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词条 1997 Winchester by-election
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  1. History

  2. Results

     General election result 

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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The 1997 Winchester by election was a by-election to the UK House of Commons in the constituency of Winchester, Hampshire. After an unclear (and extremely close) result in Winchester at the general election on 1 May 1997, a new election was allowed by the High Court. The by election, held on 20 November, was won by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) with a majority of 21,556.

History

At the general election on 1 May 1997, Mark Oaten was originally declared the winner, with a majority of two votes over Conservative Gerry Malone, after many recounts and haggling over spoilt ballots.

Oaten was unseated on an electoral petition on 6 October 1997. The High Court held that 54 votes declared void for want of the Official Mark would have changed the result if counted. The court could not be sure they were not the product of a mistake, therefore deemed that the result was uncertain. They allowed the petition and declared the election void. The writ for the new election was moved on 28 October 1997.[1]

The by election on 20 November resulted in a clear win by Oaten – his majority was 21,556 over second placed Gerry Malone, the former Conservative MP who had lost his seat in the general election. Campaigning had focused on Oaten's speaking record in the House of Commons after the general election,[2] while the nature of the controversial 1 May election result was also an issue for some Liberal Democrat voters.

The Independent wrote, "Although careful not to articulate it themselves, their unofficial campaign slogan is: 'When the umpire gives you out, you should walk'",[2] alluding to the unseated Malone. The Labour Party obtained their worst ever results in a parliamentary election, in part because they hardly campaigned at all and instead focused their priorities on the by-election in Beckenham held on the same day.

Both the original and rerun election involved an incidence of a candidate using an attempted confusing description. Richard Huggett described himself in the general election as Liberal Democrat Top Choice For Parliament (leading to Oaten, the official Lib Dem candidate, to use the ballot paper description Liberal Democrat Leader Paddy Ashdown) and in the by election as Literal Democrat Mark Here to Win. The Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 put an end to this practice.

This was also the last election (by-or-general) in which Screaming Lord Sutch, founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, ran for a parliamentary seat. He committed suicide in June 1999.

Results

{{Election box begin
|title=By election 1997: Winchester[1]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mark Oaten
|votes = 37,006
|percentage = 68.0
|change = +26.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerry Malone
|votes = 15,450
|percentage = 28.4
|change = −13.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick Davies
|votes = 944
|percentage = 1.7
|change = −8.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Robin Page
|votes = 521
|percentage = 1.0
|change = +0.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = Lord David Sutch
|votes = 316
|percentage = 0.6
|change = +0.1
}}{{Election box candidate
|party = "Literal Democrat Mark Here to Win"
|candidate = Richard Huggett
|votes = 59
|percentage = 0.1
|change = −0.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Rosemary Barry
|votes = 48
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent Conservative
|candidate = Roger Everest
|votes = 40
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}{{Election box majority
|votes = 21,556
|percentage = 39.6
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout
|votes = 54,384
|percentage = 68.7
|change = - 9.9
}}{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = 19.8
}}{{Election box end}}

General election result

At the general election (held five months before the by election), the top two candidates' votes were very close.

{{Election box begin
|title=General Election 1997: Winchester
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mark Oaten
|votes = 26,100
|percentage = 42.1
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerry Malone
|votes = 26,098
|percentage = 42.1
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick Davies
|votes = 6,528
|percentage = 10.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Peter Strand
|votes = 1,598
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate
|party = "Liberal Democrat Top Choice for Parliament"
|candidate = Richard Huggett
|votes = 640
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Derek Rumsey
|votes = 476
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = John Browne
|votes = 307
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = Peter Stockton
|votes = 307
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}{{Election box majority
|votes = 2
|percentage = 0.0
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout
|votes = 62,054
|percentage = 78.6
|change = - 4.6
}}{{Election box void
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

See also

  • List of United Kingdom by-elections

References

1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp2001/rp01-036.pdf |title=By-election results: 1997-2000 |author=Bryn Morgan |date=29 March 2001 |work=Research paper 01/36 |publisher=House of Commons Library |accessdate=6 November 2010 |page=11}}
2. ^1 {{cite news|last=Castle|first=Stephen|title=Tory tries the woolly pully way to power|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/tory-tries-the-woolly-pully-way-to-power-1294333.html|accessdate=17 April 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=16 November 1997}}

External links

  • [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/politics-winchester-set-for-bitter-election-rerun-1234444.html "Winchester set for bitter election re-run"], The Independent, 7 Oct 1997
  • [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/politics-major-boosts-malones-circus-act-1294931.html "Major boosts Malone's circus act"], The Independent, 19 Nov 1997
  • [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/politics-tories-in-turmoil-as-no-home-malone-fails-1295462.html "Tories in turmoil as 'No Home Malone' fails"], The Independent, 22 Nov 1997
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