1991 Monmouth by-election

1991 Monmouth by-election

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Constituency of Monmouth
Turnout	75.8% ( 5.0%)
First party Second party Third party   Con LD Candidate Huw Edwards Roger Evans Frances David Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Popular vote 17,733 15,327 11,164 Percentage 39.3% 34.0% 24.8% Swing 11.6% 13.5% 0.8% [a]
MP before election John Stradling Thomas Conservative Subsequent MP Huw Edwards Labour

The 1991 Monmouth by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Monmouth in Wales on 16 May 1991. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Huw Edwards.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir John Stradling Thomas had died at the age of 65 on 29 March 1991. He had held the seat since the 1970 general election.

Electoral history

General election 1987: Monmouth ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stradling Thomas	22,387	47.5	−1.6
	Labour	Katrina Gass	13,037	27.7	+6.0
	SDP	Clive Lindley	11,313	24.0	−4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Sian Meredudd	363	0.8	−0.3
Majority			9,530	19.8	−1.2
Turnout			47,100	80.8	+2.0
Registered electors			58,468
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.2

Candidates

The Conservative candidate was 44-year-old Roger Evans. The Labour Party candidate was 38-year-old Huw Edwards.

Result

The result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Huw Edwards, who took the seat on a swing of 12.6%.

However, he was unseated at the 1992 general election by his defeated Conservative opponent Roger Evans, who held the seat until Edwards regained it in the Labour landslide at the 1997 general election.

1991 Monmouth by-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Huw Edwards	17,733	39.3	+11.6
	Conservative	Roger Evans	15,327	34.0	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frances David	11,164	24.8	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	314	0.7	N/A
	Plaid Cymru (Green)	Melvin Witherden	277	0.6	−0.2
	Unitax Independent	Peter Carpenter	164	0.4	N/A
	Corrective Party	Lindi St Clair	121	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,406	5.3	N/A
Turnout			45,100	75.8	−5.0
Registered electors			59,460
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-12.6

See also

• Monmouth
• 1934 Monmouth by-election
• 1939 Monmouth by-election
• 1945 Monmouth by-election
• Lists of United Kingdom by-elections

Notes

1. Liberal Democrat results are compared to the vote for the Social Democratic Party in the 1987 election.

References

1. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
2. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.