Christchurch by-election, 1993

A by-election was held in the British House of Commons constituency of Christchurch on 29 July 1993 following the death of sitting Conservative MP Robert Adley.

The result was a gain for the Liberal Democrats, notable for the swing necessary to take such a strong Conservative seat, gaining more than 60% of the votes cast and winning practically twice as many votes as the Conservatives. As of May 2012, the swing of 35.4% remains the fifth largest by-election swing in British political history (the Bermondsey by-election in 1983 being the largest).

At the time, it was not necessary for candidates in British elections to register party names or ballot paper descriptions. Details on candidates at this election are taken from the official count ^[1] and David Boothroyd's election results site.^[2]

Christchurch by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Maddock	33,164	62.2	+38.6
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	16,737	31.4	-32.2
	Labour	Nigel Lickley	1,453	2.7	-9.4
	Anti-Federalist League	Alan Sked	878	1.6
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	404	0.8
	Independent Conservative	Andrew Bannon	357	0.7
	Sack Graham Taylor	Peter Newman	80	0.2
	Buy the Daily Sport	Tara Bardot-Jackson	67	0.1
	Save the National Health Service	Peter A. Hollyman	60	0.1
	Highlander IV Wednesday Promotion	John Crockard	48	0.1
	Natural Law	Mark Griffiths	45	0.1	-0.3
	Ian For King	Mark Belcher	23	0.0
	Alfred The Chicken	Karl Fitzhugh	18	0.0
	Rainbow Alliance	John Walley	16	0.0
Majority			16,427	30.8
Turnout				74.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	35.4

References

↑ YouTube video
↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

External links

British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election

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Christchurch, Dorset

See also: History of Christchurch Listed buildings in Christchurch

Areas	Blackwater Burton Fairmile Friars Cliff Highcliffe Hoburne Hurn Jumpers Common Knapp Mudeford Portfield Purewell Somerford Stanpit Winkton

Rivers	River Avon Bure Brook River Mude River Stour

Attractions	Christchurch Castle Christchurch Harbour Christchurch Priory Highcliffe Castle Mudeford Quay The Museum of Electricity The Red House Museum Stanpit Marsh Tucktonia

Schools	Burton CoE Primary Christchurch Junior Highcliffe Mudeford Infants Mudeford Junior The Priory CoE Primary Somerford Infants Somerford Junior The Grange Twynham

Railway stations	Christchurch original Christchurch Hurn

Air travel	Bournemouth Airport Christchurch Airfield RAF Christchurch RAF Hurn

Hospital	Christchurch

Politics	Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch by-election, 1993 Christchurch Borough Council elections

Battle	Battle of Mudeford

Football club	Christchurch F.C.

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Christchurch by-election, 1993

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