1986_South_Antrim_by-election

1986 South Antrim by-election

1986 South Antrim by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1986 South Antrim by-election was one of the fifteen 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election.

More information Party, Candidate ...
Quick Facts Constituency of South Antrim, Turnout ...

References

  1. [1]
    Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament Archived 5 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine in the United Kingdom Election Results website Archived 7 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine maintained by David Boothroyd
  2. [2]
    Nicholas Whyte (13 May 2003). "Westminster by-elections, 23 January 1986". Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

Other References


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This Elections in Northern Ireland related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2 Stub icon 3

This article about a by-election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 1986_South_Antrim_by-election, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.