{| id=toc style="float:right" |48th parliament |(1979) |- |49th parliament |(1983) |- |50th parliament |(1987) |- |51st parliament |(1992) |- |52nd parliament |(1997) |} this is a list of members of parliament (mps) elected to the 50th parliament of the united kingdom in the 1987 general election, held on 11 june 1987. the parliament lasted until 1992, although the prime minister, margaret thatcher, was replaced in 1990 by john major. notable newcomers to the house of commons included john reid, ann widdecombe, mo mowlam, david blunkett, alistair darling, alex salmond, david davis, teresa gorman, john redwood, diane abbott, george galloway, ken livingstone, rhodri morgan, keith vaz and menzies campbell. ==composition== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="cccccc" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | affiliation | valign="top" | members |- | bgcolor="" | | conservative party | align="right" |376 |- | bgcolor="" | | labour party | align="right" |229 |- | bgcolor="" | | sdp-liberal alliance | align="right" |22 (5 + 17) |- | bgcolor="" | | ulster unionist party | align="right" |9 |- | bgcolor="" | | plaid cymru | align="right" |3 |- | bgcolor="" | | social democratic and labour party | align="right" |3 |- | bgcolor="" | | democratic unionist party | align="right" |3 |- | bgcolor="" | | scottish national party | align="right" |3 |- | bgcolor="" | | sinn fÃ©in | align="right" |1 |- | bgcolor="" | | ulster popular unionist party | align="right" |1 |- bgcolor="cccccc" | colspan="2" rowspan="1" 
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