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1986 Newry and Armagh by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1986 Newry and Armagh by-election
type	parliamentary
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of Newry and Armagh
ongoing	no
previous_election	1983 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1983
election_date	23 January 1986
candidate1	Seamus Mallon
image1
party1	Social Democratic and Labour Party
popular_vote1	22,694
percentage1	45.5%
swing1	8.7%
candidate2	Jim Nicholson
image2
party2	Ulster Unionist Party
popular_vote2	20,111
percentage2	40.3%
swing2	0.3%
candidate3	Jim McAllister
image3	SF
party3	Sinn Féin
popular_vote3	6,609
percentage3	13.2%
swing3	7.7%
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	Jim Nicholson
before_party	Ulster Unionist Party
after_election	Seamus Mallon
after_party	Social Democratic and Labour Party
turnout	76.9% ( 0.9%)
next_election	1987 United Kingdom general election
next_year	1987

The 1986 by-election in Newry and Armagh was caused by the resignation of incumbent Member of Parliament Jim Nicholson.

Nicholson, along with all sitting Unionist MPs, resigned their Westminster seats in December 1985, to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement and to use the resultant by-elections to campaign on the issue.

The poll was held on 23 January 1986, and was unusual for a by-election in the turnout being higher than for the preceding general election, however Nicholson was not re-elected, (despite gaining an increase in his own vote) losing his seat to the nationalist SDLP candidate Seamus Mallon. Nicholson also failed to recapture the seat at the following general election.

Result

|reg. electors = 65,142

References

"By-election Result".

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