1994 Eastleigh by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1994 Eastleigh by-election parliamentary 9 June 1994 No x160px Liberal Democrats (UK) David Chidgey 24,473 44.3% 16.3% Lab Labour Party (UK) Marilyn Birks 15,234 27.6% 6.8% Con Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Reid 13,675 24.7% 26.5% MP David Chidgey Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Milligan United Kingdom 1997 United Kingdom general election 1992 1992 United Kingdom general election 1997 Liberal Democrats (UK) 58.7% ( 24.2%)The 1994 Eastleigh by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 June 1994 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire. The seat had fallen vacant because of the death of Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen Milligan on 7 February.The Independent | Lib Dems win over disenchanted Tories: Conservative defections in Eastleigh are unlikely to benefit Labour's high-profile campaign. The result of the election was a gain for the Liberal Democrats on a large swing. A disastrous result for the Conservative Party saw them fall to third place.Eastleigh: Constituency https://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/909/eastleigh The Guardian 12 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20140317224647/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/909/eastleigh 17 March 2014 dead The election, along with the EU elections and three other by-elections held that day, were the first election that the newly formed UK Independence Party (UKIP) stood in, with Nigel Farage as the candidate; Farage went on to become the leader of UKIP in 2006. He would later win election to the constituency of Clacton in Essex in 2024 as leader of Reform UK, formerly the Brexit Party. Result Eastleigh by-election, 1994http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1992.html Results of Byelections in the 1992–97 Parliament Boothroyd David 2015-10-01 United Kingdom Election Results 2017-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20170720031954/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1992.html dead Liberal Democrats (UK) David Chidgey 24,473 44.3 +16.3 Labour Party (UK) Marilyn Birks 15,234 27.6 +6.8 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Reid 13,675 24.7 -26.5 UK Independence Party Nigel Farage 952 1.7 New Official Monster Raving Loony Party David Sutch 783 1.4 New Natural Law Party Peter Warburton 145 0.3 New 9,239 16.7 N/A 55,262 58.7 -24.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) −16.8 Previous result General election 1992: Eastleigh Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Milligan 38,998 51.3 0.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Chidgey 21,296 28.0 -4.0 Labour Party (UK) Jo Sugrue 15,768 20.7 +4.0 17,702 23.3 +4.1 76,062 82.9 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) +2.0 See also 2013 Eastleigh by-election Eastleigh (UK Parliament constituency) The town of Eastleigh References External links Campaign literature from the by-election Eastleigh by-election Eastleigh by-election Eastleigh by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hampshire constituencies Category:Politics of the Borough of Eastleigh Category:1990s in Hampshire Category:Nigel Farage