1988 Kensington by-election

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1988 Kensington by-election
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  1987 14 July 1988 1992  

Constituency of Kensington
Turnout51.6% (Decrease2.svg 13.1%)
 First partySecond party
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Lab
Candidate Dudley Fishburn Patricia Holmes
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote9,8299,014
Percentage41.59%38.14%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.9%Increase2.svg 4.9%

 Third partyFourth party
 
SLD
SDP
Candidate William Goodhart John Martin
Party SLD SDP
Popular vote2,5461,190
Percentage10.77%5.04%
SwingDecrease2.svg 6.5%N/A

MP before election

Brandon Rhys-Williams
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Dudley Fishburn
Conservative

The 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.

Contents

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

Results

1988 Kensington by-election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Fishburn 9,829 41.59 −5.9
Labour Patricia Holmes9,01438.14+4.9
SLD William Goodhart 2,54610.77−6.5
SDP John Martin1,1905.04N/A
Green Phylip Hobson5722.42+0.7
Rainbow Alliance – Payne & Pleasure Cynthia Payne 1930.82N/A
Monster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 610.26N/A
London Class War Candidate John Duignan600.25N/A
Anti Left-Wing FascistBrian Goodier310.13N/A
Free Trade Liberal – Europe Out! Thomas McDermott310.13N/A
Fair Wealth & HealthRoy Edey300.13N/A
Leveller PartyWilliam Scola270.11N/A
Anti-YuppieJohn Crowley240.10N/A
Peace – Stop ITN ManipulationJohn Connell200.08N/A
Independent Janata PartyKailash Trivedi50.02N/A
Majority 8153.55−10.69
Turnout 23,63351.6−13.1
Registered electors 45,830
Conservative hold Swing -5.40

The results for the previous election were:

General election 1987: Kensington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brandon Rhys-Williams 14,818 47.5 +1.5
Labour Benjamin Bousquet10,37133.3+3.8
SDP William Goodhart 5,37917.2−4.9
Green Roger Shorter5281.7−0.4
Humanist Lana Carrick650.2N/A
Public Independent Plaintiff PartyMuriel Hughes300.1N/A
Majority 4,44714.26−2.14
Turnout 31,19164.7+2.4
Registered electors 48,212
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983–87 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. Dudley Fishburn
  3. "Lord William Goodhart". Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
  4. Ann Holmes
  5. Ann Holmes, Farringdon Within
  6. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.