Gain in share of eligible voters +11.4% +3.9%
Total votes: 35,842
Electorate: 63,244
Turnout: 56.7%
Outcome: Ulster Unionist hold
Swing: 12.1% Ulster Unionist from Workers' Party

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Ulster
Unionist		 DUP Alliance
(NI)		 SDLP Other Sinn
Fein		 Conservative Workers'
Party		 UKIP Others Green
Date Type Parties
Ulster
Unionist		 DUP Alliance
(NI)		 SDLP Other Sinn
Fein		 Conservative Workers'
Party		 UKIP Others Green
4 July 2024 General Election 11,157 15,659 18,618 1,028 2,186 433
12 December 2019 General Election 8,606 19,586 13,087 1,758 315 1,098 955 0
8 June 2017 General Election 7,533 26,762 4,996 3,384 222 1,567 462 0
7 May 2015 General Election 6,055 19,055 5,544 2,500 2,643 1,144 654 2,200 0
6 May 2010 General Election 7,713 18,199 4,174 1,835 3,154 1,465 0
5 May 2005 General Election 9,172 23,289 2,598 4,316 3,197 0
7 June 2001 General Election 25,966 6,164 3,462 7,624 2,725 0
1 May 1997 General Election 24,560 6,005 7,635 3,436 1,564 1,110 0
9 April 1992 General Election 29,772 6,207 4,626 582 3,346 4,423 0
11 June 1987 General Election 29,101 5,728 2,888 2,656 1,215 0
23 January 1986 By Election 32,514 3,328 0
9 June 1983 General Election 24,017 6,801 4,593 2,603 1,751 809 0

© Dominic Ford 2021–2025.

Our privacy policy is here.
Our data reuse policy is here.
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.