1987 United Kingdom general election in England

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All523 English seats in theHouse of Commons 262 seats needed forEnglish majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Margaret Thatcher Neil Kinnock David Steel (Lib) David Owen (SDP) Party Conservative Labour Alliance Leader since 11 February 1975 2 October 1983 July 1976/June 1983 Leader's seat Finchley Islwyn Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale (Steel) Ply. Devonpt. (Owen) Last election 362 seats, 46.0% 148 seats, 26.8% 13 seats, 26.4% Seats won 358 155 10 Seat change 4 7 3 Popular vote 12,546,186 8,006,466 6,467,350 Percentage 46.2% 29.5% 23.8% Swing 0.2% 2.5% 2.4%

The 1987United Kingdom general election inEngland was held on 11 June 1987 for 523 English seats to theHouse of Commons. TheConservative Party won an overall majority of English seats for the third successive election and enough seats to seal a UK-wide majority already within England's borders. 326 was the UK-wide threshold and the Conservatives won 358 in the English constituencies.

Party[1]		Seats					Aggregate votes
		Total	Gains	Losses	Net +/-	Of all (%)	Total votes	Of all (%)	Difference
	Conservative	358	9	13	4	68.5	12,546,186	46.2	0.2
	Labour	155	13	6	7	29.6	8,006,466	29.5	2.5
	Alliance	10	2	5	3	1.9	6,467,350	23.8	2.4
	Others	0	0	0		—	113,520	0.4	0.3
Total		524					27,133,522	75.4	2.9

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