1986 Ryedale by-election

The 1986 Ryedale by-election took place on 8 May 1986. The election was held on the same day as the 1986 local elections and the West Derbyshire by-election It is the latest by-election to have just three candidates standing. The seat was regained by the Conservatives the next year at the 1987 general election by John Greenway. == Background == In the spring of 1986 unemployment began rising at a greater rate than in previous years and the Conservative loss at Ryedale was a factor (according to Nigel Lawson) in "even committed supporters of the Government's economic strategy...insisting that reducing unemployment should now have priority". == Result == == Previous general election == == See also == Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency) Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency) List of United Kingdom by-elections == References == Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)