Knowsley South by-election, 1990

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The Knowsley South by-election, 1990 was a by-election held on 27th September 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Knowsley South in Merseyside.

The by-election was caused by the death of the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Sean Hughes on 25 June.

The result was a Labour hold, with Edward O'Hara winning a majority of over 11,000 votes.

[edit] Votes

Knowsley South by-election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward O'Hara	14,581	68.8	+4.3
	Conservative	Leslie Byrom	3,241	15.2	-6.4
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Hancox	1,809	8.5	-5.4
	Green	Raymond Georgeson	656	3.1	N/A
	Liberal	Ian Smith	628	3.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	197	0.9	N/A
	Corrective Party	Lady Whiplash	99	0.5	N/A
Majority			11,367	53.6
Turnout			21,184	33.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.41

[edit] References

• RESULTS OF BYELECTIONS IN THE 1987-92 PARLIAMENT

[edit] See also

• List of United Kingdom by-elections
• Knowsley South constituency

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