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Loss of South Down Seat

Great Britain · Politics / UU Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1987

John Enoch Powell11 June 1987

South Down · Politics / UU Party

Loses South Down to SDLP candidate Eddie McGrady by 731 votes, bringing his parliamentary career to an end.

Names involved

John Enoch Powell

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