The 1996 Hemsworth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 1 February 1996 for the House of Commons constituency of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire.
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The vacancy was caused by the death of Hemsworth's Member of Parliament (MP), Derek Enright of the Labour Party. Enright, a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Leeds, had held the seat since a by-election in 1991.
The result was a Labour hold.
The election saw the first contest by the Socialist Labour Party, ahead of the party's official formation. Based in nearby Barnsley, the organisation saved its deposit, with 5.4% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Jon Trickett | 15,817 | 71.9 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Norman Hazell | 1,942 | 8.8 | –9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Ridgeway | 1,516 | 6.9 | –3.7 | |
| Socialist Labour | Brenda Nixon | 1,193 | 5.4 | New | |
| Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 652 | 3.0 | New | |
| UKIP | Peter Davies | 455 | 2.1 | New | |
| Green | Peg Alexander | 157 | 0.7 | New | |
| Independent | Mark Thomas | 122 | 0.6 | New | |
| National Democrats | Mike Cooper | 111 | 0.5 | New | |
| Natural Law | Diane Leighton | 28 | 0.1 | New | |
| Majority | 13,875 | 63.1 | +10.9 | ||
| Turnout | 21,993 | 39.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +5.43 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.