1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election 1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone no 1983 United Kingdom general election 1983 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 23 January 1986 Ken Maginnis UUP Ulster Unionist Party 27,857 49.7% 2.1% Owen Carron SF Sinn Féin 15,278 27.2% 7.6% Austin Currie x160px Social Democratic and Labour Party 12,081 21.5% 5.0% 200px MP Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist Party Ken Maginnis Ulster Unionist Party 80.4% ( 8.2%)August 2019 August 2019 The 1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 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. The Ulster Unionist candidate Ken Maginnis was able to survive with less than 50% of the vote due to a split Nationalist vote. 1986 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-electionResults of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament in the United Kingdom Election Results website maintained by David Boothroyd Ulster Unionist Party Ken Maginnis 27,857 49.7 +2.1 Sinn Féin Owen Carron 15,278 27.2 −7.6 Social Democratic and Labour Party Austin Currie 12,081 21.5 +5.0 Workers' Party (Ireland) David Kettyles 864 1.5 −0.4 12,579 22.5 +9.7 56,080 80.4 -8.2 69,767 Ulster 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 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Fermanagh constituencies Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Tyrone constituencies Category:20th century in County Fermanagh Category:20th century in County Tyrone