1997 Wirral South by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1997 Wirral South by-election United Kingdom parliamentary no 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992 1997 United Kingdom general election May 1997 27 February 1997 71.5% Ben Chapman Labour Party (UK) 22,767 52.6% 18.0 pp Leslie Byrom Conservative Party (UK) 14,879 34.4% 16.5 pp Flo Clucas Liberal Democrats (UK) 4,357 10.1% 3.0 pp MP Barry Porter Ben Chapman Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Wirral South was held on 27 February 1997 following the death of Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Barry Porter. It was won by Labour's Ben Chapman. This was the final by-election in a run of significant Conservative losses following a period of dissatisfaction with the Major years, and the last held during the 1992–1997 Parliament. This was also the last Conservative loss to Labour in a by-election until 2012. Labour held this seat from the by-election until its dissolution in 2024. Result Wirral South by-election, 1997http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1992.html Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-01 United Kingdom Election Results 2017-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20170720031954/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1992.html dead Labour Party (UK) Ben Chapman 22,767 52.6 +18.0 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Byrom 14,879 34.4 −16.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Flo Clucas 4,357 10.1 −3.0 UK Independence Party Richard North 410 0.9 New Independent politician Harold Bence 184 0.4 New Socialist Labour Party (UK) Michael Cullen 156 0.4 New Disillusioned Conservative Phillip Gott 148 0.3 New Independent Roger Taylor 132 0.3 New Independent - anti tobacco donation Anthony Samuelson 124 0.3 New Natural Law Party Geoffery Mead 52 0.1 −0.2 21st Century Foresters Colin Palmer 44 0.1 New Independent - Thalidomide Action Group Frederick Astbury 40 0.1 New 7,888 18.2 N/A 43,293 71.5 −10.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +17.25 Previous result General election 1992: Wirral Southhttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm Politics Resources 9 April 1992 Election 1992 Politics Resources 2010-12-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm 24 July 2011 dead Conservative Party (UK) Barry Porter 25,590 50.8 +0.6 Labour Party (UK) Helen Southworth 17,407 34.6 +6.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward T. Cunniffe 6,581 13.1 −8.7 Green Party of England and Wales Nigel Birchenough 584 1.2 New Natural Law Party George Griffiths 182 0.4 New 8,183 16.2 −5.8 50,344 82.3 +2.9 Conservative Party (UK) −3.0 Notes External links British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election See also List of United Kingdom by-elections List of parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside Category:Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Category:1997 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1997 in England Category:1990s in Merseyside Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Merseyside constituencies