West Derbyshire by-election, 1986

The 1986 Derbyshire West by-election occurred when the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Matthew Parris, took the Chiltern Hundreds and resigned, in order to become the presenter of Weekend World for ITV.

Despite a large swing away from him, Patrick McLoughlin of the Conservative Party beat the Liberal Party candidate by 100 votes.

West Derbyshire by-election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick McLoughlin	19,896	39.5	-16.3
	Liberal	Christopher Walmsley	19,796	39.4	+12.3
	Labour	William Moore	9,952	19.8	+2.7
	Rainbow Alliance Loony Crocodile Tears	Christopher Sidwell	348	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Robert Goodall	289	0.6	N/A
Majority			100	0.1
Turnout				71.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

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1984	March: Chesterfield • May: Cynon Valley • South West Surrey • Stafford • June: Portsmouth South • December: Enfield Southgate

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1986	January: Belfast East • Belfast North • Belfast South • East Antrim • East Londonderry • Fermanagh & South Tyrone • Lagan Valley • Mid Ulster • Newry & Armagh • North Antrim • North Down • South Antrim • South Down • Strangford • Upper Bann • April: Fulham • May: Ryedale • West Derbyshire • July: Newcastle-under-Lyme • November: Knowsley North

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