1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland

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1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland
← 1987 9 April 1992 1997 →
17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons
Turnout70.0% (Increase)
  First party Second party
 
Leader James Molyneaux John Hume
Party Ulster Unionist Social Democratic and Labour Party
Leader since 1979 6 May 1979
Leader's seat Lagan Valley Foyle
Seats won 9 4
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 271,049 184,445
Percentage 34.5% 21.1%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ian Paisley James Kilfedder
Party DUP UPUP
Leader since 1971 1980
Leader's seat North Antrim North Down
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 103,039 19,305
Percentage 13.1% 2.5%

The 1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 9 April with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. 1,124,900 people were eligible to vote, up 34,511 from the 1987 general election. 70.02% of eligible voters turned out, down 2.6 percentage points from the last general election.[1]

Results[edit]

The Conservative Party, now led by John Major as prime minister, won another term in government. In Northern Ireland, the only change was between the nationalist parties, with Sinn Féin losing its seat in Belfast West to the SDLP. The SDLP's four seats was and still is its best-ever result.

Results[2][3]
Party MPs Votes
No. Change No. % Change
Ulster Unionist 9 271,049 34.5% Decrease 2.3
SDLP 4 Increase 1 184,445 23.5% Increase 2.4
DUP 3 Steady 103,039 13.1% Increase 1.4
UPUP 1 Steady 19,305 2.5% Steady
Sinn Féin 0 Decrease 1 78,291 10.0% Decrease 3.4
Alliance 0 Steady 68,665 8.7% Decrease 1.3
NI Conservatives 0 Steady 44,608 5.7% Increase 5.7
Workers' Party 0 Steady 4,359 0.5% Decrease 2.1
Natural Law 0 New 2,147 0.2% New
New Agenda 0 New 2,133 0.2% New
Labour and Trade Union 0 Steady 1,264 0.2% Increase 0.2
Independent 0 Steady 5,788 0.8%
Total 17 Steady 785,093 100 Steady

MPs elected[edit]

Main article: List of MPs for constituencies in Northern Ireland (1992–1997)
Constituency Party MP
East Antrim Ulster Unionist Roy Beggs
North Antrim DUP Ian Paisley
South Antrim Ulster Unionist Clifford Forsythe
Belfast East DUP Peter Robinson
Belfast North Ulster Unionist Cecil Walker
Belfast South Ulster Unionist Martin Smyth
Belfast West SDLP Joe Hendron
North Down UPUP Jim Kilfedder
South Down SDLP Eddie McGrady
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis
Foyle SDLP John Hume
Lagan Valley Ulster Unionist James Molyneaux
East Londonderry Ulster Unionist William Ross
Mid Ulster DUP William McCrea
Newry and Armagh SDLP Seamus Mallon
Strangford Ulster Unionist John Taylor
Upper Bann Ulster Unionist David Trimble

By-elections[edit]

Constituency Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
North Down 15 June 1995[4] Jim Kilfedder UPUP Robert McCartney UK Unionist Death

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UK Parliamentary Election 1992- Turnout". EONI. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland: General Election 9 April 1992". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Westminster election, 9 April 1987". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  4. ^ "The 1995 North Down by-election". ARK: Northern Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.


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