Election History
| General Election 1987: Upper Bann | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Harold McCusker | 25,137 | 61.5 | 4.6 | |
| SDLP | Brid Rodgers | 8,676 | 20.5 | 3.7 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 3,126 | 7.4 | -2.0 | |
| Alliance | Fionnuala Cook | 2,487 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Workers' Party | Tom French | 2,004 | 4.7 | -0.8 | |
| Majority | 16,461 | ||||
| Turnout | 66.0 | -6.0 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Upper Bann by-election, 1986 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Harold McCusker | 29,311 | |||
| Workers' Party | Tom French | 6,978 | |||
| Majority | 22,333 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Upper Bann | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Harold McCusker | 24,888 | 56.9 | N/A | |
| SDLP | James McDonald | 7,807 | 17.9 | N/A | |
| Democratic Unionist | Jim Wells | 4,547 | 10.4 | N/A | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 4,110 | 9.4 | N/A | |
| Workers' Party | Tom French | 2,392 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,081 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | 72.0 | N/A | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
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