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1990 Knowsley South by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1990 Knowsley South by-election
type	parliamentary
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of Knowsley South
ongoing	no
previous_election	1987 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1987
election_date	27 September 1990
candidate1	Edward O'Hara
party1	Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote1	14,581
percentage1	68.8%
swing1	4.3%
candidate2	Leslie Byrom
image2	Con
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote2	3,241
percentage2	15.2%
swing2	6.4%
candidate3	Catherin Hancox
image3	LD
party3	Liberal Democrats (UK)
popular_vote3	1,809
percentage3	8.5%
swing3	5.4%
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	Sean Hughes
before_party	Labour Party (UK)
after_election	Edward O'Hara
after_party	Labour Party (UK)
turnout	33.4% ( 40.7%)
next_election	1992 United Kingdom general election
next_year	1992

The 1990 Knowsley South by-election was a by-election held on 27 September 1990 for the British House of Commons constituency of Knowsley South in Merseyside.

The by-election was caused by the death of the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Sean Hughes on 25 June.

The result was a Labour hold, with Edward O'Hara winning a majority of over 11,000 votes.

Result

References

Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament".

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