UK general election 1987

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UK_general_election_1987
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 376
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share 42.2%
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 11 June 1987
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UK general election 1987
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 229
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share 30.8%
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Neil_Kinnock
gptkbp:Liberal-SDP_Alliance_leader gptkb:David_Owen
gptkb:David_Steel
gptkbp:Liberal-SDP_Alliance_seats_won 22
gptkbp:Liberal-SDP_Alliance_vote_share 22.6%
gptkbp:majoritySeats 326
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:UK_general_election_1992
gptkbp:notableAchievement Conservative majority reduced
Liberal-SDP Alliance failed to make major gains
Margaret Thatcher won third consecutive term
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:48th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:UK_general_election_1983
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 650
gptkbp:voterTurnout 75.3%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UK_Parliament_constituency_of_Holborn_and_St_Pancras
gptkb:Skipton_and_Ripon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6