List of United Kingdom by-elections (1979–2010)

This is a list of UK by-elections, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, yellow for a Liberal, SDP or Liberal Democrat gain, orange for a SNP gain, green for a Plaid Cymru gain and grey for any other gain.

By-elections

54th Parliament (2005 - )
By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Bromley and Chislehurst	29 June 2006	Eric Forth style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Bob Neill style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death (cancer)
Blaenau Gwent	29 June 2006	Peter Law style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	Dai Davies style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |	Independent	Death (cancer)
Dunfermline and West Fife	February 9 2006	Rachel Squire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Willie Rennie style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death (cancer/stroke)
Livingston	29 September 2005	Robin Cook style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Jim Devine style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (heart disease)
Cheadle	14 July 2005	Patsy Calton style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death (cancer)
53rd Parliament (2001 - 2005)
By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Hartlepool	30 September 2004	Peter Mandelson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Iain Wright style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment as European Commissioner
Birmingham Hodge Hill	15 July 2004	Terry Davis style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Liam Byrne style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment as Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
Leicester South 1	15 July 2004	Jim Marshall style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Parmjit Singh Gill style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death (heart attack)
Brent East 2	18 June 2003	Paul Daisley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Sarah Teather style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death (cancer)
Ogmore	14 February 2002	Sir Raymond Powell style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (asthma attack?)
Ipswich	15 October 2001	Jamie Cann style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Chris Mole style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death ("serious illness")
1 Gain not retained at the 2005 UK general election. 2 Gain retained at the 2005 UK general election. 52nd Parliament (1997 - 2001)
By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Falkirk West	21 November 2000	Dennis Canavan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour/Independent 1	Eric Joyce style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Resigned following election to the Scottish Parliament
West Bromwich West	2000	23 November Betty Boothroyd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the British House of Commons" |	Speaker	Adrian Bailey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Life Peerage
Preston	23 November 2000	Audrey Wise style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Mark Hendrick style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (cancer)
Glasgow Anniesland	23 November 2000	Donald Dewar style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	John Robertson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (brain hemorrhage after heart surgery)
South Antrim	21 September 20002	Clifford Forsythe style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	William McCrea style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Death (sudden illness)
Tottenham	22 June 2000	Bernie Grant style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	David Lammy style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (heart attack)
Romsey	4 May 20003	Michael Colvin style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Sandra Gidley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death (accidental fire)
Ceredigion	3 February 2000	Cynog Dafis style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" |	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" |	Plaid Cymru	Resigned following election to the Welsh Assembly
Kensington and Chelsea	25 November 1999	Alan Clark style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Michael Portillo style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death (cancer)
Wigan	23 September 1999	Roger Stott style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Neil Turner style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (long illness)
Hamilton South	24 August 1999	George Robertson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Bill Tynan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Life Peerage upon appointment as Secretary-General of NATO
Eddisbury	22 July 1999	Alastair Goodlad style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Stephen O'Brien style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Appointment as High Commissioner to Australia
Leeds Central	10 June 1999	Derek Fatchett style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Hilary Benn style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (heart attack)
Winchester	20 November 1997	Mark Oaten style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Mark Oaten style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Void election
Beckenham	20 November 1997	Piers Merchant style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Jacqui Lait style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Resignation (Scandal)
Paisley South	6 November 1997	Gordon McMaster style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Douglas Alexander style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (suicide)
Uxbridge	31 July 1997	Sir Michael Shersby style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	John Randall style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death
1 Dennis Canavan was elected as a Labour MP from 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. 2 Gain not retained at the 2001 UK general election. 3 Gain retained at the 2001 UK general election. 51st Parliament (1992 - 1997)
By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Wirral South	27 February 19971	Barry Porter style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Ben Chapman style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Barnsley East	12 December 1996	Terry Patchett style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Jeff Ennis style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
South East Staffordshire	11 April 19961	Sir David Lightbown style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Brian Jenkins style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Hemsworth	1 February 1996	Derek Enright style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Jon Trickett style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Littleborough and Saddleworth	27 July 19952	Geoffrey Dickens style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Chris Davies style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death
North Down	15 June 19951	Sir James Kilfedder style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" |	UPUP	Robert McCartney style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party" |	UK Unionist	Death
Perth and Kinross	25 May 19951	Sir Nicholas Fairbairn style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Roseanna Cunningham style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |	SNP	Death
Islwyn	16 February 1995	Neil Kinnock style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Don Touhig style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment as European Commissioner
Dudley West	15 December 19941	John Blackburn style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Ian Pearson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Monklands East	30 June 1994	John Smith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Helen Liddell style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Newham North East	9 June 1994	Ron Leighton style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Stephen Timms style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Eastleigh	9 June 19941	Stephen Milligan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	David Chidgey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death (misadventure)
Dagenham	9 June 1994	Bryan Gould style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Judith Church style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waikato, New Zealand
Bradford South	9 June 1994	Bob Cryer style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (road accident)
Barking	9 June 1994	Jo Richardson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Margaret Hodge style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Rotherham	5 May 1994	Jimmy Boyce style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Denis MacShane style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Christchurch	29 July 19933	Sir Robert Adley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Diana Maddock style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death
Newbury	6 May 19931	Judith Chaplin style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	David Rendel style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death
1 - Gain retained at the 1997 UK general election. 2 - Littleborough and Saddleworth was abolished in boundary changes taking effect from 1997. Davies contested the successor seat of Oldham East and Saddleworth for the Liberal Democrats but lost to Labour. 3 - Gain not retained at the 1997 UK general election. 50th Parliament (1987 - 1992)
By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Langbaurgh	19911	Richard Holt style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Ashok Kumar style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Kincardine and Deeside	19911	Sir Alick Buchanan-Smith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Nicol Stephen style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death
Hemsworth	1991	George Buckley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Derek Enright style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Liverpool Walton	1991	Eric Heffer style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Monmouth	19911	Sir John Stradling Thomas style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Huw Edwards style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Neath	1991	Donald Coleman style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Peter Hain style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Ribble Valley	19911	David Waddington style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Michael Carr style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Life Peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords
Paisley South	1990	Norman Buchan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Gordon McMaster style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Paisley North	1990	Allen Adams style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Irene Adams style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Bradford North	1990	Pat Wall style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Terry Rooney style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Bootle (Nov)	1990	Mike Carr style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Joseph Benton style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Eastbourne	19901	Ian Gow style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	David Bellotti style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" |	Liberal Democrats	Death (killed by IRA)
Knowsley South	1990	Sean Hughes style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Edward O'Hara style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Bootle (May)	1990	Allan Roberts style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Mike Carr style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Upper Bann	1990	Harold McCusker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	David Trimble style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Death
Mid Staffordshire	19901	John Heddle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Sylvia Heal style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (suicide)
Vauxhall	1989	Stuart Holland style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Kate Hoey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment to the European University Institute, Florence
Glasgow Central	1989	Robert McTaggart style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Michael Watson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Vale of Glamorgan	19891	Sir Raymond Gower style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	John Smith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Richmond	1989	Leon Brittan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	William Hague style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Appointment as European Commissioner
Pontypridd	1989	Brynmor John style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Kim Howells style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Epping Forest	1988	Sir John Biggs-Davison style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Steven Norris style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death
Glasgow Govan	19881	Bruce Millan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Jim Sillars style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" |	SNP	Appointment to European Commission
Kensington	1988	Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, Bt. style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Dudley Fishburn style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death
1 - Gain not retained at the 1992 UK general election. 49th Parliament (1983 - 1987)
By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Truro	1987	David Penhaligon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" |	Liberal	Matthew Taylor style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" |	Liberal	Death (road accident)
Greenwich	19871	Guy Barnett style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Rosie Barnes style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" |	SDP	Death
Knowsley North	1986	Robert Kilroy-Silk style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	George Howarth style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	New BBC TV presenter career
Newcastle-under-Lyme	1986	John Golding style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Llinos Golding style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment as General Secretary of the National Communications Union
Ryedale	19862	John Spence style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Elizabeth Shields style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" |	Liberal	Death
West Derbyshire	1986	Matthew Parris style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Patrick McLoughlin style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Appointment as presenter of LWT program 'Weekend World'
Fulham	19862	Martin Stevens style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Nick Raynsford style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Upper Bann	23 January 1986	Harold McCusker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Harold McCusker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Strangford	23 January 19861	John Taylor style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	John Taylor style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Newry & Armagh	23 January 19861	James Nicholson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seamus Mallon style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2AA82C;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic and Labour Party" |	SDLP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
North Antrim	23 January 1986	Ian Paisley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Ian Paisley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
East Antrim	23 January 1986	Roy Beggs style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Roy Beggs style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
South Antrim	23 January 1986	Clifford Forsythe style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Clifford Forsythe style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Belfast North	23 January 1986	Cecil Walker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Cecil Walker style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Belfast East	23 January 1986	Peter Robinson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Peter Robinson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Belfast South	23 January 1986	Martin Smyth style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Martin Smyth style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
North Down	23 January 1986	James Kilfedder style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" |	UPUP	James Kilfedder style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" |	UPUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
South Down	23 January 19863	Enoch Powell style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Enoch Powell style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Fermanagh & South Tyrone	23 January 1986	Ken Maginnis style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Ken Maginnis style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Lagan Valley	23 January 1986	James Molyneaux style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	James Molyneaux style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
East Londonderry	23 January 1986	William Ross style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	William Ross style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Mid Ulster	23 January 1986	William McCrea style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	William McCrea style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" |	DUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Tyne Bridge	1985	Harry Cowans style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	David Clelland style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Brecon and Radnor	19851	Tom Hooson style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Richard Livsey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" |	Liberal	Death
Enfield Southgate	1984	Sir Anthony Berry style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Michael Portillo style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death (killed by IRA)
Portsmouth South	19842	Bonner Pink style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Michael Hancock style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" |	SDP	Death
South West Surrey	1984	Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Virginia Bottomley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death
Stafford	1984	Sir Hugh Fraser style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Bill Cash style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death
Cynon Valley	1984	Ioan Evans style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Ann Clwyd style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Chesterfield	1984	Eric Varley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Tony Benn style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment as Chairman of Coalite PLC
Penrith and the Border	1983	William Whitelaw style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	David Maclean style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Hereditary Peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords
1 - Gain retained at the 1987 UK general election. 2 - 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 1987 General Election. 48th Parliament (1979 - 1983)
By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Darlington	19831	Edward Fletcher style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Oswald O'Brien style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Bermondsey	19832	Robert Mellish style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour/Ind Labour	Simon Hughes style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" |	Liberal	Resignation (dispute with party)
Glasgow Queens Park	1982	Frank McElhone style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Helen McElhone style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Southwark Peckham	1982	Harry Lamborn style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Harriet Harman style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Birmingham Northfield	19823	Jocelyn Cadbury style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	John Spellar style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death (suicide)
Gower	1982	Ifor Davies style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Gareth Wardell style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Coatbridge and Airdrie	1982	James Dempsey style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Thomas Clarke style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Merton, Mitcham and Morden	19824	Bruce Douglas-Mann style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour/Ind SDP	Angela Rumbold style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Seeks re-election upon change of party allegiance
Beaconsfield	1982	Sir Ronald Bell style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Tim Smith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death
Glasgow Hillhead	19822	Sir Thomas Galbraith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Roy Jenkins style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" |	SDP	Death
Belfast South	1982	Robert Bradford style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Martin Smyth style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" |	UUP	Death (killed by IRA)
Crosby	19813	Sir Graham Page style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Shirley Williams style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" |	SDP	Death
Croydon North West	19813	Robert Taylor style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Bill Pitt style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" |	Liberal	Death
Fermanagh & South Tyrone	19815	Bobby Sands style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" |	Anti H-Block	Owen Carron style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" |	Anti H-Block	Death (hunger strike)
Warrington	1981	Sir Thomas Williams style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Douglas Hoyle style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Appointment as High Court Judge
Fermanagh & South Tyrone	19815	Frank Maguire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #d1ffb2;" data-sort-value="Independent Republican (Ireland)" |	Ind. Republican	Bobby Sands style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" |	Anti H-Block	Death
Glasgow Central	1980	Thomas McMillan style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Robert McTaggart style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Death
Southend East	19802	Sir Stephen McAdden style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Teddy Taylor style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Death
South West Hertfordshire	1979	Geoffrey Dodsworth style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Richard Page style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" |	Conservative	Resignation on medical advice
Manchester Central	1979	Harold Lever style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Robert Litherland style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" |	Labour	Life Peerage
1 - Oswald O'Brien retained the seat for Labour in the by-election but lost it to the Conservatives in the 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. 4 - Mitcham and Morden was the last time an incumbent government gained a seat from the opposition in a by-election. 5 - 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.

Other notable by-elections

A selection of notable by-elections are listed:

• Oldham by-election, 1899: Winston Churchill's first candidacy (he lost).

References

• United Kingdom Election Results (David Boothroyd)
• United Kingdom Elections (Keele University)
• British Parliamentary By-Elections since 1945
• List of MPs since 1660
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1832-1987