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1994 Dagenham by-election

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1994 Dagenham by-election

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Constituency of Dagenham
  First party Second party
 
LAB
CON
Candidate Judith Church James Fairrie
Party Labour Conservative
Popular vote 15,474 2,130
Percentage 72.00% 9.91%
Swing Increase 19.74% Decrease 26.38%

  Third party Fourth party
 
LD
BNP
Candidate Peter Dunphy John Tyndall
Party Liberal Democrats BNP
Popular vote 1,804 1,511
Percentage 8.39% 7.03%
Swing Decrease 3.06% N/A

MP before election

Bryan Gould
Labour

Elected MP

Judith Church
Labour

The Dagenham by-election, in Dagenham, on 9 June 1994 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Bryan Gould resigned the seat. A safe Labour seat, it was won by Judith Church, who retained the seat in 1997.[1]

Candidates

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Results

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Dagenham by-election, 1994[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Church 15,474 72.00 +19.74
Conservative James Fairrie 2,130 9.91 −26.38
Liberal Democrats Peter Dunphy 1,804 8.39 −3.06
BNP John Tyndall 1,511 7.03 New
UKIP Peter Compobassi 457 2.13 New
Natural Law Mark Leighton 116 0.54 New
Majority 13,344 62.09 +46.11
Turnout 21,492
Labour hold Swing

The results for the previous election were:

1992 general election: Dagenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bryan Gould 22,027 52.26 +7.82
Conservative D Rossiter 15,294 36.29 −2.2
Liberal Democrats CNH Marquand 4,824 11.45 −5.62
Majority 6,733 15.98 +10.03
Turnout 42,145 70.66 +3.37
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Full result
  2. ^ Candidate profile
  3. ^ Councillor details[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ City of Westminster Licensing Sub-Committee No. 4[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "The Imperial Register". Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  6. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.