Ryedale by-election, 1986
The Ryedale by-election took place on 8 May 1986. It is the latest by-election to have just three candidates standing. The seat was regained by the Conservatives at the 1987 general election by John Greenway.
Background
In the spring of 1986 unemployment began rising at a greater rate than in previous years and the Conservative loss at Ryedale was a factor in "even committed supporters of the Government's economic strategy...insisting that reducing unemployment should now have priority".[1]
Result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | Elizabeth Shields | 27,612 | 50.28 | +19.8 | |
| Conservative | Neil Balfour | 22,672 | 41.28 | -17.9 | |
| Labour | Shirley Haines | 4,633 | 8.44 | -1.9 | |
| Majority | 4,940 | 9.00 | |||
| Turnout | 54,917 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | 19%[3] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Spence | 33,312 | 59.2 | ||
| SDP–Liberal Alliance (Liberal) | Elizabeth Shields | 17,170 | 30.5 | ||
| Labour | P Bloom | 5,816 | 10.3 | ||
| Majority | 16,142 | 28.7 | - | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thirsk and Malton (UK Parliament constituency)
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
Notes
- ↑ Nigel Lawson, The View from No. 11. Memoirs of a Tory Radical (Bantam, 1992), p. 641.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
- ↑ Chris Cook and John Ramsden (eds.), By-elections in British Politics (Routledge, 1997), p. 11.
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