List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–2010): Difference between revisions

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* ¹ [[Dennis Canavan]] was elected as a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP from [[United Kingdom general election, 1974 (February)|1974]] onwards but in [[1999]] left the party when he was not selected as a Labour candidate for the [[Scottish Parliament]] and instead successfully stood as an Independent.

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===[[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1992|51st Parliament]] (1992 - 1997)===

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!By-election !! YearDate !! Incumbent !! colspan=2 | Party !! Winner !! colspan=2 | Party !! Cause !! Retained

|- bgcolor=pink

|[[Wirral South by-election, 1997|Wirral South]]

|[[27 February]] [[1997]]¹

|[[Barry Porter]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|-

|[[Barnsley East by-election, 1996|Barnsley East]]

|[[12 December]] [[1996]]

|[[Terry Patchett]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[South East Staffordshire by-election, 1996|South East Staffordshire]]

|Seat[[11 abolishedApril]] 1996¹

|1996

|Sir [[David Lightbown]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

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|[[Hemsworth by-election, 1996|Hemsworth]]

|[[1 February]] 1996

|[[Derek Enright]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Littleborough and Saddleworth by-election, 1995|Littleborough and Saddleworth]]

|[[27 July]] [[1995]]²

|[[Geoffrey Dickens]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Death

|Seat abolished ¹

|- bgcolor="#c0c0c0"

|[[North Down by-election, 1995|North Down]]

|[[15 June]] 1995¹

|1995

|Sir [[James Kilfedder]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|UK Unionist Party}}

|Death

|Yes

|- bgcolor=orange

|[[Perth and Kinross by-election, 1995|Perth and Kinross]]

|[[25 May]] 1995¹

|1995

|Sir [[Nicholas Fairbairn]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}

|Death

|Yes

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|[[Islwyn by-election, 1995|Islwyn]]

|[[16 February]] 1995

|[[Neil Kinnock]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Dudley West by-election, 1994|Dudley West]]

|[[15 December]] [[1994]]¹

|[[John Blackburn]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|-

|[[Monklands East by-election, 1994|Monklands East]]

|[[30 June]] 1994

|[[John Smith (UK politician)|John Smith]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Newham North East by-election, 1994|Newham North East]]

|[[9 June]] 1994

|[[Ron Leighton]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Eastleigh by-election, 1994|Eastleigh]]

|[[9 June]] 1994¹

|1994

|[[Stephen Milligan]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Death (misadventure)

|Yes

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|[[Dagenham by-election, 1994|Dagenham]]

|[[9 June]] 1994

|[[Bryan Gould]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Bradford South by-election, 1994|Bradford South]]

|[[9 June]] 1994

|[[Bob Cryer]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Barking by-election, 1994|Barking]]

|[[9 June]] 1994

|[[Jo Richardson]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Rotherham by-election, 1994|Rotherham]]

|[[5 May]] 1994

|[[Jimmy Boyce]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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|[[Christchurch by-election, 1993|Christchurch]]

|[[29 July]] [[1993]]³

|Sir [[Robert Adley]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Newbury by-election, 1993|Newbury]]

|[[6 May]] 1993¹

|1993

|[[Judith Chaplin]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

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*¹ - Gain retained at the [[1997 UK general election]].

* ¹² - [[Littleborough and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Littleborough and Saddleworth]] was abolished in boundary changes taking effect from 1997. Davies contested the successor seat of [[Oldham East and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham East and Saddleworth]] for the [[Liberal Democrats]] but lost to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]].

*³ - Gain not retained at the 1997 UK general election.

===[[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1987|50th Parliament]] (1987 - 1992)===

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!By-election !! YearDate !! Incumbent !! colspan=2 | Party !! Winner !! colspan=2 | Party !! Cause !! Retained

|- bgcolor=pink

|[[Langbaurgh by-election, 1991|Langbaurgh]]

|[[1991]]¹

|[[Richard Holt]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Kincardine and Deeside by-election, 1991|Kincardine and Deeside]]

|1991¹

|Sir [[Alick Buchanan-Smith]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|-

|[[Hemsworth by-election, 1991|Hemsworth]]

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|[[Monmouth by-election, 1991|Monmouth]]

|1991¹

|Sir [[John Stradling Thomas]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|-

|[[Neath by-election, 1991|Neath]]

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|[[Ribble Valley by-election, 1991|Ribble Valley]]

|1991¹

|[[David Waddington, Baron Waddington|David Waddington]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|[[Life Peerage]] on appointment as [[Leader of the House of Lords]]

|No

|-

|[[Paisley South by-election, 1990|Paisley South]]

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|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Eastbourne by-election, 1990|Eastbourne]]

|1990¹

|[[Ian Gow]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}

|Death (killed by IRA)

|No

|-

|[[Knowsley South by-election, 1990|Knowsley South]]

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Death

|Yes

|- bgcolor=pink

|[[Mid Staffordshire by-election, 1990|Mid Staffordshire]]

|1990¹

|[[John Heddle]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death (suicide)

|No

|-

|[[Vauxhall by-election, 1989|Vauxhall]]

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|[[Vale of Glamorgan by-election, 1989|Vale of Glamorgan]]

|1989¹

|Sir [[Raymond Gower]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|-

|[[Richmond by-election, 1989|Richmond]]

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|[[Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988|Glasgow Govan]]

|[[1988]]¹

|[[Bruce Millan]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Scottish National Party}}

|Appointment to European Commission

|No

|-

|[[Kensington by-election, 1988|Kensington]]

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|Death

|-

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* ¹ - Gain not retained at the [[1992 UK general election]].

===[[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1983|49th Parliament]] (1983 - 1987)===

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!By-election !! YearDate !! Incumbent !! colspan=2 | Party !! Winner !! colspan=2 | Party !! Cause !! Retained

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|[[Truro by-election, 1987|Truro]]

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|[[Greenwich by-election, 1987|Greenwich]]

|1987¹

|[[Guy Barnett (UK politician)|Guy Barnett]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|-

|[[Knowsley North by-election, 1986|Knowsley North]]

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|[[Llinos Golding]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Appointment as General Secretary of the [[National Communications Union]]

|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Ryedale by-election, 1986|Ryedale]]

|1986²

|[[John Spence]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|-

|[[West Derbyshire by-election, 1986|West Derbyshire]]

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|[[Fulham by-election, 1986|Fulham]]

|1986²

|[[Martin Stevens]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|-

|[[Upper Bann by-election, 1986|Upper Bann]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Harold McCusker]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[Strangford by-election, 1986|Strangford]]

|[[23 January]] 1986¹

|1986

|[[John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney|John Taylor]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|- bgcolor="#c0c0c0"

|[[Newry & Armagh by-election, 1986|Newry & Armagh]]

|[[23 January]] 1986¹

|1986

|[[James Nicholson]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[North Antrim by-election, 1986|North Antrim]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Ian Paisley]]

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[East Antrim by-election, 1986|East Antrim]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Roy Beggs]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[South Antrim by-election, 1986|South Antrim]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Clifford Forsythe]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[Belfast North by-election, 1986|Belfast North]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Cecil Walker]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[Belfast East by-election, 1986|Belfast East]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Peter Robinson (politician)|Peter Robinson]]

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[Belfast South by-election, 1986|Belfast South]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Martin Smyth]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[North Down by-election, 1986|North Down]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[James Kilfedder]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Popular Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[South Down by-election, 1986|South Down]]

|[[23 January]] 1986³

|1986

|[[Enoch Powell]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|No ¹

|-

|[[Fermanagh & South Tyrone by-election, 1986|Fermanagh & South Tyrone]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[Ken Maginnis]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[Lagan Valley by-election, 1986|Lagan Valley]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[James Molyneaux]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[East Londonderyy by-election, 1986|East Londonderry]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[William Ross]]

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[Mid Ulster by-election, 1986|Mid Ulster]]

|[[23 January]] 1986

|[[William McCrea (politician)|William McCrea]]

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

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{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

|Seeks re-election in opposition to the [[Anglo-Irish Agreement]]

|Yes

|-

|[[Tyne Bridge by-election, 1985|Tyne Bridge]]

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|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Brecon and Radnor by-election, 1985|Brecon and Radnor]]

|1985¹

|[[Tom Hooson]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|-

|[[Enfield Southgate by-election, 1984|Enfield Southgate]]

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|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Portsmouth South by-election, 1984|Portsmouth South]]

|1984²

|[[Bonner Pink]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|-

|[[South West Surrey by-election, 1984|South West Surrey]]

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|[[Tony Benn]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Appointment as Chairman of [[Coalite]] PLC

|-

|[[Penrith and the Border by-election, 1983|Penrith and the Border]]

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|[[Hereditary Peerage]] on appointment as [[Leader of the House of Lords]]

|-

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* ¹ - Gain retained at the [[1987 UK general election]].

* ¹² - Gain not retained at the 1987 UK general election.

* ³ - [[Enoch Powell]] retained the seat for the Ulster Unionists in the by-election but lost it to the [[Social Democratic and Labour Party]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987 General Election]].

===[[MPs elected in the UK general election, 1979|48th Parliament]] (1979 - 1983)===

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!By-election !! YearDate !! Incumbent !! colspan=2 | Party !! Winner !! colspan=2 | Party !! Cause !! Retained

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|[[Darlington by-election, 1983|Darlington]]

|[[1983]]¹

|[[Edward Fletcher]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No ¹

|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Bermondsey by-election, 1983|Bermondsey]]

|1983²

|[[Robert Mellish, Baron Mellish|Robert Mellish]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}/Ind Labour

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}

|Resignation (dispute with party)

|Yes

|-

|[[Glasgow Queens Park by-election, 1982|Glasgow Queens Park]]

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Seat Abolished

|-

|[[Southwark Peckham by-election, 1982|Southwark Peckham]]

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|- bgcolor=pink

|[[Birmingham Northfield by-election, 1982|Birmingham Northfield]]

|1982³

|[[Jocelyn Cadbury]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}

|Death (suicide)

|No

|-

|[[Gower by-election, 1982|Gower]]

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|- bgcolor=lightblue

|[[Merton, Mitcham and Morden by-election, 1982|Merton, Mitcham and Morden]]

|1982⁴

|[[Bruce Douglas-Mann]]

{{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}/Ind SDP

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{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Seeks re-election upon change of party allegiance

|Yes ²

|-

|[[Beaconsfield by-election, 1982|Beaconsfield]]

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{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1982|Glasgow Hillhead]]

|1982²

|Sir [[Tam Galbraith|Thomas Galbraith]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|-

|[[Belfast South by-election, 1982|Belfast South]]

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{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

|Death (killed by IRA)

|Yes

|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Crosby by-election, 1981|Crosby]]

|[[1981]]³

|Sir [[Graham Page]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|- bgcolor=yellow

|[[Croydon North West by-election, 1981|Croydon North West]]

|1981³

|[[Robert Taylor (UK politician)|Robert Taylor]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Liberal Party (UK)}}

|Death

|No

|-

|[[Fermanagh & South Tyrone by-election, 1981 (August)|Fermanagh & South Tyrone]]

|1981⁵

|[[Bobby Sands]]

{{Party name with colour|Anti H-Block}}

|[[Owen Carron]]

{{Party name with colour|Anti H-Block}}

|Death (Hungerhunger Strikestrike)

|No ³

|-

|[[Warrington by-election, 1981|Warrington]]

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|- bgcolor="#c0c0c0"

|[[Fermanagh & South Tyrone by-election, 1981 (April)|Fermanagh & South Tyrone]]

|1981⁵

|[[Frank Maguire]]

{{Party name with colour|Independent Republican (Ireland)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Anti H-Block}}

|Death

|No ³

|-

|[[Glasgow Central by-election, 1980|Glasgow Central]]

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|-

|[[Southend East by-election, 1980|Southend East]]

|1980²

|Sir [[Stephen McAdden]]

{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

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{{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}

|Death

|Yes

|-

|[[South West Hertfordshire by-election, 1979|South West Hertfordshire]]

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|[[Life Peerage]]

|-

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* ¹¹ - [[Oswald O'Brien]] retained the seat for Labour in the by-election but lost it to the Conservatives in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983 General Election]] only 11 weeks later.

* ² - Gain retained at the 1983 UK general election.

* ³ - Gain not retained at the 1983 UK general election.

* ¹ - [[Oswald O'Brien]] retained the seat for Labour in the by-election but lost it to the Conservatives in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983 General Election]] only 11 weeks later.

* ²⁴ - Mitcham and Morden was the last time an incumbent government gained a seat from the opposition in a by-election.

* ³⁵ - Following Sands' death, [[Owen Carron]] retained the seat for Anti H-Block in the second by-election and defended it as [[Sinn Féin]] in the 1983 General Election but lost to the Ulster Unionists.

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