1994 Newham North East by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1994 Newham North East by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Newham North East no 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992 1997 United Kingdom general election 1997 9 June 1994 Stephen Timms x160px Labour Party (UK) 14,688 74.97% 16.64% Philip Hammond x160px Conservative Party (UK) 2,850 14.55% 15.96% Map showing the Tottenham constituency within Greater London. MP Ron Leighton Labour Party (UK) Stephen Timms Labour Party (UK) The 1994 Newham North East by-election, in London Borough of Newham, on 9 June 1994 was held after long-serving Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Ron Leighton died.Full results A safe Labour seat, it was won by Stephen Timms, who would go on to retain the East Ham seat which replaced it in 1997. Candidates Richard Archer was the Natural Law Party candidate. He was also a candidate for the party in the European elections of the same year in the London North East constituency.1994 European election results Vida Garman, a pornographic model, ran as a publicity stunt for the Daily Sport newspaper, which wanted to take advantage of free postage for electoral leaflets.http://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 Philip Hammond was chosen as the Conservative Party candidate. He was director of a medical equipment and the chairman of Lewisham East Conservative Association.One-horse race for deprived city seat: NEWHAM NORTH-EAST: Labour candidate prepares for victory Jo Homeless had changed her name by deed poll in order to contest the election on a campaign of housing the homeless. Alec Kellaway was the nominated candidate for the Liberal Democrats however immediately prior to the election Kellaway announced that he was leaving the Liberal Democrats and joining the Labour Party. Consequently, there was no official Liberal Democrat standing in the election.Colin Rallings & David Broughton, British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1995, p. 182 Anthony Scholefield was the candidate for the UK Independence Party. Stephen Timms, the Labour candidate, had previously served as the leader of the local council for four years. Result Newham North East by-election, 1994 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Timms 14,688 74.97 +16.64 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Hammond 2,850 14.55 -15.96 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alec Kellaway 821 4.19 -7.00 UK Independence Party Anthony Scholefield 509 2.60 New House Homeless People Jo Homeless 342 1.75 New Natural Law Party Richard Archer 228 1.15 New Buy the Daily Sport Vida Garman 155 0.79 New 11,838 60.42 +32.63 19,593 Labour Party (UK) Previous result 1992 general election: Newham North East Labour Party (UK) Ron Leighton 20,952 58.30 +6.4 Conservative Party (UK) JH Galbraith 10,966 30.51 -0.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) JJ Aves 4020 11.19 -6.2 9,986 27.79 +6.6 35,938 60.34 -3.8 Labour Party (UK) +3.3 References Newham North East by-election Newham North East,1994 Newham North East,1994 Newham North East by-election Newham North East by-election