1987 United Kingdom general election

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A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. This was the third consecutive general election victory for the Conservative Party, which won a second landslide under leader Margaret Thatcher, who became the first Prime Minister since the Earl of Liverpool in 1820 to lead a party into three successive electoral victories. The Conservatives were returned to government with a net loss of only 21 seats, which left them with 376 MPs and a reduced but still overwhelming majority of 102 seats. The Conservatives have not matched or surpassed this seat total in any subsequent general election, although they recorded a greater share of the popular vote in the 2019 general election. The Conservatives ran a campaign focusing on lower taxes, a strong economy and strong defence. They also emphasised that unemployment had just fallen below the three million mark for the first time since 1981, and inflation was standing at 4%,...

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