West Derbyshire by-election, 1986
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The 1986 Derbyshire West by-election occurred when the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Matthew Parris, took the Chiltern Hundreds and resigned, in order to become the presenter of Weekend World for ITV.
Despite a large swing away from him, Patrick McLoughlin of the Conservative Party beat the Liberal Party candidate by 100 votes.
West Derbyshire by-election, 1986 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 19,896 | 39.5 | -16.3 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walmsley | 19,796 | 39.4 | +12.3 | |
Labour | William Moore | 9,952 | 19.8 | +2.7 | |
Rainbow Alliance Loony Crocodile Tears | Christopher Sidwell | 348 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Robert Goodall | 289 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 100 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 71.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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