Particularly Notable By-elections
Glasgow East, July 24, 2008 - Labour lost its 3rd safest Scottish seat to the SNP with a swing of 22.5%.
Haltemprice and Howden, June 10, 2008 - Former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis resigned from his post as an MP to trigger a by-election, in order to spark a wider debate on the issue of civil liberties. He was not opposed by Labour or the Liberal Democrats. The number of candidates is the greatest in a Westminster election.
Wirral South, February 27, 1997 - A by-election gain for Labour from the Conservatives which ended the Conservatives' majority in parliament.
Eastbourne, October 18, 1990 - The incumbent Conservative MP was killed by the IRA, and the subsequent by-election saw the seat being lost to the Liberal Democrats.
Northern Ireland by-elections, 1986, January 23, 1986 - Unionist MPs resigned over the Anglo-Irish Agreement. All bar one of the incumbent MPs were returned.
Glasgow Hillhead, March 25, 1982 - Former Labour Home Secretary, and then leader of the SDP, Roy Jenkins, re-entered parliament. Tam Galbraith, who was the former MP, became the last Conservative MP to represent a Glasgow constituency upon his death.
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