1986 North Antrim by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election December 2020 August 2021 1986 North Antrim by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of North Antrim no 1983 United Kingdom general election 1983 23 Jan 1986 Ian Paisley x160px Democratic Unionist Party 33,937 97.4% 43.2% MP Subsequent MP Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist Party Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist Party 53.5% ( 16.3%) 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 The 1986 North 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. All but one of the Unionists were re-elected, many with extremely large majorities. The largest of all went to Ian Paisley in North Antrim. He won 97.4% of the vote, the highest percentage polled by any candidate in a UK by-election since the 1940 Middleton and Prestwich by-election. 1986 North Antrim by-electionResults of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament https://web.archive.org/web/20180405203844/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html 5 April 2018 in the United Kingdom Election Results website https://web.archive.org/web/20090507114928/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/election.html 7 May 2009 maintained by David Boothroyd Democratic Unionist Party Ian Paisley 33,937 97.4 +43.2 "For the Anglo-Irish Agreement" "Peter Barry" (Wesley Williamson)http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/fw86.htm Westminster by-elections, 23 January 1986 Nicholas Whyte Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive 13 May 2003 2016-12-31 515 2.6 N/A 33,024 94.8 +65.0 34,452 53.5 -16.3 65,157 Democratic Unionist Party References Other References British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-elections CAIN: Westminster By-Elections (NI) - Thursday 23 January 1986 Northern Ireland Elections: Westminster by-elections 1986 North Antrim by-election East Category:20th century in County Antrim