Dagenham by-election, 1994

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The Dagenham by-election, in Dagenham, on June 9, 1994 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Bryan Gould resigned the seat. A safe Labour seat, it was won by Judith Church, who would go on to retain the seat in 1997.

[edit] Results

Dagenham by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Church	15,474	72.0	+19.74
	Conservative	James Fairrie	2,130	9.91	-26.38
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dunphy	1,804	8.39	-3.06
	British National	John Tyndall	1,511	7.03	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Compobassi	457	2.13	N/A
	Natural Law	Mark Leighton	116	0.54	N/A
Turnout			21,492
	Labour hold		Swing

The results for the previous election were:

1992 General Election:Dagenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Gould	22,027	52.26	+7.82
	Conservative	D Rossiter	15,294	36.29	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	CNH Marquand	4,824	11.45	-5.62
Majority			6,733	15.98	+10.03
Turnout			42,145	70.66	+3.37
	Labour hold		Swing

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