1985 Brecon and Radnor by-election

UK parliamentary by-election June 2022 August 2021 March 2022 1985 Brecon and Radnor by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Brecon and Radnor no 1983 United Kingdom general election 1983 4 Jul 1985 Richard Livsey x160px Liberal Party (UK) 13,753 35.8% 11.4% Richard Willey Lab Welsh Labour 13,194 34.4% 9.4% Chris Butler Con Welsh Conservatives 10,631 27.7% 20.5% MP Subsequent MP Tom Ellis Hooson Welsh Conservatives Richard Livsey Liberal Party (UK) 79.4% ( 0.7%) 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 The 1985 Brecon and Radnor by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 4 July 1985 for the House of Commons constituency of Brecon and Radnor. Previous MP The seat had become vacant on 8 May 1985, when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Tom Ellis Hooson, had died at the age of 52. He was a cousin of Emlyn Hooson, the former Liberal Party MP for Montgomery. Tom Hooson had been Brecon and Radnor's MP since the 1979 general election, when he gained the seat from the Labour Party. Candidates Seven candidates were nominated. Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey was the candidate of the Liberal Party and represented the SDP–Liberal Alliance. He was a former senior lecturer in farm management, born in 1935, who had become a smallholder. He had contested the seat in the 1983 general election. Frederick Richard Willey, born 1945 and commonly known as Richard Willey,Death fall man 'hit by defeat' The Times 2 September 1987 3 was the Labour candidate. He was the son of veteran Labour MP Fred Willey and was an Independent member of Radnor District Council, representing Presteigne ward.Thrasher Michael Rallings Colin Radnor Welsh District Council Elections Results 1973-1991 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Radnor-1973-1991.pdf 3 November 2025 3 He was educated at King Alfred School and at St John's College, Cambridge,Cambridge University Tripos Results The Times 23 June 1967 4 and was a freelance educational researcher and writer. Christopher John Butler, born 1950, represented the Conservative Party. He was a special adviser to the Secretary of State for Wales and had previously worked at the Conservative Research Department in Wales and the Political Office in 10 Downing Street. Janet Mary Davies was nominated by Plaid Cymru. She was born in 1938 and was a member of Taff Ely Borough Council. Frequent election candidate and pop singer Screaming Lord Sutch (otherwise known as David Edward Sutch) represented the Monster Raving Loony Party. Roger Everest was an Independent candidate who sought election as a One Nation Conservative. Andre Charles Leopold Genillard was an Independent who campaigned as a Free the World from Multiple Sclerosis candidate. He was a teacher at Mayfield College, Mayfield, and entered the election as an educational exercise for students before electoral deposits substantially increased. Result 1985 Brecon and Radnor by-electionhttp://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 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Livsey 13,753 35.8 +11.4 Welsh Labour Richard Willey 13,194 34.4 +9.4 Welsh Conservatives Chris Butler 10,631 27.7 −20.5 Plaid Cymru Janet Davies 435 1.1 −0.6 Official Monster Raving Loony Party Screaming Lord Sutch 202 0.5 N/A One Nation Conservative Roger Everest 154 0.4 N/A Independent politician Andre C. L. Genillard 43 0.1 N/A 559 1.4 N/A 38,412 79.4 −0.7 48,371 Liberal Party (UK) Welsh Conservatives +16.0 Aftermath Livsey held the seat for the Liberals at the 1987 general election, with a majority of just 56 over the Conservative Jonathan Evans with Labour dropping to third place.The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1987 1987 Times Books Ltd London 0-7230-0298-3 60 This meant that Brecon and Radnor was the only seat that the Conservatives lost at a by-election in the 1983-1987 parliament that they failed to regain at the 1987 election.The Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1987 1987 Times Books Ltd London 0-7230-0298-3 238 However at the 1992 general election the Conservatives did regain the seat, although Richard Livsey went on to regain it at the 1997 general election. Previous result General election 1983: Brecon and RadnorElection Data 1983 http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt Electoral Calculus 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt 15 October 2011 dead dmy-all Welsh Conservatives Tom Hooson 18,255 48.2 +1.0 Labour Party (UK) David Morris 9,471 25.0 -15.9 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Livsey 9,226 24.4 +14.7 Plaid Cymru Sian Meredudd 640 1.7 -0.4 Independent (politician) Richard Booth 278 0.7 N/A 8,784 23.2 +16.9 37,870 80.1 -4.1 47,277 Welsh Conservatives +8.4 See also 2019 Brecon and Radnorshire by-election 1939 Brecon and Radnorshire by-election Brecon and Radnorshire constituency Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Britain Votes/Europe Votes By-Election Supplement 1983-, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1985) External links Campaign literature from the by-election Category:1985 in Wales Category:1980s elections in Wales Category:July 1985 in the United Kingdom Category:Brecknockshire Category:Radnorshire Category:1985 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies