1986 Fulham by-election

1986 Fulham by-election
10 April 1986
Constituency of Fulham
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Nick Raynsford Matthew Carrington Roger Liddle
Party Labour Conservative SDP
Popular vote 16,451 12,948 6,953
Percentage 43.20% 34.00% 18.26%
Swing 9.17% 12.18% 0.01%
MP before election

Martin Stevens
Conservative

 Subsequent MP

Nick Raynsford
Labour

The Fulham by-election, in Fulham, on 10 April 1986 was held following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Martin Stevens on 10 January that year. In a seat that had changed hands on a few occasions, it was won by Nick Raynsford of Labour, only to be regained by the Tories in the general election 14 months later.

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