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The Newham North East by-election , in London Borough of Newham, on 9 June 1994 was held after long-serving Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Ron Leighton died. [1] A safe Labour seat, it was won by Stephen Timms, who would go on to retain the East Ham seat which replaced it in 1997.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Stephen Timms | 14,688 | 74.97 | +16.64 | |
| Conservative | Philip Hammond | 2,850 | 14.55 | -15.96 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alec Kellaway | 821 | 4.19 | -7.00 | |
| UKIP | Anthony Scholefield | 509 | 2.60 | New | |
| House Homeless People | Jo Homeless | 342 | 1.75 | New | |
| Natural Law | Richard Archer | 228 | 1.15 | New | |
| Buy the Daily Sport | Vida Garman | 155 | 0.79 | New | |
| Majority | 11,838 | 60.42 | +32.63 | ||
| Turnout | 19,593 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The results for the previous election were:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Ron Leighton | 20,952 | 58.30 | ||
| Conservative | JH Galbraith | 10,966 | 30.51 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | JJ Aves | 4020 | 11.19 | ||
| Majority | 9,986 | 27.79 | |||
| Turnout | 35,938 | 60.34 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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