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The 1985 Tyne Bridge by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 December 1985 for the British House of Commons constituency of Tyne Bridge.
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The 1985 Tyne Bridge by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 December 1985 for the British House of Commons constituency of Tyne Bridge.
The seat fell vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Harry Lowes Cowans (19 December 1932 – 3 October 1985) died.
Cowans was elected MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central at a 1976 by-election. After boundary changes, he was elected for Tyne Bridge in the 1983 general election.
Six candidates were nominated. The list below is set out in descending order of the number of votes received at the by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | David Clelland | 13,517 | 57.8 | +1.3 | |
| SDP | Rod Kenyon | 6,942 | 29.7 | +11.4 a | |
| Conservative | Jacqui Lait | 2,588 | 11.1 | -14.1 | |
| Independent | John Connell | 250 | 1.1 | New | |
| Independent | George Weiss | 38 | 0.2 | New | |
| Independent | Peter Smith | 32 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 6,575 | 28.1 | -3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 23,367 | 38.1 | -23.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Registered electors | 61,400 | ||||
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