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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom since 1979, 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.

Resignations

See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details.

Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation" or "seeks re-election", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his or her own request to an "office of profit under the Crown", either the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds or the Steward of the Manor of Northstead. These appointments are made as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign. Members seeking re-election must therefore resign from the "office of profit" before the result of the by-election is returned.

By-elections

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party	Cause
54th Parliament (2005–present)
Glasgow East	24 July 2008	David Marshall style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	John Mason style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	Resignation (Ill health)
Haltemprice and Howden	10 July 2008	David Davis style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Davis Davis style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Resigned to recontest
Henley	26 June 2008	Boris Johnson style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	John Howell style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Resignation (Mayor of London)
Crewe and Nantwich	22 May 2008	Gwyneth Dunwoody style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Edward Timpson style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death (heart attack)
Sedgefield	19 July 2007	Tony Blair style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Phil Wilson style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Resignation (Middle East Envoy)
Ealing Southall	19 July 2007	Piara Khabra style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Virendra Sharma style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (liver problems)
Bromley and Chislehurst	29 June 2006	Eric Forth style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Bob Neill style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death (cancer)
Blaenau Gwent	29 June 2006	Peter Law style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	Dai Davies style="width: 2px; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" \|	Independent	Death (cancer)
Dunfermline and West Fife	9 February 2006	Rachel Squire style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Willie Rennie style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death (cancer/stroke)
Livingston	29 September 2005	Robin Cook style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Jim Devine style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (heart disease)
Cheadle	14 July 2005	Patsy Calton style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hunter style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Iain Wright style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Liam Byrne style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Appointment as Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
Leicester South¹	15 July 2004	Jim Marshall style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Parmjit Singh Gill style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death (heart attack)
Brent East²	18 September 2003	Paul Daisley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Sarah Teather style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death (cancer)
Ogmore	14 February 2002	Sir Raymond Powell style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Huw Irranca-Davies style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (asthma attack?)
Ipswich	15 October 2001	Jamie Cann style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Chris Mole style="width: 2px; 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 December 2000	Dennis Canavan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour/ Independent¹	Eric Joyce style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Resigned following election to the Scottish Parliament
West Bromwich West	23 November 2000	Betty Boothroyd style="width: 2px; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="Speaker of the British House of Commons" \|	Speaker	Adrian Bailey style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Life Peerage
Preston	23 November 2000	Audrey Wise style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Mark Hendrick style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (cancer)
Glasgow Anniesland	23 November 2000	Donald Dewar style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	John Robertson style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	William McCrea style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Death (sudden illness)
Tottenham	22 June 2000	Bernie Grant style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	David Lammy style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (heart attack)
Romsey	4 May 2000³	Michael Colvin style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Sandra Gidley style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death (accidental fire)
Ceredigion	3 February 2000	Cynog Dafis style="width: 2px; background-color: #005B54;" data-sort-value="Plaid Cymru" \|	Plaid Cymru	Simon Thomas style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Michael Portillo style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death (cancer)
Wigan	23 September 1999	Roger Stott style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Neil Turner style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (long illness)
Hamilton South	23 September 1999	George Robertson style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Bill Tynan style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Stephen O'Brien style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Hilary Benn style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (heart attack)
Winchester	20 November 1997	Mark Oaten style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Mark Oaten style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Void election
Beckenham	20 November 1997	Piers Merchant style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Jacqui Lait style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Resignation (Scandal)
Paisley South	6 November 1997	Gordon McMaster style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Douglas Alexander style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (suicide)
Uxbridge	31 July 1997	Sir Michael Shersby style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	John Randall style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Ben Chapman style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Barnsley East	12 December 1996	Terry Patchett style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Jeff Ennis style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
South East Staffordshire	11 April 1996¹	Sir David Lightbown style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Brian Jenkins style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Hemsworth	1 February 1996	Derek Enright style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Jon Trickett style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Littleborough and Saddleworth	27 July 1995²	Geoffrey Dickens style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Chris Davies style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death
North Down	15 June 1995¹	Sir James Kilfedder style="width: 2px; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" \|	UPUP	Robert McCartney style="width: 2px; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party" \|	UK Unionist	Death
Perth and Kinross	25 May 1995¹	Sir Nicholas Fairbairn style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Roseanna Cunningham style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	Death
Islwyn	16 February 1995	Neil Kinnock style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Don Touhig style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Appointment as European Commissioner
Dudley West	15 December 1994¹	John Blackburn style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Ian Pearson style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Monklands East	30 June 1994	John Smith style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Helen Liddell style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Newham North East	9 June 1994	Ron Leighton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Stephen Timms style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Eastleigh	9 June 1994¹	Stephen Milligan style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	David Chidgey style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death
Dagenham	9 June 1994	Bryan Gould style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Judith Church style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (road accident)
Barking	9 June 1994	Jo Richardson style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Margaret Hodge style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Rotherham	5 May 1994	Jimmy Boyce style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Denis MacShane style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Christchurch	29 July 1993³	Robert Adley style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Diana Maddock style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death
Newbury	6 May 1993¹	Judith Chaplin style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	David Rendel style="width: 2px; 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	7 November 1991¹	Richard Holt style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Ashok Kumar style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Kincardine and Deeside	7 November 1991¹	Alick Buchanan-Smith style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Nicol Stephen style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death
Hemsworth	7 November 1991	George Buckley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Derek Enright style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Liverpool Walton	4 July 1991	Eric Heffer style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Peter Kilfoyle style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Monmouth	16 May 1991¹	Sir John Stradling Thomas style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Huw Edwards style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Neath	4 April 1991	Donald Coleman style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Peter Hain style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Ribble Valley	7 March 1991¹	David Waddington style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Michael Carr style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Life Peerage on appointment as Leader of the House of Lords
Paisley South	29 November 1990	Norman Buchan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Gordon McMaster style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Paisley North	29 November 1990	Allen Adams style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Irene Adams style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Bradford North	8 November 1990	Pat Wall style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Terry Rooney style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Bootle	8 November 1990	Michael Carr style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Joseph Benton style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Eastbourne	18 October 1990¹	Ian Gow style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	David Bellotti style="width: 2px; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)" \|	Liberal Democrats	Death (killed by IRA)
Knowsley South	27 September 1990	Sean Hughes style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Edward O'Hara style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Bootle	24 May 1990	Allan Roberts style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Michael Carr style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Upper Bann	17 May 1990	Harold McCusker style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	David Trimble style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Death
Mid Staffordshire	22 March 1990¹	John Heddle style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Sylvia Heal style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (suicide)
Vauxhall	15 June 1989	Stuart Holland style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Kate Hoey style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Appointment to the European University Institute, Florence
Glasgow Central	15 June 1989	Robert McTaggart style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Mike Watson style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Vale of Glamorgan	4 May 1989¹	Sir Raymond Gower style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	John Smith style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Richmond	23 February 1989	Leon Brittan style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	William Hague style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Appointment as European Commissioner
Pontypridd	23 February 1989	Brynmor John style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Kim Howells style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Epping Forest	15 December 1988	Sir John Biggs-Davison style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Steven Norris style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death
Glasgow Govan	10 November 1988¹	Bruce Millan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Jim Sillars style="width: 2px; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	Appointment to European Commission
Kensington	14 July 1988	Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, Bt. style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Dudley Fishburn style="width: 2px; 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	12 March 1987	David Penhaligon style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal	Matthew Taylor style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal	Death (road accident)
Greenwich	26 February 1987¹	Guy Barnett style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Rosie Barnes style="width: 2px; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" \|	SDP	Death
Knowsley North	13 November 1986	Robert Kilroy-Silk style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	George Howarth style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	New BBC TV presenter career
Newcastle-under-Lyme	17 July 1986	John Golding style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Llinos Golding style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Appointment as General Secretary of the National Communications Union
Ryedale	8 May 1986²	John Spence style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Elizabeth Shields style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal	Death
West Derbyshire	8 May 1986	Matthew Parris style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Patrick McLoughlin style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Appointment as presenter of LWT program 'Weekend World'
Fulham	10 April 1986²	Martin Stevens style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Nick Raynsford style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Upper Bann	23 January 1986	Harold McCusker style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Harold McCusker style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	John Taylor style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Seamus Mallon style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Ian Paisley style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Roy Beggs style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Clifford Forsythe style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Cecil Walker style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Peter Robinson style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Martin Smyth style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #ffdead;" data-sort-value="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" \|	UPUP	James Kilfedder style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Enoch Powell style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Ken Maginnis style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	James Molyneaux style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	William Ross style="width: 2px; 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; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	William McCrea style="width: 2px; background-color: #D46A4C;" data-sort-value="Democratic Unionist Party" \|	DUP	Seeks re-election in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement
Tyne Bridge	5 December 1985	Harry Cowans style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	David Clelland style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Brecon and Radnor	4 July 1985¹	Tom Hooson style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Richard Livsey style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal	Death
Enfield Southgate	13 December 1984	Sir Anthony Berry style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Michael Portillo style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death (killed by IRA)
Portsmouth South	14 June 1984²	Bonner Pink style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Mike Hancock style="width: 2px; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" \|	SDP	Death
South West Surrey	3 May 1984	Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Virginia Bottomley style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death
Stafford	3 May 1984	Sir Hugh Fraser style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Bill Cash style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death
Cynon Valley	3 May 1984	Ioan Evans style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Ann Clwyd style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Chesterfield	1 March 1984	Eric Varley style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Tony Benn style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Appointment as Chairman of Coalite PLC
Penrith and the Border	28 July 1983	William Whitelaw style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	David Maclean style="width: 2px; 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	24 March 1983¹	Edward Fletcher style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Oswald O'Brien style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Bermondsey	24 February 1983²	Robert Mellish style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour/Ind Labour	Simon Hughes style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal	Resignation (dispute with party)
Glasgow Queen's Park	2 December 1982	Frank McElhone style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Helen McElhone style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Peckham	28 October 1982	Harry Lamborn style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Harriet Harman style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Birmingham Northfield	28 October 1982³	Jocelyn Cadbury style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	John Spellar style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death (suicide)
Gower	16 September 1982	Ifor Davies style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Gareth Wardell style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Coatbridge and Airdrie	24 June 1982	James Dempsey style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Thomas Clarke style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Mitcham and Morden	3 June 1982⁴	Bruce Douglas-Mann style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour/Ind SDP	Angela Rumbold style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Sought re-election upon change of party allegiance
Beaconsfield	27 May 1982	Sir Ronald Bell style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Tim Smith style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death
Glasgow Hillhead	25 March 1982²	Sir Thomas Galbraith style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Roy Jenkins style="width: 2px; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" \|	SDP	Death
Belfast South	4 March 1982	Robert Bradford style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Martin Smyth style="width: 2px; background-color: #48A5EE;" data-sort-value="Ulster Unionist Party" \|	UUP	Death (killed by IRA)
Crosby	26 November 1981³	Sir Graham Page style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Shirley Williams style="width: 2px; background-color: #6C2f56;" data-sort-value="Social Democratic Party (UK)" \|	SDP	Death
Croydon North West	22 October 1981³	Robert Taylor style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Bill Pitt style="width: 2px; background-color: #FFD700;" data-sort-value="Liberal Party (UK)" \|	Liberal	Death
Fermanagh & South Tyrone	20 August 1981⁵	Bobby Sands style="width: 2px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" \|	Anti H-Block	Owen Carron style="width: 2px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" \|	Anti H-Block	Death (hunger strike)
Warrington	16 July 1981	Sir Thomas Williams style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Douglas Hoyle style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Appointment as High Court Judge
Fermanagh & South Tyrone	9 April 1981⁵	Frank Maguire style="width: 2px; background-color: #d1ffb2;" data-sort-value="Independent Republican (Ireland)" \|	Ind. Republican	Bobby Sands style="width: 2px; background-color: #008800;" data-sort-value="Anti H-Block" \|	Anti H-Block	Death
Glasgow Central	26 June 1980	Thomas McMillan style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Robert McTaggart style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Death
Southend East	13 March 1980²	Sir Stephen McAdden style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Teddy Taylor style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Death
South West Hertfordshire	13 December 1979	Geoffrey Dodsworth style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Richard Page style="width: 2px; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" \|	Conservative	Resignation on medical advice
Manchester Central	27 September 1979	Harold Lever style="width: 2px; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" \|	Labour	Robert Litherland style="width: 2px; 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.

UK by-election records

For a list of exceptional results and records in the history of by-elections in the United Kingdom see: United Kingdom by-election records

Notes

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 Results 1974-83
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1832-1987
F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987

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