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1988 Kensington by-election
Constituency of Kensington
Turnout	51.6% ( 13.1%)
MP before election; Brandon Rhys-Williams; Conservative	Subsequent MP ; Dudley Fishburn; Conservative

The Kensington by-election, in Kensington, on 14 July 1988 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brandon Rhys-Williams. Normally a relatively safe Conservative seat, it was narrowly won by Dudley Fishburn, who would retain the seat in 1992.

It was the first by-election of that parliament, which had begun after the general election of June 1987, and would last until the next election in April 1992.

Candidates edit

John Connell was a peace advocate who opposed what he saw as manipulation of the news by ITN.^[1]
John Crowley described himself as an 'Anti Yuppie Revolutionary Crowleyist, Vegetarian Visionary'.^[1]
John Duignan was a supporter of the Class War organisation.^[1]
Roy Edey called for equal redistribution of wealth and a policy of social housing construction.^[1]
Dudley Fishburn was a former editor of The Economist.^[2]
William Goodhart was a leading human rights lawyer who has since taken a seat in the House of Lords.^[3]
Brian Goodier described himself as an 'Anti-Left Wing Fascist'.^[1]
Phylip Hobson was the Green Party candidate.
Ann Holmes was again a candidate for this seat in the 1992 general election.^[4] and subsequently became a councillor in the City of London.^[5]
John Martin was a candidate for the dissident wing of the SDP that had rejected membership of the Social and Liberal Democrats.
Thomas McDermott was the founder of the Free Trade Liberal Party and campaigned on a platform of the UK leaving the European Community.^[1]
Cynthia Payne, who had been convicted of controlling a brothel, ran under the 'Rainbow Alliance Payne and Pleasure Party' banner.^[1]
William Scola represented his own 'Leveller Party'.^[1]
Screaming Lord Sutch was the leader and founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
Kailash Trivedi ran as candidate for the 'Janata Party' (Peoples Party in Hindi and the name of a former governing party in India), his own creation.^[1]

Results edit

1988 Kensington by-election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dudley Fishburn	9,829	41.59	−5.9
	Labour	Patricia Holmes	9,014	38.14	+4.9
	SLD	William Goodhart	2,546	10.77	−6.5
	SDP	John Martin	1,190	5.04	N/A
	Green	Phylip Hobson	572	2.42	+0.7
	Rainbow Alliance – Payne & Pleasure	Cynthia Payne	193	0.82	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	61	0.26	N/A
	London Class War Candidate	John Duignan	60	0.25	N/A
	Anti Left-Wing Fascist	Brian Goodier	31	0.13	N/A
	Free Trade Liberal – Europe Out!	Thomas McDermott	31	0.13	N/A
	Fair Wealth & Health	Roy Edey	30	0.13	N/A
	Leveller Party	William Scola	27	0.11	N/A
	Anti-Yuppie	John Crowley	24	0.10	N/A
	Peace – Stop ITN Manipulation	John Connell	20	0.08	N/A
	Independent Janata Party	Kailash Trivedi	5	0.02	N/A
Majority			815	3.55	-10.69
Turnout			23,633	51.6	-13.1
Registered electors			45,830
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.40

The results for the previous election were:

General election 1987: Kensington^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brandon Rhys-Williams	14,818	47.5	+1.5
	Labour	Benjamin Bousquet	10,371	33.3	+3.8
	SDP	William Goodhart	5,379	17.2	−4.9
	Green	Roger Shorter	528	1.7	−0.4
	Humanist	Lana Carrick	65	0.2	N/A
	Public Independent Plaintiff Party	Muriel Hughes	30	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,447	14.26	-2.14
Turnout			31,191	64.7	+2.4
Registered electors			48,212
	Conservative hold		Swing

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983–87 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
^ Dudley Fishburn
^ "Lord William Goodhart". Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
^ Ann Holmes
^ [1] Ann Holmes, Farringdon Within
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links edit

Campaign literature from the by-election
Full results

[Kensington-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1983–87 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[2] Dudley Fishburn

[3] "Lord William Goodhart". Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

[4] Ann Holmes

[5] [1] Ann Holmes, Farringdon Within

[electoralcalculus1987-6] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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Summary

Candidates edit

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