1988 Kensington by-election

Election in the UK 1988 Kensington by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Kensington no 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 14 July 1988 Dudley Fishburn x160px Conservative Party (UK) 9,829 41.59% 5.9% Patricia Holmes Lab Labour Party (UK) 9,014 38.14% 4.9% William Goodhart SLD Social and Liberal Democrats 2,546 10.77% 6.5% John Martin SDP Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) 1,190 5.04% black N/A MP Subsequent MP Brandon Rhys-Williams Conservative Party (UK) Dudley Fishburn Conservative Party (UK) 51.6% ( 13.1%) 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992October 2020 May 2012 The 1988 Kensington by-election, in Kensington, on 14 July 1988 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brandon Rhys-Williams. Normally a relatively safe Conservative seat, it was narrowly won by Dudley Fishburn, who would retain the seat in 1992. It was the first by-election of that parliament, which had begun after the general election of June 1987, and would last until the next election in April 1992. Candidates John Connell was a peace advocate who opposed what he saw as manipulation of the news by ITN.http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html Results of Byelections in the 1983–87 Parliament Boothroyd David 19 September 2015 United Kingdom Election Results 5 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180405203844/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1983.html dead John Crowley described himself as an 'Anti Yuppie Revolutionary Crowleyist, Vegetarian Visionary'. John Duignan was a supporter of the Class War organisation. Roy Edey called for equal redistribution of wealth and a policy of social housing construction. Dudley Fishburn was a former editor of The Economist.Dudley Fishburn William Goodhart was a leading human rights lawyer who has since taken a seat in the House of Lords.http://www.icj.org/article.php3?id_article=92&id_rubrique=13&lang=en Lord William Goodhart 1 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054546/http://www.icj.org/article.php3?id_article=92&id_rubrique=13&lang=en 14 August 2007 dead Brian Goodier described himself as an 'Anti-Left Wing Fascist'. Phylip Hobson was the Green Party candidate. Ann Holmes was again a candidate for this seat in the 1992 general election.Ann Holmes and subsequently became a councillor in the City of London. Ann Holmes, Farringdon Within John Martin was a candidate for the dissident wing of the SDP that had rejected membership of the Social and Liberal Democrats. Thomas McDermott was the founder of the Free Trade Liberal Party and campaigned on a platform of the UK leaving the European Community. Cynthia Payne, who had been convicted of controlling a brothel, ran under the 'Rainbow Alliance Payne and Pleasure Party' banner. William Scola represented his own 'Leveller Party'. Screaming Lord Sutch was the leader and founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Kailash Trivedi ran as candidate for the 'Janata Party' (Peoples Party in Hindi and the name of a former governing party in India), his own creation. Result 1988 Kensington by-electionBy-election results: 1987-92 https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/m12.pdf Parliament.uk 26 February 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20220327200503/https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-information-office/m12.pdf 27 March 2022 Conservative Party (UK) Dudley Fishburn 9,829 41.59 −5.9 Labour Party (UK) Patricia Holmes 9,014 38.14 +4.9 Social and Liberal Democrats William Goodhart 2,546 10.77 −6.5 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) John Martin 1,190 5.04 N/A Green Party (UK) Phylip Hobson 572 2.42 +0.7 Rainbow Alliance – Payne & Pleasure Cynthia Payne 193 0.82 N/A Official Monster Raving Loony Party Screaming Lord Sutch 61 0.26 N/A London Class War Candidate John Duignan 60 0.25 N/A Anti Left-Wing Fascist Brian Goodier 31 0.13 N/A Free Trade Liberal – Europe Out! Thomas McDermott 31 0.13 N/A Fair Wealth & Health Roy Edey 30 0.13 N/A Leveller Party William Scola 27 0.11 N/A Anti-Yuppie John Crowley 24 0.10 N/A Peace – Stop ITN Manipulation John Connell 20 0.08 N/A Independent Janata Party Kailash Trivedi 5 0.02 N/A 815 3.55 -10.69 23,633 51.6 -13.1 45,830 Conservative Party (UK) -5.40 Previous result General election 1987: KensingtonElection 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 dead Conservative Party (UK) Brandon Rhys-Williams 14,818 47.5 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) Benjamin Bousquet 10,371 33.3 +3.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) William Goodhart 5,379 17.2 −4.9 Green Party (UK) Roger Shorter 528 1.7 −0.4 Humanist Party (UK) Lana Carrick 65 0.2 N/A Public Independent Plaintiff Party Muriel Hughes 30 0.1 N/A 4,447 14.26 -2.14 31,191 64.7 +2.4 48,212 Conservative Party (UK) References External links Campaign literature from the by-election Full results Kensington by-election Kensington by-election Kensington,1988 Kensington,1988 Kensington by-election Category:20th century in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea