1988 Epping Forest by-election

1988 UK Parliamentary by-election 1988 Epping Forest by-election parliamentary United Kingdom Constituency of Epping Forest no 1987 United Kingdom general election 1987 15 December 1988 Steven Norris x160px Conservative Party (UK) 13,183 39.5% 21.5% Andrew Thompson SLD Social and Liberal Democrats 8,679 26.0% 6.6% Stephen Murray Lab Labour Party (UK) 6,261 18.7% 0.4% Michael Pettman SDP Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) 4,077 12.2% black N/A MP Subsequent MP John Biggs-Davison Conservative Party (UK) Steven Norris Conservative Party (UK) 49.1% ( 27.2%) 1992 United Kingdom general election 1992December 2020 July 2012 A by-election was held in the British House of Commons constituency of Epping Forest on 15 December 1988, following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir John Biggs-Davison. The result was a hold for the Conservative Party.http://by-elections.co.uk/epping88.html Result 27 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090821055333/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/epping88.html 21 August 2009 dead Candidates Steven Norris was the Conservative candidate. Norris had been elected to serve as MP for Oxford East at the 1983 general election but had lost the seat in 1987. His opponent from the Labour Party was Stephen Murray. Andrew Thompson was chosen as the candidate for the recently formed Social and Liberal Democrats. Thompson had been a founder member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and had served as a councillor in the local area since 1984. His main campaign issues were saving a local hospital from closure and defending the green belt status of Epping Forest.http://by-elections.co.uk/epping88/SLD.html Election literature 1 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121008134333/http://by-elections.co.uk/epping88/SLD.html 8 October 2012 dead The rump SDP, which had rejected the merger with the Liberal Party, also put forward a candidate, Michael Pettman. Pettman, a solicitor and local councillor, had been the candidate for the SDP in Epping Forest at the 1983 general election.The David Owen papers https://web.archive.org/web/20110727213633/http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/Owen/lists/d7093a7.html 27 July 2011 , available as a [sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/Owen/book/PART6.DOC Word Document] Both the Green Party, represented by Andrew Simms and the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, represented by party leader and serial election candidate David Sutch, contested the election as well. Sutch stood under the name "Monster Raving Loony - Liberal Birthday Party" in this election. Tina Wingfield stood under the designation of "Independent National Front" although at the time she was actually a member of the National Council of the Flag Group, a breakaway party from the NF.N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 46 Other candidates were Jackie Moore for the Rainbow Alliance (who added the name Change the World to her party designation) and Brian Goodier, who stood as the "Vote no Belsen for South Africans" candidate. Result 1988 Epping Forest by-electionhttp://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1987.html Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament Boothroyd David 1 October 2015 United Kingdom Election Results https://web.archive.org/web/20151120002350/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1987.html 20 November 2015 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Norris 13,183 39.5 −21.5 Social and Liberal Democrats Andrew Thompson 8,679 26.0 +6.6 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Murray 6,261 18.7 +0.4 Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988) Michael Pettman 4,077 12.2 N/A Green Party (UK) Andrew Simms 672 2.0 N/A Independent National Front Tina Wingfield 286 0.6 N/A Official Monster Raving Loony Party David Sutch 208 0.6 N/A Rainbow Alliance - Change the World Jackie Moore 33 0.1 N/A Vote no Belsen for South Africans Brian Goodier 16 0.0 N/A 4,504 13.5 N/A 33,415 49.1 −27.2 Conservative Party (UK) Candidate Brian Goodier misspelt Belson on his nomination paper.http://www.by-elections.co.uk/epping88.html Epping Forest 1988 16 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017013331/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/epping88.html 17 October 2013 dead See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections References Epping Forest by-election Epping Forest by-election Epping Forest by-election Category:Epping Forest District Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Essex constituencies Category:1980s in Essex