The 1987 General Election was held on 11th June. The Conservatives, with a large majority, led by Ms.Thatcher were expected to do well, Labour had gone ahead in the polls by mid-term but by the time the election was called they were again trailing and in the event only made minor inroads into the Tory majority.

The Manifesto ran to 32 pages. It eschewed a catchy title, instead the front cover featured the following statement:

"Green Politics provides each of us with the challenge to reject the path of false technology and to recapture not some “romantic golden age”  but a truly satislfying and sustainable future for both ourselves and our earth. It is a greenprint for an age of understanding"

Inside the introduction continued:

"Many politicians have attempted to provide their own definitions of Green politics. All of a sudden ‘Green’ means fashionable. They think they can ‘capture the Green vote’ by developing policies on the rural environment.
But there is far more to Green politics than that! In this manifesto you will find well-thought—out policies on the countryside, on agriculture, on pollution amongst those on employment and economics. The difference between our policies and those of the other parties is not in our range of interests, but in our whole approach.
Our policies — all of them — acknowledge the vital importance of our whole environment. That environment -— its health, its safety, its wholeness — affects our lives, our politics, and our future, and whenever we damage the environment, we damage ourselves. Like all other forms of life, we depend for our survival and wellbeing upon a fragile network of physical, social and spiritual links with the rest of creation. Green politics is an acknowledgement of the complexity of that web of life. "

With 133 candidates the Green Party was again entitled to an election broadcast.  This one still used "Politics for Life" as the tag. It starts with a minute of children's crayon drawings and a doom laden voice-over talking about the problems in the world, concluding "Is this the world we want for our children?". Then follow pieces to camera with Jean Lambert (GP executive co-Chair, later to become a Green MEP), Niki Kortvelyessy (Parliamentary Candidate), Jo Robins (GP Executive co-Chair), Dr.Richard Lawson (Green District Councillor), David Spaven (Scottish Green Party) and Jean Lambert again providing the conclusion.

Candidates and results 

Richard Lawson in Weston-super-Mare gained both the largest number of votes (2,067) and share (3.58%). Nowhere else gained over 3% or 2,000 votes. In votes the next best was Horsham with 1,383 (2.21%). Ten constituencies gained over 2% share - Woodspring 2.0%, Bristol West 2.02%, Leominster 2.03%, Chelsea 2.06%, Warwick & Leamington 2.19%, Horsham 2.21%, Surrey East 2.27%, Hackney North & Stoke Newington 2.57%, Islington North 2.89%.

The best results were concentrated in the South of England.