1996 South East Staffordshire by-election

A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996 following the death of sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lincoln Lightbown.

1996 South East Staffordshire by-election
11 April 1996
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Brian Jenkins Timothy James
Party Labour Conservative
Popular vote 26,155 12,393
Percentage 60.1% 28.5%
Swing 22.0pp 22.2pp
MP before election

David Lightbown
Conservative

 Elected MP

Brian Jenkins
Labour

The result was a Labour gain from the Conservatives.

South East Staffordshire, 1996[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Jenkins 26,155 60.1 +22.0
Conservative Timothy James 12,393 28.5 –22.2
Liberal Democrats Janette Davy 2,042 4.7 –4.9
UKIP Andrew Smith 1,272 2.9 New
Monster Raving Loony David Sutch 506 1.2 New
National Democrats Sharron Edwards 358 0.8 New
Liberal Steven Mountford 332 0.8 New
Churchill Conservative Leslie Tucker 123 0.3 New
L!VE TV News Bunny 85 0.2 New
Daily Loonylugs Earring Up the World Tony Samuelson 80 0.2 New
Natural Law David Lucas 53 0.1 New
Action Against Crime Frederick Sandy 53 0.1 New
Restoration of Death Penalty Alan Wood 45 0.1 New
Majority 13,762 31.6 N/A
Turnout 43,497 62.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +22.1

Notes on candidates
  • News Bunny was a character on the cable channel Live TV. The candidate was an employee of the channel who changed his name for the purposes of the election.
  • The ballot paper description of the candidate N Samuelson was "Daily Loonylugs Earing Up the World"[1]
  • News Bunny was arrested during the campaign for obstructing the highway. He was filmed by BBC Midlands Today handing carrots out to motorists as part of his electioneering. The BBC captured the memorable line, spoken by a female police officer to a male police officer, "Get that rabbit".

See also

References
  1. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
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