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1986 North Down by-election

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1986 North Down by-election

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Constituency of North Down
Turnout62.8% (Decrease 3.4%)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate James Kilfedder John Cushnahan
Party UPUP Alliance
Popular vote 30,793 8,066
Percentage 79.2% 20.8%
Swing Increase 23.1% Decrease 1.3%

MP before election

James Kilfedder
UPUP

Subsequent MP

James Kilfedder
UPUP

The 1986 North Down 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.

1986 North Down by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UPUP James Kilfedder 30,793 79.2 +23.1
Alliance John Cushnahan 8,066 20.8 −1.3
Majority 22,727 58.4 +24.4
Turnout 38,859 62.8 −3.4
Registered electors 64,276
UPUP hold Swing

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