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1994 Newham North East by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1994 Newham North East by-election
type	parliamentary
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of Newham North East
ongoing	no
previous_election	1992 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1992
next_election	1997 United Kingdom general election
next_year	1997
election_date	9 June 1994
candidate1	Stephen Timms
image1	[[File:Stephen Timms portrait (3x4 crop).jpg	x160px]]
party1	Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote1	14,688
percentage1	74.97%
swing1	16.64%
candidate2	Philip Hammond
image2	[[File:PhilipHammond2 (3x4 crop).jpg	x160px]]
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote2	2,850
percentage2	14.55%
swing2	15.96%
map_caption	Map showing the Tottenham constituency within Greater London.
title	MP
before_election	Ron Leighton
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_election	Stephen Timms
after_party	Labour Party (UK)

The 1994 Newham North East by-election, in London Borough of Newham, on 9 June 1994 was held after long-serving Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Ron Leighton died. A safe Labour seat, it was won by Stephen Timms, who would go on to retain the East Ham seat which replaced it in 1997.

Candidates

Richard Archer was the Natural Law Party candidate. He was also a candidate for the party in the European elections of the same year in the London North East constituency.
Vida Garman, a pornographic model, ran as a publicity stunt for the Daily Sport newspaper, which wanted to take advantage of free postage for electoral leaflets.
Philip Hammond was chosen as the Conservative Party candidate. He was director of a medical equipment and the chairman of Lewisham East Conservative Association.
Jo Homeless had changed her name by deed poll in order to contest the election on a campaign of housing the homeless.
Alec Kellaway was the nominated candidate for the Liberal Democrats however immediately prior to the election Kellaway announced that he was leaving the Liberal Democrats and joining the Labour Party. Consequently, there was no official Liberal Democrat standing in the election.
Anthony Scholefield was the candidate for the UK Independence Party.
Stephen Timms, the Labour candidate, had previously served as the leader of the local council for four years.

Result

Previous result

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090822013521/http://geocities.com/by_elections/newhamne.html Full results]
[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/no-headline-present-1.499001 1994 European election results]
Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament".
[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/onehorse-race-for-deprived-city-seat-newham-northeast-labour-candidate-prepares-for-victory-1420052.html One-horse race for deprived city seat: NEWHAM NORTH-EAST: Labour candidate prepares for victory]
Colin Rallings & David Broughton, ''British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1995'', p. 182

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