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1988 Epping Forest by-election

1988 UK Parliamentary by-election

1988 UK Parliamentary by-election

FieldValue
election_name1988 Epping Forest by-election
typeparliamentary
countryUnited Kingdom
seats_for_electionConstituency of Epping Forest
ongoingno
previous_election1987 United Kingdom general election
previous_year1987
election_date15 December 1988
candidate1**Steven Norris**
image1[[File:Steven Norris (3x4 crop).jpgx160px]]
party1Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote1**13,183**
percentage1**39.5%**
swing1**21.5%**
candidate2Andrew Thompson
image2**SLD**
party2Social and Liberal Democrats
popular_vote28,679
percentage226.0%
swing26.6%
candidate4Stephen Murray
image4**Lab**
party4Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote46,261
percentage418.7%
swing40.4%
candidate5Michael Pettman
image5**SDP**
party5Social Democratic Party (UK, 1988)
popular_vote54,077
percentage512.2%
swing5
titleMP
posttitleSubsequent MP
before_electionJohn Biggs-Davison
before_partyConservative Party (UK)
after_electionSteven Norris
after_partyConservative Party (UK)
turnout49.1% ( 27.2%)
next_election1992 United Kingdom general election
next_year1992

A by-election was held in the British House of Commons constituency of Epping Forest on 15 December 1988, following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir John Biggs-Davison. The result was a hold for the Conservative Party.

Candidates

Steven Norris was the Conservative candidate. Norris had been elected to serve as MP for Oxford East at the 1983 general election but had lost the seat in 1987. His opponent from the Labour Party was Stephen Murray. Andrew Thompson was chosen as the candidate for the recently formed Social and Liberal Democrats. Thompson had been a founder member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and had served as a councillor in the local area since 1984. His main campaign issues were saving a local hospital from closure and defending the green belt status of Epping Forest.

The rump SDP, which had rejected the merger with the Liberal Party, also put forward a candidate, Michael Pettman. Pettman, a solicitor and local councillor, had been the candidate for the SDP in Epping Forest at the 1983 general election. Both the Green Party, represented by Andrew Simms and the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, represented by party leader and serial election candidate David Sutch, contested the election as well. Sutch stood under the name "Monster Raving Loony - Liberal Birthday Party" in this election.

Tina Wingfield stood under the designation of "Independent National Front" although at the time she was actually a member of the National Council of the Flag Group, a breakaway party from the NF. Other candidates were Jackie Moore for the Rainbow Alliance (who added the name Change the World to her party designation) and Brian Goodier, who stood as the "Vote no Belsen for South Africans" candidate.

Result

Candidate Brian Goodier misspelt Belson on his nomination paper.

References

References

  1. "Result".
  2. "Election literature".
  3. [http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/Owen/lists/d7093a7.html The David Owen papers] {{Webarchive. link. (27 July 2011 , available as a [sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/Owen/book/PART6.DOC Word Document])
  4. N. Copsey, ''Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy'', Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 46
  5. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament".
  6. "Epping Forest 1988".
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