1990 Upper Bann by-election

1990 UK Parliamentary by-election 1990 Upper Bann by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Upper Bann no 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 17 May 1990 David Trimble x160px Ulster Unionist Party 20,547 58.0% 3.5% Bríd Rodgers x160px Social Democratic and Labour Party 6,698 18.9% 1.6% Sheena Campbell SF Sinn Féin 2,033 5.7% 1.7% MP Subsequent MP Harold McCusker Ulster Unionist Party David Trimble Ulster Unionist Party 53.4% ( 12.6%) 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992October 2020 February 2013 The 1990 by-election in Upper Bann was caused by the death of the sitting Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament Harold McCusker on 2 February 1990. The by-election was especially notable for three reasons. Firstly, the Sinn Féin candidate in the election, Sheena Campbell, was murdered by the UVF in Belfast on 16 October 1992. Eleven candidates stood in the by-election, which to date is the record for a parliamentary election in Northern Ireland. Secondly, amongst the eleven were candidates for the Conservative Party and the 'continuing' Social Democratic Party (SDP), both contesting parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland for the first time since the "Equal Citizenship" campaign had sought to get the major UK parties to organise in the province. Finally the successful Ulster Unionist candidate was David Trimble, who five years later would become the leader of the party. The SDP candidate took only 154 votes, and finished in eleventh and last place – the worst performance in a by-election by any party with MPs sitting in the House of Commons since the English National Party in the 1976 Rotherham by-election. Result 1990 Upper Bann by-electionhttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1987.html Results of Byelections in the 1987–92 Parliament Boothroyd David 1 October 2015 United Kingdom Election Results Ulster Unionist Party David Trimble 20,547 58.0 −3.5 Social Democratic and Labour Party Bríd Rodgers 6,698 18.9 −1.6 Sinn Féin Sheena Campbell 2,033 5.7 −1.7 Ulster Independence Movement Hugh Ross 1,534 4.3 N/A Workers' Party (Ireland) Tom French 1,083 3.1 −1.6 Northern Ireland Conservatives Colette Jones 1,038 3.0 N/A Alliance Party of Northern Ireland William Ramsay 948 2.7 −3.2 Ulster Democratic Party Gary McMichael 600 1.7 N/A Green Party (UK) Peter Doran 576 1.6 N/A Independent Labour Erskine Holmes 235 0.6 N/A Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) Alistair Dunn 154 0.4 N/A 13,849 39.1 -1.9 35,446 53.4 −12.6 66,377 Ulster Unionist Party General election result, 1987 General election 1987: Upper BannElection Data 1987 http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt Electoral Calculus 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt 15 October 2011 Ulster Unionist Party Harold McCusker 25,137 61.5 +4.6 Social Democratic and Labour Party Bríd Rodgers 8,676 20.5 +3.7 Sinn Féin Brendan Curran 3,126 7.4 −2.0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Mary Cook 2,487 5.9 N/A Workers' Party (Ireland) Tom French 2,004 4.7 −0.8 17,361 41.0 0.0 41,430 66.0 −6.0 64,540 Ulster Unionist Party References External links A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers) Upper Bann by-election Upper Bann by-election Upper Bann by-election Category:20th century in County Armagh Category:20th century in County Down Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Armagh constituencies Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Down constituencies