Kensington by-election, 1988
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The Kensington by-election, in Kensington, on July 14, 1988 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brandon Rhys-Williams. A safe Tory seat, it was won by Dudley Fishburn, who would go on to retain the seat in 1992.
[edit] Results
| Kensington, 1988 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dudley Fishburn | 9,829 | 41.59 | -5.92 | |
| Labour | Ann Holmes | 9,014 | 38.14 | +4.89 | |
| Liberal Democrats | William Goodhart | 2,546 | 10.77 | -6.48 | |
| Social Democrat | John Martin | 1,190 | 5.04 | N/A | |
| Green | Phylip Hobson | 572 | 2.42 | +0.73 | |
| Rainbow Alliance - Payne & Pleasure | Cynthia Payne | 193 | 0.82 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 61 | 0.26 | N/A | |
| London Class War Candidate | John Duignan | 60 | 0.25 | N/A | |
| Anti Left-Wing Fascist | Brian Goodier | 31 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| Free Trade Liberal - Europe Out! | Thomas McDermott | 31 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| Fair Wealth & Health | Roy Edey | 30 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| Leveller Party | William Scola | 27 | 0.11 | N/A | |
| Anti-Yuppie | John Crowley | 24 | 0.10 | N/A | |
| Peace - Stop ITN Manipulation | John Connell | 20 | 0.08 | N/A | |
| Independent Janata Party | Kailash Trivedi | 5 | 0.02 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 23,633 | 51.6 | -13.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The results for the previous election were:
| 1987 General Election:Kensington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brandon Rhys-Williams | 14,818 | 47.51 | ||
| Labour | BT Bousquet | 10,371 | 33.25 | ||
| SDP-Liberal Alliance | William Goodhart | 5,379 | 17.25 | ||
| Green | R Shorter | 528 | 1.69 | ||
| Humanist Party | L Carrick | 65 | 0.21 | ||
| PIP | M Hughes | 30 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 4,447 | 14.26 | |||
| Turnout | 48,212 | 64.70 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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| 1988 |
July: Kensington | November: Glasgow Govan | December: Epping Forest |
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| 1989 |
February: Pontypridd | Richmond | May: Vale of Glamorgan | June: Glasgow Central | Vauxhall |
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| 1990 |
March: Mid Staffordshire | May: Bootle | Upper Bann | September: Knowsley South | October: Eastbourne | November: Bootle | Bradford North | Paisley North | Paisley South |
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| 1991 |
March: Ribble Valley | April: Neath | May: Monmouth | July: Liverpool Walton | November: Hemsworth | Kincardine and Deeside | Langbaurgh |
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