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1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales

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United Kingdom general election, 1987 (Wales)

← 1983 11 June 1987 1992 →

All 38 Welsh seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Neil Kinnock Margaret Thatcher
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 2 October 1983 11 February 1975
Last election 20 seats, 37.5% 14 seats, 31.0%
Seats won 24 8
Seat change Increase4 Decrease6
Popular vote 765,209 501,316
Percentage 45.1% 29.5%
Swing Increase7.6% Decrease1.5%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Dafydd Elis-Thomas
Party Alliance Plaid Cymru
Leader since
1984
Last election 2 seats, 23.2% 2 seats, 7.8%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Increase1 Increase1
Popular vote 304,230 123,599
Percentage 17.9% 7.3%
Swing Decrease5.3% Decrease0.5%

The 1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales took place on 11th June, 1987 for all 38 Welsh seats in the House of Commons. The Labour Party again won a majority of Welsh MPs, gaining four seats for a total of 24 out of 38. The governing Conservatives lost six seats, with the SDP-Liberal Alliance and Plaid Cymru gaining one each.

Despite Labour winning the most votes in Wales, across the UK the Conservatives won a landslide majority and continued in office for a third term.[1]

Results

Below is a table summarising the results of the 1987 general election in Wales.[2]

Party Seats Votes
Total Gains Losses Net +/- % seats Total votes % votes Change
Labour 24 4 0 Increase4 63.2 765,209 45.1 Increase7.6
Conservative 8 0 6 Decrease6 21.1 501,316 29.5 Decrease1.5
Alliance 3 1 0 Increase1 7.9 304,230 17.9 Decrease5.3
Plaid Cymru 3 1 0 Increase1 7.9 123,599 7.3 Decrease0.5
Others 0 0 0 Steady 3,742 0.2 Decrease0.2

Aftermath

More than 25,000 Welsh colliers lost their jobs in the decade of pit closures following the miners' strike of 1984. The coalfield communities in Wales still accounted for a quarter of the entire Welsh population in 2014. The closures caused the mining areas of Wales to have the lowest "job density" of all 16 coalfield communities across Wales (and lower job densities than the areas of Scotland and England also).[3]

The coal mines of Abernant and Abercynon were closed in 1988, Cynheidre and Marine/Six Bells, Merthyr Vale, Oakdale and Trelewis were closed in 1989. Deep navigation and Penallta mines were also closed in 1991.[4]

References

  1. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 11 JUNE 1987" (PDF). 1989. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS, 11 JUNE 1987" (PDF). 1989. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ "South Wales mining communities 'still feeling' job cuts". BBC News. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Pit closures, year by year". 5 March 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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