West Derbyshire by-election, 1986

West Derbyshire by-election, 1986

The 1986 Derbyshire West by-election was held on 8 May 1986 when the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Matthew Parris, took the Chiltern Hundreds and resigned, in order to become the presenter of Weekend World for ITV.

Despite a large swing away from him, 28-year-old Patrick McLoughlin of the Conservative Party beat the Liberal Party candidate by 100 votes.

West Derbyshire by-election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick McLoughlin 19,896 39.5 -16.3
Liberal Christopher Walmsley 19,796 39.4 +12.3
Labour William Moore 9,952 19.8 +2.7
Rainbow Alliance Loony Crocodile Tears Christopher Sidwell 348 0.7 N/A
Independent Robert Goodall 289 0.6 N/A
Majority 100 0.1
Turnout 71.9
Conservative hold Swing

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