1984 Stafford by-election

UK parliamentary by-election the election in Australia 1984 Stafford state by-election November 2019 1984 Stafford by-election presidential United Kingdom Stafford parliamentary seat no 1983 United Kingdom general election 1983 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 3 May 1984 Bill Cash   Conservative Party (UK) 18,713 40.4% David Dunn   Social Democratic Party (UK) 14,733 31.8% Michael Poulter   Labour Party (UK) 12,677 27.4% MP Subsequent MP Hugh Fraser Conservative Party (UK) Bill Cash Conservative Party (UK) The 1984 Stafford by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 3 May 1984 for the House of Commons constituency of Stafford. Previous MP The seat fell vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Major Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser MBE (23 January 1918 – 6 March 1984) died. Fraser was then one of Parliament's most senior members, having served over 38 years in the House of Commons. Fraser was educated at Ampleforth College, Balliol College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union, and at the Sorbonne. He was commissioned into the Lovat Scouts in 1936 and during World War II saw service in North Africa and Europe; he retired in the 1950s with the rank of Major. Fraser was elected Member of Parliament for Stone in 1945, later Stafford and Stone following constituency boundary changes, from 1950 until 1983, and then Stafford until his death. Candidates Four candidates were nominated. The list below is set out in descending order of the number of votes received at the by-election. 1. The Conservative candidate was William Nigel Paul Cash (born on 10 May 1940), a solicitor. After winning the by-election, he served continuously in the House of Commons until standing down in 2024, and was the oldest sitting member between 2019 and 2024. Cash represented Stafford until boundary changes took effect in 1997, and then represented the constituency of Stone until his retirement. 2. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, representing the SDP–Liberal Alliance, was David Joseph Dunn. He was a senior lecturer in International Relations, at the time of the by-election. He was born in 1946 and had contested the seat in the 1983 general election. 3. Michael John David Poulter was the Labour candidate. He worked as a senior probation officer and was born in 1942. He contested Stafford and Stone in 1979 and this constituency in 1983. 4. Christopher David Teasdale was an Independent, using the ballot paper label "Soon to be unemployed". Result The Conservative Party held the seat with a reduced majority. 1984 by-election: Staffordhttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-09-19 United Kingdom Election Results 5 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180405203844/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html dead Conservative Party (UK) Bill Cash 18,713 40.4 -10.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) David Dunn 14,733 31.8 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) Michael Poulter 12,677 27.4 +3.7 Independent politician C. Teasdale 210 0.4 New 3,980 8.6 -17.8 46,333 65.6 -10.9 Conservative Party (UK) 70,635 See also Stafford constituency Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records External links Campaign literature from the by-election Sources Britain Votes/Europe Votes By-Election Supplement 1983-, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1985) Stafford by-election Stafford by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies Category:Stafford Category:1980s in Staffordshire Stafford by-election