The 1991 Hemsworth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 7 November 1991 for the House of Commons constituency of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire. The seat had become vacant upon the death on 14 September of the Labour Member of Parliament George Buckley, who had held the seat since the 1987 general election.
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Constituency of Hemsworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 42.6% ( 33.1%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Labour candidate, Derek Enright, held the seat for his party.
Result
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Derek Enright | 15,895 | 66.3 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Valerie Megson | 4,808 | 20.1 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Garnett Harrison | 2,512 | 10.5 | −6.7 | |
| Independent Labour | Paul Ablett | 648 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Corrective Party | Timothy Smith | 108 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,097 | 46.2 | −3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 23,971 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Previous result
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | George Buckley | 27,859 | 67.0 | +7.7 | |
| Conservative | Edward Garnier | 7,159 | 17.2 | −2.4 | |
| Liberal | John Wooffindin | 6,568 | 15.8 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 20,700 | 49.8 | +11.7 | ||
| Turnout | 41,586 | 75.7 | +7.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.