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  UK Parliament - Beckenham - By-election
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Parents > United Kingdom > England > London > London > Beckenham
OfficeParliament
HonorificMember of Parliament - Abbr: MP
Type Special Election
Filing Deadline 00, 0000 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 20, 1997 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 20, 1997 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start November 21, 1997 - 12:00pm
Term End June 07, 2001 - 12:00pm
ContributorRalphie
Last ModifiedRBH November 17, 2021 11:23pm
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Description Campion sought election as the candidate of the ‘Social Foundation Party’ which he had formed, and which was allied to a pressure group called the Cheltenham Group of which he was the Director. The Cheltenham Group had been formed in April 1994 to campaign for a conservative social policy.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyConservative Won05/01/1997
NamePiers Merchant Votes23,084 (42.47%)
Term05/02/1997 - 10/21/1997 Margin4,953 (+9.11%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyConservative Won06/07/2001
NameJacqui Lait Votes20,618 (45.25%)
Term06/13/2001 - 04/11/2005 Margin4,959 (+10.88%)
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Name MP Jacqui Lait Robert N. Hughes Rosemary Vetterlein Phil Rimmer John McAuley Leonard Mead John Campion
PartyConservative Labour Liberal Democrats Liberal National Front Referendum Independent
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Certified Votes 13,162 (41.25%) 11,935 (37.40%) 5,864 (18.38%) 330 (1.03%) 267 (0.84%) 237 (0.74%) 69 (0.22%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -1,227 (-3.85%) -7,298 (-22.87%) -12,832 (-40.22%) -12,895 (-40.41%) -12,925 (-40.51%) -13,093 (-41.03%)
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Name John Small  
PartyNatural Law  
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Certified Votes 44 (0.14%)  
Margin-13,118 (-41.11%)  
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