1991 Ribble Valley by-election
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The seat, based largely on the market town of Clitheroe, had previously been safely Conservative but at the time Margaret Thatcher's controversial "Poll Tax" policy was used by opposition parties against the Conservative candidate. The tax was abolished soon afterwards by Thatcher's successor John Major, who had succeeded Thatcher on her resignation in November 1990.
The then-young Liberal Democrats maintained the record of their parent parties at often scoring by-election "scalps" by winning apparently-safe seats, although rarely holding them at subsequent general elections. Indeed, despite their victory at Ribble Valley, the Lib Dems lost the seat a little over a year later at the 1992 general election to the Conservative Nigel Evans who held the seat until the 2024 General Election.
Result
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Nigel Evans | 17,776 | 38.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Josephine Farrington | 4,356 | 9.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | David Brass | 611 | 1.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Halldora Ingham | 466 | 1.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Screaming Lord Sutch | 278 | 0.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Simon Taylor | 133 | 0.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Corrective Party | Lindi St Claire | 72 | 0.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Raving Loony Green Giant Clitheroe Kid | Stuart Hughes | 60 | 0.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 4,601 | 10.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 46,129 | 71.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno | Swing | 24.7 | |||
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Previous results
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Michael Carr | 10,608 | 21.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Greg Pope | 8,781 | 17.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 19,528 | 39.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 49,525 | 79.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ―0.4 | |||
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See also
References
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External links
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