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1991 Monmouth by-election
UK parliamentary by-election
UK parliamentary by-election
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1991 Monmouth by-election | |
| type | parliamentary | |
| country | Wales | |
| seats_for_election | Constituency of Monmouth | |
| ongoing | no | |
| previous_election | 1987 United Kingdom general election | |
| previous_year | 1987 | |
| election_date | 16 May 1991 | |
| candidate1 | **Huw Edwards** | |
| image1 | [[File:Huw Edwards 18.06.19 2 (3x4 crop).jpg | x160px]] |
| party1 | Welsh Labour | |
| popular_vote1 | **17,733** | |
| percentage1 | **39.3%** | |
| swing1 | 11.6% | |
| candidate2 | Roger Evans | |
| image2 | **Con** | |
| party2 | Welsh Conservatives | |
| popular_vote2 | 15,327 | |
| percentage2 | 34.0% | |
| swing2 | 13.5% | |
| candidate3 | Frances David | |
| image3 | **LD** | |
| party3 | Welsh Liberal Democrats | |
| popular_vote3 | 11,164 | |
| percentage3 | 24.8% | |
| swing3 | 0.8% | |
| title | MP | |
| posttitle | Subsequent MP | |
| before_election | John Stradling Thomas | |
| before_party | Welsh Conservatives | |
| after_election | Huw Edwards | |
| after_party | Welsh Labour | |
| turnout | 75.8% ( 5.0%) | |
| next_election | 1992 United Kingdom general election | |
| next_year | 1992 | |
| map_size | 200px |
The 1991 Monmouth by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Monmouth in Wales on 16 May 1991. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Huw Edwards.
Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir John Stradling Thomas had died at the age of 65 on 29 March 1991. He had held the seat since the 1970 general election.
Electoral history
|reg. electors = 58,468
Candidates
The Conservative candidate was 44-year-old Roger Evans. The Labour Party candidate was 38-year-old Huw Edwards.
Result
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Huw Edwards, who took the seat on a swing of 12.6%.
However, he was unseated at the 1992 general election by his defeated Conservative opponent Roger Evans, who held the seat until Edwards regained it in the Labour landslide at the 1997 general election.
|reg. electors = 59,460
Notes
References
References
- "Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
- Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament".
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