Fulham by-election, 1986
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The Fulham by-election, in Fulham, on April 10, 1986 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Martin Stevens died. In a seat that had changed hands on a few occasions, it was won by Nick Raynsford of Labour, before being regained by the Tories in 1987.
[edit] Results
| Fulham by-election, 1986 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Nick Raynsford | 16,451 | 43.2 | +9.17 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Carrington | 12,948 | 34.0 | -12.18 | |
| Social Democrat | Roger Liddle | 6,953 | 18.26 | +0.01 | |
| England Demands Repatriation | Jane Birdwood | 226 | 0.59 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 134 | 0.35 | N/A | |
| Connoisseur Wine Party | John Creighton | 127 | 0.33 | N/A | |
| Democratic Rights for Northern Ireland | James Black | 98 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| Fellowship Party | Rev. Geoffrey Rolph | 39 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Humanist Party | Jon Swinden | 38 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Captain Rainbows Universal Party | Liza Duke | 37 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| All Party Anti-Common Market | Reginald Simmerson | 33 | 0.09 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 38,084 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Fulham | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Martin Stevens | 18,204 | 46.18 | -0.52 | |
| Labour | A Powell | 13,415 | 34.03 | -9.19 | |
| Liberal | David Rendel | 9,174 | 18.25 | +9.3 | |
| Ecology | J Grimes | 277 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| National Front | R Pearce | 229 | 0.58 | -0.57 | |
| Independent Liberal | J Keats | 102 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,798 | 12.15 | +8.69 | ||
| Turnout | 39,421 | 76.05 | -0.03 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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| 1983 |
July: Penrith and the Border |
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| 1984 |
March: Chesterfield | May: Cynon Valley | South West Surrey | Stafford | June: Portsmouth South | December: Enfield Southgate |
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| 1985 |
July: Brecon and Radnor | December: Tyne Bridge |
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| 1986 |
January: Belfast East | Belfast North | Belfast South | East Antrim | East Londonderry | Fermanagh & South Tyrone | Lagan Valley | Mid Ulster | Newry & Armagh | North Antrim | North Down | South Antrim | South Down | Strangford | Upper Bann | April: Fulham | May: Ryedale | West Derbyshire | July: Newcastle-under-Lyme | November: Knowsley North |
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| 1987 | ||||
