1993 Christchurch by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2020 April 2012 1993 Christchurch by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Christchurch no 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992 1997 United Kingdom general election 1997 29 July 1993 74.2% Diana Maddock x160px Liberal Democrats (UK) 33,164 62.2% 38.6% Robert Hayward Official portrait of Lord Hayward crop 2.jpg 170 120 160 25 25 center Blank Conservative Party (UK) 16,737 31.4% 32.2% MP Robert Adley Conservative Party (UK) Diana Maddock Liberal Democrats (UK) 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. 2021 December, the swing of 35.4% remains the sixth-largest by-election swing in British political history (the Bermondsey by-election in 1983 having the largest). It was also the largest swing (35%) against any British government since 1918.24 April 2010 Top Ten Lib Dem 'breakthrough moments' http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/top-ten-lib-dem-breakthrough-moments/ usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100512171830/http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/top-ten-lib-dem-breakthrough-moments/ 12 May 2010 25 February 2013 Epolitix.com 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 countYouTube video and David Boothroyd's election results site.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 20 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170720031954/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1992.html dead Result Christchurch 1993 by-election Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Maddock 33,164 62.2 +38.6 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Hayward 16,737 31.4 –32.2 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Lickley 1,453 2.7 –9.4 Anti-Federalist League Alan Sked 878 1.6 New Official Monster Raving Loony Party David Sutch 404 0.8 New Independent Conservative Andrew Bannon 357 0.7 New Sack Graham Taylor Peter Newman 80 0.2 New Buy the Daily Sport Tara Bardot-Jackson 67 0.1 New Save the National Health Service Peter A. Hollyman 60 0.1 New Highlander IV Wednesday Promotion John Crockard 48 0.1 New Natural Law Party Mark Griffiths 45 0.1 –0.3 Ian For King Mark Belcher 23 0.0 New Alfred The Chicken Karl Fitzhugh 18 0.0 New Rainbow Alliance John Walley 16 0.0 New 16,427 30.8 N/A 53,350 74.2 -6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +35.4 See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) References External links British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election Category:1993 in England Category:1993 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Politics of Christchurch, Dorset Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dorset constituencies 1993