Elections to the United Kingdom Parliament held in Northern Ireland
General Election of Thursday 9 June 1983

Background Boundaries There were significant changes to all of the constituencies in Northern Ireland, as representation was increased from 12 to 17 seats to reflect the end of devolved government.

Changes since 1979
There were three by elections in Northern Ireland following the 1979 General Elections - two of them were in Fermanagh and Tyrone South. The thrid was in Belfast South.

Constituencies

By Elections

On 17 December 1985 all 15 of Northern Ireland's unionist MPs resigned in protest at the Anglo-Irish Agreement which had been signed at Hillsborough Castle on 15 November 1985 by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald. (See the BBC Wars and Conflict website.) At the subsequent by elections, all the MPs stood for re-election and all were returned, except for James Nicholson in Newry & Armagh.

• HOLD Antrim East 23 January 1986 Roy Beggs (caused by resignation of Beggs)
• HOLD Antrim North 23 January 1986 Ian Paisley (caused by resignation of Paisley)
• HOLD Antrim South 23 January 1986 Clifford Forsythe (caused by resignation of Forsythe)
• HOLD Belfast East 23 January 1986 Peter Robinson (caused by resignation of Robinson)
• HOLD Belfast North 23 January 1986 Cecil Walker (caused by resignation of Walker)
• HOLD Belfast South 23 January 1986 Martin Smyth (caused by resignation of Smyth)
• HOLD Down North 23 January 1986 Jim Kilfedder (caused by resignation of Kilfedder)
• HOLD Down South 23 January 1986 Enoch Powell (caused by resignation of Powell)
• HOLD Fermanagh & Tyrone South 23 January 1986 Ken Maginnis (caused by resignation of Maginnis)
• HOLD Lagan Valley 23 January 1986 Jim Molyneaux (caused by resignation of Molyneaux)
• HOLD Londonderry East 23 January 1986 William Ross (caused by resignation of Ross)
• GAIN Newry & Armagh 23 January 1986 Seamus Mallon (caused by resignation of James Nicholson)
• HOLD Strangford 23 January 1986 John Taylor (caused by resignation of Taylor)
• HOLD Ulster Mid 23 January 1986 William McCrea (caused by resignation of McCrea)
• HOLD Upper Bann 23 January 1986 Harold McCusker (caused by resignation of McCusker)