1994 Eastleigh by-election

The 1994 Eastleigh by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 June 1994 for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Eastleigh in Hampshire. The seat had fallen vacant because of the death of Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen Milligan on 7 February.

1994 Eastleigh by-election
9 June 1994
Turnout58.7% ( 24.2%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Con
Candidate David Chidgey Marilyn Birks Stephen Reid
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Popular vote 24,473 15,234 13,675
Percentage 44.3% 27.6% 24.7%
Swing 16.3% 6.8% 26.5%
MP before election

Stephen Milligan
Conservative

 Elected MP

David Chidgey
Liberal Democrats

The result of the election was a gain for the Liberal Democrats on a large swing. A disastrous result for the Conservative Party saw them fall to third place. The election, along with the EU elections and three other by-elections held that day, were the first election that the newly formed UK Independence Party (UKIP) stood in, with Nigel Farage as the candidate; Farage went on to become the leader of UKIP in 2006.

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