1991 Ribble Valley by-election

By-election in Lancashire, England April 2013 December 2020 1991 Ribble Valley by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Ribble Valley no 1987 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1987 7 March 1991 Michael Carr LD Liberal Democrats (UK) 22,377 48.5% 27.1% Nigel Evans Con Conservative Party (UK) 17,776 38.5% 22.3% Josie Farrington Lab Labour Party (UK) 4,356 9.5% 8.3% MP Subsequent MP David Waddington Conservative Party (UK) Michael Carr Liberal Democrats (UK) 71.1% ( 8.0%) 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992 The 1991 Ribble Valley by-election, in Lancashire, England, took place on 7 March 1991 following the elevation of MP David Waddington to the House of Lords. Michael Carr of the Liberal Democrats won election at his third attempt. The seat, based largely on the market town of Clitheroe, had previously been safely Conservative but at the time Margaret Thatcher's controversial "Poll Tax" policy was used by opposition parties against the Conservative candidate. The tax was abolished soon afterwards by Thatcher's successor John Major, who had succeeded Thatcher on her resignation in November 1990. The then-young Liberal Democrats maintained the record of their parent parties at often scoring by-election "scalps" by winning apparently-safe seats, although rarely holding them at subsequent general elections. Indeed, despite their victory at Ribble Valley, the Lib Dems lost the seat a little over a year later at the 1992 general election to the Conservative Nigel Evans who held the seat until the 2024 general election. Result Ribble Valley by-election, 1991http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1987.html Results of Byelections in the 1987–92 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-01 United Kingdom Election Results Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Carr 22,377 48.5 +27.1 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Evans 17,776 38.5 -22.3 Labour Party (UK) Josephine Farrington 4,356 9.5 -8.3 Independent Conservative David Brass 611 1.3 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Halldora Ingham 466 1.0 N/A Official Monster Raving Loony Party Screaming Lord Sutch 278 0.6 N/A Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Simon Taylor 133 0.3 N/A Corrective Party Lindi St Claire 72 0.2 N/A Raving Loony Green Giant Clitheroe Kid Stuart Hughes 60 0.1 N/A 4,601 10.0 N/A 46,129 71.1 -8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +24.7 Previous result General election 1987: Ribble ValleyElection Data 1987 http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt Electoral Calculus 18 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt 15 October 2011 Conservative Party (UK) David Waddington 30,136 60.9 ―2.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) Michael Carr 10,608 21.4 ―1.7 Labour Party (UK) Greg Pope 8,781 17.7 +4.2 19,528 39.5 ―0.8 49,525 79.1 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) ―0.4 See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire References External links British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election Category:Politics of Ribble Valley Category:Clitheroe Category:1991 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1991 in England Category:1990s in Lancashire Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies