West Derbyshire by-election, 1986

The 1986 Derbyshire West by-election was held on 8 May 1986 when the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Matthew Parris, took the Chiltern Hundreds and resigned, in order to become the presenter of Weekend World for ITV.

Despite a large swing away from him, 28-year-old Patrick McLoughlin of the Conservative Party beat the Liberal Party candidate by 100 votes.

West Derbyshire by-election, 1986^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick McLoughlin	19,896	39.5	-16.3
	Liberal	Christopher Walmsley	19,796	39.4	+12.3
	Labour	William Moore	9,952	19.8	+2.7
	Rainbow Alliance Loony Crocodile Tears	Christopher Sidwell	348	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Robert Goodall	289	0.6	N/A
Majority			100	0.1
Turnout				71.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

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