1999 Eddisbury by-election
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The 1999 Eddisbury by-election was a
.On 25 May 1999 the
The 1999 British cabinet reshuffle was delayed by a week following Labour's unexpected success in the by-election.[1]
Candidates
The Conservatives selected Stephen O'Brien, a former SDP member who lived in Chichester, to defend the seat. Labour nominated Margaret Hanson, wife of David Hanson (Labour MP for Delyn), who had also fought the seat at the 1997 election. Labour had been only just over 1,000 votes behind the Conservatives in 1997 and ran an energetic campaign, raising the issue of fox hunting which she pledged to ban. Prime Minister Tony Blair went to the constituency to campaign for her, an unusual move as it is convention for incumbent Prime Ministers not to visit byelection campaigns.
Polling day was 22 July and the result was a virtual carbon copy of that in 1997; each party had fought to a standstill.
Opinion polling
Date(s) conducted |
Pollster | Client | Sample size |
Con | Lab | Lib Dem | Others | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 Jul 1999 | 1999 by-election | – | 44.8% | 40.2% | 13.8% | 1.2% | 4.6% | |
13 Jul 1999 | Ipsos | N/A | 500 | 38% | 42% | 17% | 3% | 4% |
1 May 1997 | 1997 general election | – | 42.5% | 40.1% | 13.2% | 4.2% | 2.4% |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen O'Brien | 15,465 | 44.8 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Margaret Hanson | 13,859 | 40.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Roberts | 4,757 | 13.8 | +0.6 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Alan Hope | 238 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent | Roger Everest | 98 | 0.3 | New | |
Natural Law | Dinah Grice | 80 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,606 | 4.6 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,497 | 51.4 | -24.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alastair Goodlad | 21,027 | 42.5 | ||
Labour | Margaret Hanson | 19,842 | 40.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Reaper | 6,540 | 13.2 | ||
Referendum | Norine Napier | 2,041 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 1,185 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 49,450 | 75.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
References
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1997-2002 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 5 October 2015.