1986 Knowsley North by-election

The 1986 Knowsley North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 November 1986 for the British House of Commons constituency of Knowsley North.

1986 Knowsley North by-election
13 November 1986
Constituency of Knowsley North
Turnout57.3% (12.2%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Candidate George Howarth Rosie Cooper Roger Brown
Party Labour Liberal Conservative
Popular vote 17,403 10,679 1,960
Percentage 56.3% 34.6% 6.3%
Swing 8.2% 19.8% 13.8%
MP before election

Robert Kilroy-Silk
Labour

 Subsequent MP

George Howarth
Labour

The Labour Party retained the seat with just over half of the votes, while the SDP-Liberal Alliance surged to achieve more than a third of the vote. The constituency had some of the highest levels of unemployment in the United Kingdom.

There was a 14% swing from Labour to the Alliance, continuing a trend in by-elections, with the local Militant Tendency harming the Labour vote in by-elections on Merseyside (see especially Liverpool Walton) .

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