1981 Crosby by-election

Crosby by-election 1981
26 November 1981
Crosby parliamentary seat
Turnout57,297 (69.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Shirley Williams John Butcher John Backhouse
Party SDP Conservative Labour
Popular vote 28,118 22,829 5,450
Percentage 49.07% 39.84% 9.51%
Swing 33.83% 17.11% 15.87%
MP before election

Sir Graham Page
Conservative

 Subsequent MP

Shirley Williams
SDP

The 1981 Crosby by-election was a by-election held in England on 26 November 1981 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the House of Commons constituency of Crosby on Merseyside. It followed the death of Crosby's MP Sir Graham Page, of the Conservative Party.

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