Kensington by-election, 1988
The Kensington by-election, in Kensington, on 14 July 1988 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brandon Rhys-Williams. Normally a relatively safe Tory seat, it was narrowly won by Dudley Fishburn, who would go on to retain the seat in 1992.
It was the first by-election of that parliament, which had begun after the general election of June 1987, and would last until the next election in April 1992.
Candidates
- John Connell was a peace advocate who opposed what he saw as manipulation of the news by ITN.[1]
- John Crowley described himself as an 'Anti Yuppie Revolutionary Crowleyist, Vegetarian Visionary'.[1]
- John Duignan was a supporter of the Class War organisation.[1]
- Roy Edey called for equal redistribution of wealth and a policy of social housing construction.[1]
- Dudley Fishburn was a former editor of The Economist.[2]
- William Goodhart was a leading human rights lawyer who has since taken a seat in the House of Lords.[3]
- Brian Goodier described himself as an 'Anti-Left Wing Fascist'.[1]
- Phylip Hobson was the Green Party candidate.
- Ann Holmes was again a candidate for this seat in the 1992 general election.[4]
- John Martin was a candidate for the dissident wing of the SDP that had rejected membership of the Social and Liberal Democrats.
- Thomas McDermott was the founder of the Free Trade Liberal Party and campaigned on a platform of the UK leaving the European Community.[1]
- Cynthia Payne, who had been convicted of controlling a brothel, ran under the 'Rainbow Alliance Payne and Pleasure Party' banner.[1]
- William Scola represented his own 'Leveller Party'.[1]
- Screaming Lord Sutch was the leader and founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
- Kailash Trivedi ran as candidate for the 'Janata Party' (Peoples Party in Hindi and the name of a former governing party in India), his own creation.[1]
Results
| Kensington by-election, 1988[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dudley Fishburn | 9,829 | 41.59 | -5.92 | |
| Labour | Ann Holmes | 9,014 | 38.14 | +4.89 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | Ben Bousquet | 10,371 | 33.25 | ||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance | William Goodhart | 5,379 | 17.25 | ||
| Green | R. Shorter | 528 | 1.69 | ||
| Humanist | L. Carrick | 65 | 0.21 | ||
| Public Independent Plaintiff Party | M Hughes | 30 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 4,447 | 14.26 | |||
| Turnout | 31,191 | 64.70 | |||
| Registered electors | 48,212 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
- ↑ Dudley Fishburn
- ↑ Lord William Goodhart
- ↑ Ann Holmes
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