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A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996, following the death the previous December of the sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lightbown.
The result was a Labour gain from the Conservatives with a large swing. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Jenkins | 26,155 | 60.1 | +22.0 | |
Conservative | Timothy James | 12,393 | 28.5 | –22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janette Davy | 2,042 | 4.7 | –4.9 | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,272 | 2.9 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 506 | 1.2 | New | |
National Democrats | Sharron Edwards | 358 | 0.8 | New | |
Liberal | Steven Mountford | 332 | 0.8 | New | |
Churchill Conservative | Leslie Tucker | 123 | 0.3 | New | |
L!VE TV | News Bunny | 85 | 0.2 | New | |
Daily Loonylugs Earring Up the World | Tony Samuelson | 80 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | David Lucas | 53 | 0.1 | New | |
Action Against Crime | Frederick Sandy | 53 | 0.1 | New | |
Restoration of Death Penalty | Alan Wood | 45 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,762 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,497 | 62.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +22.1 |
News Bunny was a character on the cable channel Live TV. The candidate was an employee of the channel who changed his name for the purposes of the election.
The ballot paper description of the candidate N Samuelson was "Daily Loonylugs Earing Up the World". [2]
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Turnout | 62% | ||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996, following the death the previous December of the sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lightbown.
The result was a Labour gain from the Conservatives with a large swing. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian Jenkins | 26,155 | 60.1 | +22.0 | |
Conservative | Timothy James | 12,393 | 28.5 | –22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janette Davy | 2,042 | 4.7 | –4.9 | |
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 1,272 | 2.9 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 506 | 1.2 | New | |
National Democrats | Sharron Edwards | 358 | 0.8 | New | |
Liberal | Steven Mountford | 332 | 0.8 | New | |
Churchill Conservative | Leslie Tucker | 123 | 0.3 | New | |
L!VE TV | News Bunny | 85 | 0.2 | New | |
Daily Loonylugs Earring Up the World | Tony Samuelson | 80 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | David Lucas | 53 | 0.1 | New | |
Action Against Crime | Frederick Sandy | 53 | 0.1 | New | |
Restoration of Death Penalty | Alan Wood | 45 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,762 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,497 | 62.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +22.1 |
News Bunny was a character on the cable channel Live TV. The candidate was an employee of the channel who changed his name for the purposes of the election.
The ballot paper description of the candidate N Samuelson was "Daily Loonylugs Earing Up the World". [2]