1993 Newbury by-election






The Newbury by-election, in West Berkshire, England, was held on 6 May 1993 after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Judith Chaplin died, after only being elected the previous year. It was won by David Rendel of the Liberal Democrats with a large swing of 28.4%, and well over twice as many votes as the Conservative candidate. As with the overwhelming majority of UK by-elections, turnout was lower than at the general election — here falling from 83% to 71% (rounded).




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Candidates


  • 3 Results


  • 4 General election result, 1992


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References





Background


The by-election in Newbury was the first by-election of the 1992–1997 parliament, and the first in a string of by-election losses for the Conservative Party who were in their fourth consecutive term of office. Until 1993 the seat had been held by a Conservative MP since 1924.



Candidates


Many independent candidates, or candidates from newly formed or minor parties stood in the by-election, with three candidates standing on an anti-Maastricht Treaty platform. Andrew Bannon, a Labour member from Slough stood as a Conservative Candidate in protest at a Conservative member standing as a Labour Candidate in the 1992 general election in Slough.


All candidates needed since 1985 to win at least 5% of the total votes to retain their deposit, which they must pay to stand for election. Every candidate apart from David Rendel and Julian Davidson lost their deposit, including Labour's Steve Billcliffe.


The by-election achieved a record of 19 candidates, beating the previous high of seventeen at the Chesterfield by-election, 1984. It remained the longest ballot paper in any Parliamentary election until the Haltemprice and Howden by-election, 2008.



Results
























































































































































































Newbury by-election, 1993[1]
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Liberal Democrat
David Rendel
 37,590
 65.1
 +27.8


Conservative
 Julian Davidson
 15,535
 26.9
 −29.0


Labour
 Steve Billcliffe
 1,151
 2.0
 −4.0


Anti-Federalist League
Alan Sked
 601
 1.0

Conservative Candidate
 Andrew Bannon
 561
 1.0

Commoners' Party
 Stephen Martin
 435
 0.8


Monster Raving Loony
Lord David Sutch
 432
 0.7


Green
 Jim Wallis
 341
 0.6
 −0.2

Referendum Party
Robin Marlar
 338
 0.6

Conservative Rebel
John Browne
 267
 0.5

Corrective Party
Lindi St Clair
 170
 0.3

Maastricht Referendum for Britain
 Bill Board
 84
 0.1


Natural Law
 Michael Grenville
 60
 0.1

People & Pensioners Party
 Johnathon Day
 49
 0.1

21st Century Independent Foresters
 Colin Palmer
 40
 0.1

Defence of Children's Humanity Bosnia
 Mladen Grbin
 33
 0.1


SDP
 Alan Page
 33
 0.1


Communist (PCC)
 Anne Murphy
 32
 0.1

Give the royal billions to schools
 Michael Stone
 21
 0.1
Majority
 22 055
 38.2

Turnout
 57 399
 71.3
 −11.46


Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative
Swing
 28.4

Rendel served as MP until the 2005 general election, when he was defeated by the Conservative candidate Richard Benyon.



General election result, 1992


This is the result of the 1992 general election in Newbury.
































































UK General Election: Newbury, 1992
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Conservative
Judith Chaplin
 37 135
 55.9
 −4.24


Liberal Democrat
David Rendel
 24 778
 37.3
 +5.57


Labour
 Richard J E Hall
 3 962
 6.0
 −2.13


Green
 Jim Wallis
 539
 0.8
 +0.8
Majority
 12 357
 18.61
 −9.8

Turnout
 66 414
 82.76
 +4.77


Conservative hold
Swing



See also


  • List of United Kingdom by-elections


References





  1. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-01..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




  • "Newbury 1993". By-election result and campaign literature. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2010.









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