List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–2010)
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There were 131 parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom between the 1979 and 2010 general elections. In the list below, the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties are given. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: blue for a Conservative gain, red for a Labour gain, yellow for an SNP gain, orange for a Liberal, Social Democratic Party or Liberal Democrat gain and other colours for other gains.
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Resignations
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Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation" or "seeks re-election", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his or her own request to an "office of profit under the Crown", either the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds or the Steward of the Manor of Northstead. Accepting an office of profit under the Crown vacates the member's seat. This process is used because members of the House of Commons are not technically permitted to resign. A member who resigns in this manner may stand for re-election.
By-elections
2005–2010 Parliament
There were 14 by-elections in the 2005–2010 Parliament. Eight were in seats held by the governing Labour party, three by the Conservatives, one by the Liberal Democrats, one by an independent and one by the speaker. Eight by-elections were won by the incumbent party, including in Haltemprice and Howden where Conservative David Davis resigned to recontest his seat. Meanwhile, Blaenau Gwent was won by a second independent candidate. Labour lost four seats; two to the Conservatives, one to the Liberal Democrats and one to the SNP. The speaker's seat was regained by Labour, the party speaker Michael Martin represented before he took up the position in a previous constituency. Eight by-elections were a result of the death of the incumbent MP - five Labour MPs died, along with one Liberal Democrat, one Conservative and independent MP Peter Law.
At the dissolution of Parliament in 2010 there were three vacancies: North West Leicestershire and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, caused by the death of their respective Labour members David Taylor and Ashok Kumar; and Strangford caused by the resignation of the DUP's Iris Robinson. With the close proximity of the 2010 general election, by-elections were not held in these seats. Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and Strangford were held by Tom Blenkinsop and Jim Shannon respectively, but North West Leicestershire was won by Conservative Andrew Bridgen.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow North East[54 1] | 12 November 2009 | Michael Martin | style="width: 5px; background-color: white;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)" | | Speaker | Willie Bain | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Resignation |
| Norwich North[54 1] | 23 July 2009 | Ian Gibson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Chloe Smith | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Resignation |
| Glenrothes | 6 November 2008 | John MacDougall | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Lindsay Roy | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (mesothelioma) |
| Glasgow East[54 2] | 24 July 2008 | David Marshall | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | John Mason | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | | SNP | Resignation due to ill health |
| Haltemprice and Howden | 10 July 2008 | David Davis | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | David Davis | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Resigned to recontest |
| Henley | 26 June 2008 | Boris Johnson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | John Howell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Election as Mayor of London |
| Crewe and Nantwich[54 1] | 22 May 2008 | Gwyneth Dunwoody | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Edward Timpson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (heart attack) |
| Sedgefield | 19 July 2007 | Tony Blair | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Phil Wilson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Resignation on appointment as Middle East Envoy |
| Ealing Southall | 19 July 2007 | Piara Khabra | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Virendra Sharma | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (liver problems) |
| Bromley and Chislehurst | 29 June 2006 | Eric Forth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Bob Neill | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (cancer) |
| Blaenau Gwent | 29 June 2006 | Peter Law | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | Dai Davies | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" | | Independent | Death (cancer) |
| Dunfermline and West Fife[54 2] | 9 February 2006 | Rachel Squire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Willie Rennie | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (cancer/stroke) |
| Livingston | 29 September 2005 | Robin Cook | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Jim Devine | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart disease) |
| Cheadle | 14 July 2005 | Patsy Calton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Mark Hunter | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (cancer) |
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There were six by-elections in the 2001–2005 Parliament. Each were in seats held by the governing Labour party, four of which were held and two won by the Liberal Democrats. Four by-elections were a result of the death of the incumbent MP.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartlepool | 30 September 2004 | Peter Mandelson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Iain Wright | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Resignation on appointment as European Commissioner |
| Birmingham Hodge Hill | 15 July 2004 | Terry Davis | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Liam Byrne | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Resignation on appointment as Secretary-General of the Council of Europe |
| Leicester South[53 1] | 15 July 2004 | Jim Marshall | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Parmjit Singh Gill | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (heart attack) |
| Brent East[53 2] | 18 September 2003 | Paul Daisley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Sarah Teather | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (cancer) |
| Ogmore | 14 February 2002 | Sir Raymond Powell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Huw Irranca-Davies | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (unknown; probable asthma attack) |
| Ipswich | 22 November 2001 | Jamie Cann | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Chris Mole | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (liver disease) |
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There were 17 by-elections in the 1997–2001 Parliament. Eight were in seats held by the governing Labour party, five by the Conservatives, one by the Liberal Democrats, one by Plaid Cymru, one by the Ulster Unionist Party and one by the speaker. 14 by-elections were won by the incumbent party. The Conservatives lost one seat to the Liberal Democrats, and the Democratic Unionist Party gained South Antrim from the Ulster Unionists. The speaker's seat was regained by Labour, the party speaker Betty Boothroyd represented before she took up the position. Ten by-elections were a result of the death of the incumbent MP; six were Labour, three Conservative and one was the Ulster Unionist MP Clifford Forsythe.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falkirk West | 21 December 2000 | Dennis Canavan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour/ Independent[52 1] | Eric Joyce | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Resignation in order to concentrate on his role as a Member of the Scottish Parliament |
| West Bromwich West | 23 November 2000 | Betty Boothroyd | style="width: 5px; background-color: white;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)" | | Speaker[52 2] | Adrian Bailey | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Life peerage |
| Preston | 23 November 2000 | Audrey Wise | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Mark Hendrick | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (cancer) |
| Glasgow Anniesland | 23 November 2000 | Donald Dewar | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | John Robertson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (Brain haemorrhage after heart surgery) |
| South Antrim | 21 September 2000[52 3] | Clifford Forsythe | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | William McCrea | style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | Death (sudden illness) |
| Tottenham | 22 June 2000 | Bernie Grant | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | David Lammy | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Romsey | 4 May 2000[52 4] | Michael Colvin | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Sandra Gidley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (accidental fire) |
| Ceredigion | 3 February 2000 | Cynog Dafis | style="width: 5px; background-color: #008142;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | | Plaid Cymru | Simon Thomas | style="width: 5px; background-color: #008142;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" | | Plaid Cymru | Resignation following election to the Welsh Assembly |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 25 November 1999 | Alan Clark | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Michael Portillo | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (cancer) |
| Wigan | 23 September 1999 | Roger Stott | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Neil Turner | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (long illness) |
| Hamilton South | 23 September 1999 | George Robertson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Bill Tynan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Life peerage upon appointment as Secretary-General of NATO |
| Eddisbury | 22 July 1999 | Alastair Goodlad | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Stephen O'Brien | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Appointment as High Commissioner to Australia |
| Leeds Central | 10 June 1999 | Derek Fatchett | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Hilary Benn | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Winchester | 20 November 1997 | Mark Oaten | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Mark Oaten | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Void election |
| Beckenham | 20 November 1997 | Piers Merchant | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Jacqui Lait | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Resignation (scandal) |
| Paisley South | 6 November 1997 | Gordon McMaster | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Douglas Alexander | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (suicide) |
| Uxbridge | 31 July 1997 | Sir Michael Shersby | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | John Randall | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (heart attack) |
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1992–1997 Parliament
There were 18 by-elections in the 1992–1997 Parliament. Eight were in seats held by the governing Conservative party, nine by Labour and one by the Ulster Popular Unionist Party. Nine by-elections were won by the incumbent party, all of which happened to be Labour. The Conservatives lost all eight seats in the by-elections - four to the Liberal Democrats, three to Labour and one to the SNP. The UK Unionist Party gained North Down from the Ulster Popular Unionists. 16 by-elections were a result of the death of the incumbent MP - eight Conservatives died, along with seven Labour MPs and the Ulster Popular Unionist MP Sir James Kilfedder.
At the dissolution of Parliament in 1997 there were two vacancies: Meriden, caused by the death of its Conservative member Iain Mills, and Don Valley, caused by the death of its Labour member Martin Redmond. With the close proximity of the 1997 general election, by-elections were not held in these seats. They were held by Caroline Spelman and Caroline Flint respectively.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral South | 27 February 1997[51 1] | Barry Porter | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Ben Chapman | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (cancer) |
| Barnsley East | 12 December 1996 | Terry Patchett | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Jeff Ennis | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (cancer) |
| South East Staffordshire | 11 April 1996[51 1] | Sir David Lightbown | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Brian Jenkins | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Hemsworth | 1 February 1996 | Derek Enright | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Jon Trickett | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (cancer) |
| Littleborough and Saddleworth | 27 July 1995[51 2] | Geoffrey Dickens | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Chris Davies | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (long illness) |
| North Down | 15 June 1995[51 1] | Sir James Kilfedder | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | | Ulster Popular Unionist | Robert McCartney | style="width: 5px; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party" | | UK Unionist | Death (heart attack) |
| Perth and Kinross | 25 May 1995[51 1] | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Roseanna Cunningham | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | | SNP | Death (liver cirrhosis) |
| Islwyn | 16 February 1995 | Neil Kinnock | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Don Touhig | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Appointment as European Commissioner |
| Dudley West | 15 December 1994[51 1] | John Blackburn | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Ian Pearson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Monklands East | 30 June 1994 | John Smith | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Helen Liddell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Newham North East | 9 June 1994 | Ron Leighton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Stephen Timms | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Eastleigh | 9 June 1994[51 1] | Stephen Milligan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | David Chidgey | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (auto-erotic asphyxiation) |
| Dagenham | 9 June 1994 | Bryan Gould | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Judith Church | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato, New Zealand |
| Bradford South | 9 June 1994 | Bob Cryer | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Gerry Sutcliffe | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (road accident) |
| Barking | 9 June 1994 | Jo Richardson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Margaret Hodge | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (long illness) |
| Rotherham | 5 May 1994 | Jimmy Boyce | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Denis MacShane | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Christchurch | 29 July 1993[51 3] | Robert Adley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Diana Maddock | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (heart attack) |
| Newbury | 6 May 1993[51 1] | Judith Chaplin | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | David Rendel | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (complications following surgery) |
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1987–1992 Parliament
There were 24 by-elections in the 1987–1992 Parliament. Ten were in seats held by the governing Conservative party, 13 by Labour and one by the Ulster Unionist Party. 16 by-elections were won by the incumbent party. Labour lost one seat to the SNP, and the Conservatives lost seven seats; four to Labour and three to the Liberal Democrats. 20 by-elections were a result of the death of the incumbent MP - 11 Labour MPs died, along with eight Conservatives and Ulster Unionist Harold McCusker.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langbaurgh | 7 November 1991[50 1] | Richard Holt | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Ashok Kumar | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 7 November 1991[50 1] | Alick Buchanan-Smith | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Nicol Stephen | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death |
| Hemsworth | 7 November 1991 | George Buckley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Derek Enright | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Liverpool Walton | 4 July 1991 | Eric Heffer | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Peter Kilfoyle | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (cancer) |
| Monmouth | 16 May 1991[50 1] | Sir John Stradling Thomas | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Huw Edwards | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Neath | 4 April 1991 | Donald Coleman | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Peter Hain | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Ribble Valley | 7 March 1991[50 1] | David Waddington | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Michael Carr | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Life peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords |
| Paisley South | 29 November 1990 | Norman Buchan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Gordon McMaster | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Paisley North | 29 November 1990 | Allen Adams | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Irene Adams | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (brain haemorrhage) |
| Bradford North | 8 November 1990 | Pat Wall | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Terry Rooney | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (long illness) |
| Bootle | 8 November 1990 | Michael Carr | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Joseph Benton | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Eastbourne | 18 October 1990[50 1] | Ian Gow | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | David Bellotti | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FDBB30;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" | | Liberal Democrat | Death (terrorism) |
| Knowsley South | 27 September 1990 | Sean Hughes | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Edward O'Hara | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (cancer) |
| Bootle | 24 May 1990 | Allan Roberts | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Michael Carr | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (cancer) |
| Upper Bann | 17 May 1990 | Harold McCusker | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | David Trimble | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Death (cancer) |
| Mid Staffordshire | 22 March 1990[50 1] | John Heddle | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Sylvia Heal | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (suicide) |
| Vauxhall | 15 June 1989 | Stuart Holland | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Kate Hoey | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Appointment to the European University Institute, Florence |
| Glasgow Central | 15 June 1989 | Bob McTaggart | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Mike Watson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (heart attack) |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 4 May 1989[50 1] | Sir Raymond Gower | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | John Smith | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Richmond | 23 February 1989 | Leon Brittan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | William Hague | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Appointment as European Commissioner |
| Pontypridd | 23 February 1989 | Brynmor John | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Kim Howells | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (chronic fatigue syndrome) |
| Epping Forest | 15 December 1988 | Sir John Biggs-Davison | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Steven Norris | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death |
| Glasgow Govan | 10 November 1988[50 1] | Bruce Millan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Jim Sillars | style="width: 5px; background-color: #FFFF00;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" | | SNP | Appointment as European Commissioner |
| Kensington | 14 July 1988 | Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, Bt. | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Dudley Fishburn | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (leukaemia) |
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1983–1987 Parliament
There were 31 by-elections in the 1983–1987 Parliament. Nine were in seats held by the governing Conservative party, six by Labour and one by the Liberals. The remaining 15 were in Northern Ireland, involving the province's own political parties. 25 by-elections were won by the incumbent party, including all in Northern Ireland except one. The Conservatives lost five seats; one to Labour, two to the Liberals, and two to the Social Democrats. The Ulster Unionists lost one seat to the Social Democratic and Labour Party. 11 by-elections were the result of the death of the incumbent MP; seven were Conservatives, three Labour and one Liberal.
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truro | 12 March 1987 | David Penhaligon | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" | | Liberal | Matthew Taylor | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" | | Liberal | Death (road accident) |
| Greenwich | 26 February 1987[49 1] | Guy Barnett | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Rosie Barnes | style="width: 5px; background-color: #7D26CD;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" | | Social Democratic | Death |
| Knowsley North | 13 November 1986 | Robert Kilroy-Silk | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | George Howarth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | New BBC TV presenter career |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 17 July 1986 | John Golding | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Llin Golding | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Appointment as General Secretary of the National Communications Union |
| Ryedale | 8 May 1986[49 2] | John Spence | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Elizabeth Shields | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" | | Liberal | Death |
| West Derbyshire | 8 May 1986 | Matthew Parris | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Appointment as presenter of LWT programme Weekend World |
| Fulham | 10 April 1986[49 2] | Martin Stevens | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Nick Raynsford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Upper Bann | 23 January 1986 | Harold McCusker | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Harold McCusker | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Strangford | 23 January 1986 | John Taylor | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | John Taylor | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Newry & Armagh | 23 January 1986[49 1] | James Nicholson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Seamus Mallon | style="width: 5px; background-color: #99FF66;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | | SDLP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| North Antrim | 23 January 1986 | Ian Paisley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | Ian Paisley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| East Antrim | 23 January 1986 | Roy Beggs | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Roy Beggs | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| South Antrim | 23 January 1986 | Clifford Forsythe | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Clifford Forsythe | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Belfast North | 23 January 1986 | Cecil Walker | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Cecil Walker | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Belfast East | 23 January 1986 | Peter Robinson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | Peter Robinson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Belfast South | 23 January 1986 | Martin Smyth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Martin Smyth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| North Down | 23 January 1986 | James Kilfedder | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | | Ulster Popular Unionist | James Kilfedder | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | | Ulster Popular Unionist | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| South Down | 23 January 1986[49 3] | Enoch Powell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Enoch Powell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | 23 January 1986 | Ken Maginnis | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Ken Maginnis | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Lagan Valley | 23 January 1986 | James Molyneaux | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | James Molyneaux | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| East Londonderry | 23 January 1986 | William Ross | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | William Ross | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Mid Ulster | 23 January 1986 | William McCrea | style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | William McCrea | style="width: 5px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" | | DUP | Sought re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement |
| Tyne Bridge | 5 December 1985 | Harry Cowans | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | David Clelland | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Brecon and Radnor | 4 July 1985[49 1] | Tom Hooson | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Richard Livsey | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" | | Liberal | Death (heart attack) |
| Enfield Southgate | 13 December 1984 | Sir Anthony Berry | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Michael Portillo | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (terrorism) |
| Portsmouth South | 14 June 1984[49 2] | Bonner Pink | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Mike Hancock | style="width: 5px; background-color: #7D26CD;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" | | Social Democratic | Death |
| South West Surrey | 3 May 1984 | Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Virginia Bottomley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (heart failure) |
| Stafford | 3 May 1984 | Sir Hugh Fraser | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Bill Cash | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (lung cancer) |
| Cynon Valley | 3 May 1984 | Ioan Evans | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Ann Clwyd | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Chesterfield | 1 March 1984 | Eric Varley | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Tony Benn | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Appointment as Chairman of Coalite PLC |
| Penrith and the Border | 28 July 1983 | William Whitelaw | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | David Maclean | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Hereditary peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords |
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1979–1983 Parliament
There were 20 by-elections in the 1979–1983 Parliament. Seven were in seats held by the governing Conservative party, ten by Labour, one by the Ulster Unionists and two (in the same seat) by Irish republican parties, who do not take up their seats in the House of Commons. 13 by-elections were won by the incumbent party. The Conservatives lost four seats: one to Labour, one to the Liberals and two to the Social Democrats, and Labour lost two seats: one to the Liberals and one to the Conservatives. Meanwhile, the seat of Fermanagh and South Tyrone was won from the Independent Republican Party by Anti H-Block, a branch of Sinn Féin. 15 by-elections were a result of the death of the incumbent MP; six were Conservatives, six Labour, and the others were the Ulster Unionist Robert Bradford, the Independent Republican Frank Maguire and the Anti H-Block member Bobby Sands (who was in prison).
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington | 24 March 1983[48 1] | Edward Fletcher | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Oswald O'Brien | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Bermondsey | 24 February 1983[48 2] | Robert Mellish | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour/Ind Labour | Simon Hughes | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" | | Liberal | Resignation (dispute with party) |
| Glasgow Queen's Park | 2 December 1982 | Frank McElhone | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Helen McElhone | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Peckham | 28 October 1982 | Harry Lamborn | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Harriet Harman | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Birmingham Northfield | 28 October 1982[48 3] | Jocelyn Cadbury | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | John Spellar | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (suicide) |
| Gower | 16 September 1982 | Ifor Davies | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Gareth Wardell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | 24 June 1982 | James Dempsey | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Thomas Clarke | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death |
| Mitcham and Morden | 3 June 1982[48 4] | Bruce Douglas-Mann | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour/Ind SDP | Angela Rumbold | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Sought re-election upon change of party allegiance |
| Beaconsfield | 27 May 1982 | Sir Ronald Bell | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Tim Smith | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death |
| Glasgow Hillhead | 25 March 1982[48 2] | Sir Thomas Galbraith | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Roy Jenkins | style="width: 5px; background-color: #7D26CD;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" | | Social Democratic | Death |
| Belfast South | 4 March 1982 | Robert Bradford | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Martin Smyth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" | | UUP | Death (killed by IRA) |
| Crosby | 26 November 1981[48 3] | Sir Graham Page | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Shirley Williams | style="width: 5px; background-color: #7D26CD;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" | | Social Democratic | Death |
| Croydon North West | 22 October 1981[48 3] | Robert Taylor | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Bill Pitt | style="width: 5px; background-color: #ffd700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" | | Liberal | Death |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | 20 August 1981[48 5] | Bobby Sands | style="width: 5px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" | | Anti H-Block | Owen Carron | style="width: 5px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" | | Anti H-Block | Death (hunger strike) |
| Warrington | 16 July 1981 | Sir Thomas Williams | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Douglas Hoyle | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Appointment as High Court judge |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | 9 April 1981[48 5] | Frank Maguire | style="width: 5px; background-color: #00FF00;" data-sort-value="Independent Republican (Ireland)" | | Independent Republican | Bobby Sands | style="width: 5px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" | | Anti H-Block | Death |
| Glasgow Central | 26 June 1980 | Thomas McMillan | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Bob McTaggart | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Death (fall) |
| Southend East | 13 March 1980[48 2] | Sir Stephen McAdden | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Teddy Taylor | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Death (fall) |
| South West Hertfordshire | 13 December 1979 | Geoffrey Dodsworth | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Richard Page | style="width: 5px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | | Conservative | Resignation on medical advice |
| Manchester Central | 27 September 1979 | Harold Lever | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Robert Litherland | style="width: 5px; background-color: #DC241f;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | | Labour | Life peerage |
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See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (2010–present)
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950–1979)
- United Kingdom by-election records
References
Sources
- United Kingdom Election Results (David Boothroyd)
- United Kingdom Elections (Keele University)
- British Parliamentary By-Elections since 1945
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- F. W. S. Craig (1984). British parliamentary election results, 1974–1983. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-23-X.
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1832–1987
- F. W. S. Craig (1987). Chronology of British by-elections, 1832–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-31-0.
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