| Election Name: | 1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1983 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
| Previous Year: | 1983 |
| Election Date: | 11 June 1987 |
| Next Election: | 1992 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 seats in Northern Ireland of the 650 seats in the House of Commons |
| Turnout: | 67.4% |
| Leader1: | James Molyneaux |
| Party1: | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Leader Since1: | 1979 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Lagan Valley |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 276,230 |
| Percentage1: | 37.8% |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | John Hume |
| Leader Since2: | 6 May 1979 |
| Party2: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | Foyle |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 154,087 |
| Percentage2: | 21.1% |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Leader4: | Ian Paisley |
| Party4: | Democratic Unionist Party |
| Leader Since4: | 1971 |
| Leaders Seat4: | Antrim North |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 85,642 |
| Percentage4: | 11.7% |
| Leader5: | Gerry Adams |
| Leader Since5: | 1983 |
| Party5: | Sinn Féin |
| Leaders Seat5: | Belfast West |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 83,389 |
| Percentage5: | 11.4% |
The 1987 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 11 June with 17 MPs elected in single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post as part of the wider general election in the United Kingdom. 1,090,389 people were eligible to vote, up 40,253 from the 1983 general election. 67.41% of eligible voters turned out, down 5.9 percentage points from the last general election.[1]
The Conservative Party led by Margaret Thatcher as prime minister won another term in government.
| Party | MPs | Votes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Change | No. | % | Change | |||
| 9 | 2 | 276,230 | 38.0% | 4.0 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 154,087 | 21.2% | 3.3 | |||
| 3 | 85,642 | 11.8% | 8.2 | ||||
| 1 | 83,389 | 11.5% | 3.9 | ||||
| 1 | 18,420 | 2.5% | 0.5 | ||||
| 0 | 72,761 | 10.0% | 2.0 | ||||
| 0 | 19,294 | 2.6% | 0.7 | ||||
| Real Unionist | 0 | New | 14,467 | 2.0% | 2.0 | ||
| Protestant Unionist | 0 | New | 2,147 | 0.3% | 0.3 | ||
| 0 | New | 281 | 0.04% | 0.04 | |||
| Total | 17 | 726,718 | 100 | ||||