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UK Parliament - Chesterfield - By-election
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Office | Parliament |
Honorific | Member of Parliament - Abbr: MP |
Type | By-election |
Filing Deadline | 00, 1984 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | March 01, 1984 - 01:00am Central |
Polls Close | March 01, 1984 - 01:00pm Central |
Term Start | March 02, 1984 - 12:00pm |
Term End | June 11, 1987 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | RBH |
Last Modified | RBH November 26, 2019 05:44pm |
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Bentley sought election as a 'Four-Wheel Drive Hatchback Road Safety' candidate.
Davey opposed increased charges for National Health Service dental work.
Layton was the candidate of the 'Spare the Earth Ecology Party', which he had formed.
Anscomb advocated that freight transport should be by rail instead of roads, because of the improvement in safety for road users that would result.
Bardwaj sought election as a 'Yoga and Meditation' candidate.
Butler owned a furniture shop in Thame, Oxfordshire, and campaigned under the slogan 'A Chesterfield for Chesterfield'.
Nicholls-Jones described himself as an 'Independent (The Welshman)' candidate.
Shaw owned a shop in London selling Elvis Presley goods called 'Elvisly Yours'. He was the candidate of the 'Elvisly Yours Elvis Presley Party', which he had formed.
Hill sought election as a 'Prisoner: I am not a number' candidate. This was a reference to the ITC Television series 'The Prisoner'.
Piccaro was the candidate of the 'Acne Party', which he had formed..
Cahill advocated that 'The Sun' newspaper be reclassified as a comic.
Connell sought election as a 'Peace Candidate'.
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Party | Labour |
Won | 06/11/1987 |
Name | Tony Benn |
Votes | 24,532 (45.46%) |
Term | 06/12/1987 - 04/09/1992 |
Margin | 8,577 (+15.90%) |
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John Davey |
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Uncertified Votes | 24,633 (46.48%) |
18,369 (34.66%) |
8,028 (15.15%) |
1,355 (2.56%) |
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Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
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Helen Anscomb |
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Donald Butler |
Paul Nicholls-Jones |
Sid Shaw |
Christopher Hill |
Party | Spare the Earth |
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Margin | -24,587 (-46.40%) |
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