1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1987 United Kingdom general election
11 June 1987
All 72 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
Turnout75.1%, 2.4%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975
Last election 41 seats, 35.1% 21 seats, 28.4%
Seats won 50 10
Seat change 9 11
Popular vote 1,258,132 713,081
Percentage 42.4% 24.0%
Swing 7.3% 4.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader
Gordon Wilson
Party Alliance SNP
Leader since
15 September 1979
Last election 8 seats, 24.5% 2
Seats won 9 3
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 570,053 416,473
Percentage 19.2% 14.1%
Swing 5.3% 2.3%
Results of the 1987 election in Scotland

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

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