South West Surrey by-election, 1984
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The South West Surrey by-election, 1984 was a parliamentary by-election held on 3 May 1984 for the British House of Commons constituency of South West Surrey.
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[edit] Previous MP
The seat had become vacant on 10 March 1984, when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Maurice Macmillan, had died suddenly at the age of 63. A Cabinet minister in Edward Heath's government in the 1970s, he was the son of former Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He had been South West Surrey's MP since the constituency was created for the 1983 general election, having previously been MP for Farnham from 1966. MacMillan had first entered Parliament at the 1955 general election, but had held lost that seat at the 1964 general election.
[edit] Candidates
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[edit] Votes
| By-Election 1984: South West Surrey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Virginia Bottomley | 21,545 | 49.3 | -10.4 | |
| Liberal | Gavin Scott | 18,946 | 43.4 | +11.3 | |
| Labour | Barbara Roche | 2,949 | 6.7 | -1.5 | |
| Pro-Holocaust Masturbation Freedom | Victor Litvin | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Death off Roads: Freight on Rail | Helen Anscomb | 82 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Votes for a full hearing | Peter Smith | 29 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,599 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 43,668 | 61.7 | -12.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -10.9 | |||
[edit] See also
- South West Surrey constituency
- Surrey
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records
[edit] References
- British Parliamentary by-elections: Surrey South West, 1984
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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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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