Eastleigh by-election, 1994

Eastleigh by-election, 1994

The Eastleigh by-election, 1994 was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 June 1994 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire. The seat had fallen vacant because of the death of Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen Milligan on 7 February.

The result of the election was a gain for the Liberal Democrats on a large swing. A disastrous result for the Conservative Party saw them fall to third place.

Votes

Election box begin
title=Eastleigh by-election, 1994
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Chidgey
votes = 24,473
percentage = 44.3
change = +16.3
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marilyn Birks
votes = 15,234
percentage = 27.6
change = +6.8
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Allison
votes = 13,675
percentage = 24.7
change = -26.5
Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Nigel Farage
votes = 952
percentage = 1.7
change = N/A
Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = David Sutch
votes = 783
percentage = 1.4
change = N/A
Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = P Warburton
votes = 145
percentage = 0.3
change = N/A
Election box majority
votes = 9,239
percentage = 16.7
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 55,262
percentage = 58.7
change = +24.2
Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −16.8

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: Eastleigh
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Milligan
votes = 38,998
percentage = 51.3
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Chidgey
votes = 21,296
percentage = 28.0
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jo Sugrue
votes = 15,768
percentage = 20.7
change =
Election box majority
votes = 17,702
percentage = 23.3
change =
Election box turnout
votes = 76,062
percentage = 82.9
change =
Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

* List of United Kingdom by-elections
* Eastleigh constituency
* The town of Eastleigh


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