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The by-election was especially notable for three reasons. Firstly, eleven candidates stood in the by-election, which to date is the record for a parliamentary election in Northern Ireland . Secondly, amongst the eleven were candidates for the Conservative Party and the Social Democratic Party , both contesting parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland for the first time since the "Equal Citizenship" campaign had sought to get the major UK parties to organise in the province. Finally the successful Ulster Unionist candidate was David Trimble , who five years later would become the leader of the party.


RESULTS

  title By-election 1990: Upper Bann


  party Ulster Unionist Party
  candidate David Trimble
  votes 20,547
  percentage 580
  change -35


  party Social Democratic and Labour Party
  candidate Brid Rogers
  votes 6,698
  percentage 189
  change -16


  party Sinn F&eacutein
  candidate Sheena Campbell
  votes 2,033
  percentage 57
  change -17


  party Ulster Independence Movement
  candidate Hugh Ross
  votes 1,534
  percentage 43
  change ''N/A''


  party Workers Party (Ireland)
  candidate Tom French
  votes 1,083
  percentage 31
  change -16


  party Conservative Party (UK)
  candidate Colette Jones
  votes 1,038
  percentage 30
  change ''N/A''


  party Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
  candidate William Ramsay
  votes 948
  percentage 27
  change -32


  party Ulster Democratic Party
  candidate Gary McMichael
  votes 600
  percentage 17
  change ''N/A''


  party Green Party (UK)
  candidate Peter Doran
  votes 576
  percentage 16
  change ''N/A''


  party Independent Labour
  candidate Erskine Holmes
  votes 235
  percentage 06
  change ''N/A''


  party Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
  candidate Alistair Dunn
  votes 154
  percentage 04
  change ''N/A''


  votes 13,849


  percentage 534




GENERAL ELECTION RESULT, 1987

  title General Election 1987 : Upper Bann


  party Ulster Unionist Party
  candidate Harold McCusker
  votes 25,137
  percentage 615
  change 46


  party Social Democratic and Labour Party
  candidate Brid Rogers
  votes 8,676
  percentage 205
  change 37


  party Sinn F&eacutein
  candidate Brendan Curran
  votes 3,126
  percentage 74
  change -20


  party Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
  candidate Fionnuala Cook
  votes 2,487
  percentage 59
  change ''N/A''


  party Workers Party (Ireland)
  candidate Tom French
  votes 2,004
  percentage 47
  change -08


  votes 16,461


  percentage 660
  change -60