1994 Newham North East by-election explained
| Election Name: | 1994 Newham North East by-election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Seats For Election: | Constituency of Newham North East |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United Kingdom general election |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 1997 United Kingdom general election |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
| Election Date: | 9 June 1994 |
| Candidate1: | Stephen Timms |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote1: | 14,688 |
| Percentage1: | 74.97% |
| Swing1: | 16.64% |
| Candidate2: | Philip Hammond |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,850 |
| Percentage2: | 14.55% |
| Swing2: | 15.96% |
| MP |
| Before Election: | Ron Leighton |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Stephen Timms |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The Newham North East by-election, in London Borough of Newham, on 9 June 1994 was held after long-serving Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Ron Leighton died.[1] A safe Labour seat, it was won by Stephen Timms, who would go on to retain the East Ham seat which replaced it in 1997.
Candidates
- Richard Archer was the Natural Law Party candidate. He was also a candidate for the party in the European elections of the same year in the London North East constituency.[2]
- Vida Garman, a pornographic model, ran as a publicity stunt for the Daily Sport newspaper, which wanted to take advantage of free postage for electoral leaflets.[3]
- Philip Hammond was chosen as the Conservative Party candidate. He was director of a medical equipment and the chairman of Lewisham East Conservative Association.[4]
- Jo Homeless had changed her name by deed poll in order to contest the election on a campaign of housing the homeless.[3]
- Alec Kellaway was the nominated candidate for the Liberal Democrats however immediately prior to the election Kellaway announced that he was leaving the Liberal Democrats and joining the Labour Party. Consequently, there was no official Liberal Democrat standing in the election.[5]
- Anthony Scholefield was the candidate for the United Kingdom Independence Party.
- Stephen Timms, the Labour candidate, had previously served as the leader of the local council for four years.[4]
Results
The results for the previous election were:
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090822013521/http://geocities.com/by_elections/newhamne.html Full results
- http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/no-headline-present-1.499001 1994 European election results
- Web site: Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament. Boothroyd. David. 2015-10-01. United Kingdom Election Results. 2017-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20170720031954/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1992.html. dead.
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/onehorse-race-for-deprived-city-seat-newham-northeast-labour-candidate-prepares-for-victory-1420052.html One-horse race for deprived city seat: NEWHAM NORTH-EAST: Labour candidate prepares for victory
- Colin Rallings & David Broughton, British Elections and Parties Yearbook 1995, p. 182
