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1986 Ryedale by-election
1986 UK parliamentary by-election
1986 UK parliamentary by-election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1986 Ryedale by-election | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| country | United Kingdom | |
| seats_for_election | Constituency of Ryedale | |
| ongoing | no | |
| previous_election | 1983 United Kingdom general election | |
| previous_year | 1983 | |
| election_date | 8 May 1986 | |
| candidate1 | Elizabeth Shields | |
| image1 | [[File:ElizabethShields.jpg | x160px]] |
| party1 | Liberal Party (UK) | |
| popular_vote1 | 27,612 | |
| percentage1 | 50.3% | |
| swing1 | 19.8% | |
| candidate2 | Neil Balfour | |
| image2 | Con | |
| party2 | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| popular_vote2 | 22,672 | |
| percentage2 | 41.3% | |
| swing2 | 17.9% | |
| candidate3 | Shirley Haines | |
| image3 | Lab | |
| party3 | Labour Party (UK) | |
| popular_vote3 | 4,633 | |
| percentage3 | 8.4% | |
| swing3 | 1.9% | |
| title | MP | |
| posttitle | Subsequent MP | |
| before_election | John Spence | |
| before_party | Conservative Party (UK) | |
| after_election | Elizabeth Shields | |
| after_party | Liberal Party (UK) | |
| turnout | 67.3% (4.5%) | |
| next_election | 1987 United Kingdom general election | |
| next_year | 1987 |
The 1986 Ryedale by-election took place on 8 May 1986. The election was held on the same day as the 1986 local elections and the West Derbyshire by-election
It is the latest by-election to have just three candidates standing.
The seat was regained by the Conservatives the next year at the 1987 general election by John Greenway.
Background
In the spring of 1986 unemployment began rising at a greater rate than in previous years and the Conservative loss at Ryedale was a factor (according to Nigel Lawson) in "even committed supporters of the Government's economic strategy...insisting that reducing unemployment should now have priority".
Result
Previous general election
References
References
- Nigel Lawson, ''The View from No. 11. Memoirs of a Tory Radical'' (Bantam, 1992), p. 641.
- Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983-87 Parliament".
- Chris Cook and John Ramsden (eds.), ''By-elections in British Politics'' (Routledge, 1997), p. 11.
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