page_title: 1987 United Kingdom general election
section_title: Opinion polling
hierarchical_section_title: 1987 United Kingdom general election / Opinion polling
caption_attribution_description: English: Opinion polling from 1983 to the 1987 UK general election
context_page_description: The 1987 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The election was the third consecutive general election victory for the Conservative Party, and second landslide under the leadership of 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 ran a campaign focusing on lower taxes, a strong economy and strong defence. They also emphasised that unemployment had fallen below the 3 million mark for the first time since 1981, and inflation was standing at 4%, its lowest level for some twenty years. The tabloid media also had strong support for the Conservative Party, particularly The Sun, which ran anti-Labour articles with headlines such as "Why I'm backing Kinnock, by Stalin".
  The Labour Party, led by Neil Kinnock, was slowly moving towards a more centrist policy platform.
caption:   Conservative   Labour   SDP–Liberal Alliance
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