1994 Eastleigh by-election

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Turnout

58.7% (

24.2%)

	First party	Second party	Third party
		Lab	Con
Candidate	David Chidgey	Marilyn Birks	Stephen Reid
Party	Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative
Popular vote	24,473	15,234	13,675
Percentage	44.3%	27.6%	24.7%
Swing	16.3%	6.8%	26.5%

MP before election

Stephen Milligan
Conservative

Elected MP

David Chidgey
Liberal Democrats

The 1994 Eastleigh by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 June 1994 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire. The seat had fallen vacant because of the death of Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen Milligan on 7 February.^[1]

The result of the election was a gain for the Liberal Democrats on a large swing. A disastrous result for the Conservative Party saw them fall to third place.^[2] The election, along with the EU elections and three other by-elections held that day, were the first election that the newly formed UK Independence Party (UKIP) stood in, with Nigel Farage as the candidate; Farage went on to become the leader of UKIP in 2006.

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Results

Eastleigh by-election, 1994^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	24,473	44.3	+16.3
	Labour	Marilyn Birks	15,234	27.6	+6.8
	Conservative	Stephen Reid	13,675	24.7	-26.5
	UKIP	Nigel Farage	952	1.7	New
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	783	1.4	New
	Natural Law	Peter Warburton	145	0.3	New
Majority			9,239	16.7	N/A
Turnout			55,262	58.7	-24.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	−16.8

Previous results

General election 1992: Eastleigh^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Milligan	38,998	51.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Chidgey	21,296	28.0
	Labour	Jo Sugrue	15,768	20.7
Majority			17,702	23.3
Turnout			76,062	82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ The Independent | Lib Dems win over disenchanted Tories: Conservative defections in Eastleigh are unlikely to benefit Labour's high-profile campaign.
^ ^a ^b ^c Guardian | Eastleigh election results
^ 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.

External links

Campaign literature from the by-election

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