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* {{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/newbury.html|title=Newbury 1993|work=List of candidate names|dateformat=mdy |accessdate=August 16 2005}} |
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*[http://by-elections.co.uk/newbury.html Campaign literature from the by-election] |
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Revision as of 11:47, 24 July 2009
The Newbury by-election, in West Berkshire, England, of 1993 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Judith Chaplin died, after only being elected the previous year. It was won by David Rendel of the Liberal Democrats with an impressive swing of 28.4%. However, as with other by-elections, turnout was lower than at the general election at 71.3%. The by-election in Newbury was the first in a string of by-election losses for the Conservative Party. Up until 1993 the Newbury seat had been held by a Conservative MP since 1924. In the 2005 general election, however, the constituency returned to the Conservatives with the defeat of David Rendel and the election of Richard Benyon.
Many independent candidates, or candidates from newly formed or minor parties stood in the by-election, with three candidates standing on an anti-Maastricht Treaty platform. Andrew Bannon, a Labour member from Slough stood as a Conservative Candidate in protest at a Conservative member standing as a Labour Candidate in the 1992 general election in Slough.
All candidates must win at least 5% of the total votes to retain their deposit, which they must pay to stand for election. Therefore every candidate apart from David Rendel and Julian Davidson lost their deposit, including Labour's Steve Billcliffe.
The by-election achieved a record of 19 candidates, easily beating the previous high of seventeen at the Chesterfield by-election, 1984. It remained the longest ballot paper in any Parliamentary election until the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Rendel | 37,590 | 65.1 | +27.8 | |
Conservative | Julian Davidson | 15,535 | 26.9 | −29.0 | |
Labour | Steve Billcliffe | 1,151 | 2.0 | −4.0 | |
Anti-Federalist League | Alan Sked | 601 | 1.0 | ||
Conservative Candidate | Andrew Bannon | 561 | 1.0 | ||
Commoners' Party | Stephen Martin | 435 | 0.8 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Lord David Sutch | 432 | 0.7 | ||
Green | Jim Wallis | 341 | 0.6 | −0.2 | |
Referendum Party | Robin Marlar | 338 | 0.6 | ||
Conservative Rebel | John Browne | 267 | 0.5 | ||
Corrective Party | Lindi St Clair | 170 | 0.3 | ||
Maastricht Referendum for Britain | Bill Board | 84 | 0.1 | ||
Natural Law | Michael Grenville | 60 | 0.1 | ||
People & Pensioners Party | Johnathon Day | 49 | 0.1 | ||
21st Century Independent Foresters | Colin Palmer | 40 | 0.1 | ||
Defence of Children's Humanity Bosnia | Mladen Grbin | 33 | 0.1 | ||
SDP | Alan Page | 33 | 0.1 | ||
Communist (PCC) | Anne Murphy | 32 | 0.1 | ||
Give the royal billions to schools | Michael Stone | 21 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 22 055 | 38.2 | |||
Turnout | 57 399 | 71.3 | −11.46 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 28.4 |
General election result, 1992
This is the result of the 1992 general election in Newbury.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Judith Chaplin | 37 135 | 55.9 | −4.24 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Rendel | 24 778 | 37.3 | +5.57 | |
Labour | Richard J E Hall | 3 962 | 6.0 | −2.13 | |
Green | Jim Wallis | 539 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 12 357 | 18.61 | −9.8 | ||
Turnout | 66 414 | 82.76 | +4.77 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
References
- "Newbury 1993". List of candidate names. Retrieved August 16 2005.
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