Elections in The 1980s
| General Election 1987: Lagan Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Molyneaux | 29,101 | 70.0 | +10.8 | |
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 5,728 | 13.8 | +2.5 | |
| SDLP | Billy McDonnell | 2,888 | 6.9 | +0.5 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Rice | 2,656 | 6.4 | +2.1 | |
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 1,215 | 2.9 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 23,373 | 56.2 | |||
| Turnout | 41,588 | 64.4 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Lagan Valley by-election, 1986 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Molyneaux | 32,514 | 90.7 | +31.5 | |
| Workers' Party | John Lowry | 3,328 | 9.3 | +7.3 | |
| Majority | 29,186 | 81.4 | |||
| Turnout | 35,842 | 57.8 | |||
| Ulster Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Lagan Valley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Ulster Unionist | Jim Molyneaux | 24,017 | 59.2 | N/A | |
| Democratic Unionist | William Beattie | 6,801 | 16.8 | N/A | |
| Alliance | Seamus Close | 4,593 | 11.3 | N/A | |
| SDLP | Cormac Boomer | 2,603 | 6.4 | N/A | |
| Sinn Féin | Richard McAuley | 1,751 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Workers' Party | Gerard Loughlin | 809 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17,216 | 42.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 40,574 | 67.6 | N/A | ||
| Ulster Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
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