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  UK Parliament - Crosby - By-election
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OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type By-election
Filing Deadline 00, 1981 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 26, 1981 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Close November 26, 1981 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start November 27, 1981 - 12:00pm
Term End May 13, 1983 - 12:00pm
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedRBH May 26, 2017 05:17am
Data Sources[Link]
Description By-election held due to the Death of Sir Graham Page on 1st October 1981.

*Williams stood as 'SDP-Liberal Alliance'

*Tarquin Biscuit-Barrel stood as 'Cambridge University Raving Loony Society' having changed his name by Deed Poll from John Desmond Lewis to Tarquin Fintim-Limbim-Whimbim-Lim Bus Stop-F'Tang-F'Tang-Olé-Biscuit-Barrel. (This name originates from a Monty Python sketch "Election Night Special".)

*Keen stood as 'Conservative-Liberal Alliance'
*Boaks stood as 'Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident'.
*John Kennedy stood as 'Middlesex Polytechnic Suspended Students'
*Potter stood as 'Humanitarian'
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyConservative Won05/03/1979
NameGraham Page Votes34,768 (56.95%)
Term05/04/1979 - 10/01/1981 Margin19,272 (+31.56%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
PartyConservative Won06/09/1983
NameMalcolm Thornton Votes30,604 (47.20%)
Term06/10/1983 - 06/11/1987 Margin3,401 (+5.25%)
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Name Paymaster General Shirley Williams John V. C. Butcher John Backhouse Richard Small Tarquin Biscuit-Barrel Thomas Keen William "Bill" Boaks
PartySocial Democratic Conservative Labour Ecology Independent Independent Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident
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Uncertified Votes 28,118 (49.07%) 22,829 (39.84%) 5,450 (9.51%) 480 (0.84%) 223 (0.39%) 99 (0.17%) 36 (0.06%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,289 (-9.23%) -22,668 (-39.56%) -27,638 (-48.24%) -27,895 (-48.68%) -28,019 (-48.90%) -28,082 (-49.01%)
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Name John Kennedy Donald Potter  
PartyIndependent Independent  
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Uncertified Votes 31 (0.05%) 31 (0.05%)  
Margin-28,087 (-49.02%) -28,087 (-49.02%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%  
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