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1986 Belfast East by-election
Constituency of Belfast East
Turnout	61.7% ( 8.3%)
MP before election; Peter Robinson; DUP	Subsequent MP ; Peter Robinson; DUP

The 1986 Belfast East 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 Belfast East by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DUP	Peter Robinson	27,607	81.0	+35.7
	Alliance	Oliver Napier	5,917	17.4	−6.7
	Workers' Party	Frances Joseph Cullen	578	1.7	+0.6
Majority			21,690	63.6	+43.1
Turnout			34,102	61.7	−8.3
Registered electors			55,256
	DUP hold		Swing

References

^ Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament in the United Kingdom Election Results website maintained by David Boothroyd

External links

A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)

Other References

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[1] Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament in the United Kingdom Election Results website maintained by David Boothroyd

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