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1996 Hemsworth by-election
Turnout	39.5%
MP before election; Derek Enright; Labour	Elected MP ; Jon Trickett; Labour

The 1996 Hemsworth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 1 February 1996 for the House of Commons constituency of Hemsworth in West Yorkshire.

The vacancy was caused by the death of Hemsworth's Member of Parliament (MP), Derek Enright of the Labour Party. Enright, a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Leeds, had held the seat since a by-election in 1991.

The result was a Labour hold.

The election saw the first contest by the Socialist Labour Party, ahead of the party's official formation. Based in nearby Barnsley, the organisation saved its deposit, with 5.4% of the vote.

Hemsworth by-election, 1996^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jon Trickett	15,817	71.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Norman Hazell	1,942	8.8	–9.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Ridgeway	1,516	6.9	–3.7
	Socialist Labour	Brenda Nixon	1,193	5.4	New
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	652	3.0	New
	UKIP	Peter Davies	455	2.1	New
	Green	Peg Alexander	157	0.7	New
	Independent	Mark Thomas	122	0.6	New
	National Democrats	Mike Cooper	111	0.5	New
	Natural Law	Diane Leighton	28	0.1	New
Majority			13,875	63.1	+10.9
Turnout			21,993	39.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.43

References edit

^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

External links edit

Campaign literature from the by-election

[Demon-1] Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1992-97 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

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