1994 Dagenham by-election

1994 Dagenham by-election
Constituency of Dagenham
MP before election; Bryan Gould ; Labour	Elected MP; Judith Church ; Labour

Last updated April 29, 2024

The Dagenham by-election , in Dagenham, on 9 June 1994 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Bryan Gould resigned the seat. A safe Labour seat, it was won by Judith Church, who retained the seat in 1997.^[1]

Candidates

Judith Church had unsuccessfully run for Labour in the 1992 general election in Stevenage.
James Fairrie, the candidate for the Conservative Party, had been educated at Downside School, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the University of Exeter. Having served with the Royal Hussars he took a job with an export credit agency whilst also serving as a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth from 1981 to 1986. He unsuccessfully contested Newham South in the 1987 general election.^[2]
Peter Dunphy, the candidate for the Liberal Democrats, had run unsuccessfully for the party in the 1992 general election for the Hornsey and Wood Green seat. He went on to serve as a councillor for the London Borough of Waltham Forest.^[3]
John Tyndall, the British National Party candidate, was party leader at the time and had previously contested a number of general elections for the BNP. His by-election vote share was the BNP's highest score in a Parliamentary by-election which stood until the Sedgefield by-election of July 2007. It was also the first time ever that the party had saved its deposit in a parliamentary election.
Peter Compobassi, the United Kingdom Independence Party candidate, went on to run for the party in Thurrock in the 1997 general election. A seller of hot chestnuts on London's Oxford Street,^[4] he has signed up to be one of the 'Metric Martyrs'.^[5]
Mark Leighton, the Natural Law Party candidate, ran again in Kingston and Surbiton for the 1997 general election.

Results

Dagenham by-election, 1994^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Church	15,474	72.00	+19.74
	Conservative	James Fairrie	2,130	9.91	-26.38
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dunphy	1,804	8.39	-3.06
	BNP	John Tyndall	1,511	7.03	New
	UKIP	Peter Compobassi	457	2.13	New
	Natural Law	Mark Leighton	116	0.54	New
Majority			13,344	62.09	+46.11
Turnout			21,492
	Labour hold		Swing

The results for the previous election were:

1992 general election: Dagenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Gould	22,027	52.26	+7.82
	Conservative	D Rossiter	15,294	36.29	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	CNH Marquand	4,824	11.45	-5.62
Majority			6,733	15.98	+10.03
Turnout			42,145	70.66	+3.37
	Labour hold		Swing

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References

↑ Full result
↑ Candidate profile
↑ Councillor detalis ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ City of Westminster Licensing Sub-Committee No. 4 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "The Imperial Register". Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

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[1] Full result

[2] Candidate profile

[3] Councillor detalis ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] City of Westminster Licensing Sub-Committee No. 4 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[5] "The Imperial Register". Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008.

[6] Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

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1994 Dagenham by-election

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