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The 1990 Knowsley South by-election was a by-election held on 27 September 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Knowsley South in Merseyside.
The by-election was caused by the death of the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Sean Hughes on 25 June.
The result was a Labour hold, with Edward O'Hara winning a majority of over 11,000 votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Edward O'Hara | 14,581 | 68.8 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Leslie Byrom | 3,241 | 15.2 | −6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Hancox | 1,809 | 8.5 | −5.4 | |
| Green | Raymond Georgeson | 656 | 3.1 | New | |
| Liberal | Ian Smith | 628 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 197 | 0.9 | New | |
| Corrective Party | Lady Whiplash | 99 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 11,367 | 53.6 | +10.7 | ||
| Turnout | 21,184 | 33.4 | −40.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.4 | |||
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