Darlington by-election, 1983
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The Darlington by-election, 1983 was a parliamentary by-election held on 24 March 1983 for the British House of Commons constituency of Darlington in County Durham.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Edward Fletcher (politician) had died on 13 February 1983, a few days before his 72nd birthday. He had held the seat since the 1964 general election.
The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Oswald O'Brien, who won with a majority of 2,412 over the Conservative candidate Michael Fallon.
[edit] Votes
| Darlington by-election, 1983 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Oswald O'Brien | 20,544 | 39.5 | −6.0 | |
| Conservative | Michael Fallon | 18,132 | 34.9 | −8.5 | |
| Social Democrat | Anthony Cook | 12,735 | 24.5 | +14.3 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 374 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Arthur Clark | 164 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Tactical Voting Annihilates Bennite Tatchellites | Thomas Keen | 27 | 0.05 | N/A | |
| Yoga and Meditation | Jitendra Bardwaj | 15 | 0.03 | N/A | |
| Republican | Peter Smith | 10 | 0.02 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,412 | 4.6 | +2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 52,001 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- British Parliamentary by-elections: Darlington 1983
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
[edit] See also
- Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)
- Darlington
- Darlington by-election, 1926
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
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| 1979 |
September: Manchester Central | December: South West Hertfordshire |
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| 1980 |
March: Southend East | June: Glasgow Central |
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| 1981 |
April: Fermanagh and South Tyrone | July: Warrington | August: Fermanagh and South Tyrone | October: Croydon North West | November: Crosby |
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| 1982 |
March: Belfast South | Glasgow Hillhead | May: Beaconsfield | June: Merton, Mitcham and Morden | Coatbridge and Airdrie | September: Gower | October: Birmingham Northfield | Southwark Peckham | December: Glasgow Queens Park |
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| 1983 |
February: Bermondsey | March: Darlington |
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