Elections in The 1980s
| General Election 1987: Bishop Auckland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Foster | 25,648 | 48.0 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | R. Wight | 18,613 | 34.8 | −1.2 | |
| Liberal | G. Irwin | 9,195 | 17.2 | −2.4 | |
| Majority | 7,035 | 13.2 | |||
| Turnout | 53,456 | 74.1 | +2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| General Election 1983: Bishop Auckland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Derek Foster | 22,750 | 44.4 | ||
| Conservative | B.C. Legg | 18,444 | 36.0 | ||
| Liberal | A.S. Collinge | 10,070 | 19.6 | ||
| Majority | 4,306 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 51,264 | 72.1 | −2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Read more about this topic: Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament Constituency)
Famous quotes containing the word elections:
“Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)