1989 Richmond (Yorks) by-election
Results

1989 Richmond (Yorks) by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative	William Hague	19,543	37.2	24.0

SDP	Mike Potter	16,909	32.2

Social and Liberal Democrats	Barbara Pearce	11,589	22.1	−4.9

Labour	Frank Robson	2,591	4.9	−6.9

Green	Robert Upshall	1,473	2.8

Monster Raving Loony	David "Lord" Sutch	167	0.3

Independent	Anthony Millns1	113	0.2

Corrective Party	Lindi St. Claire	106	0.2

Liberal	Nicholas Watkins	70	0.1

Majority	2,634	5.0

Turnout	52,561	64.4

Conservative hold	Swing

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The SDP candidate Mike Potter finished second (with 16,909 votes, 2,634 behind Hague), while the Social and Liberal Democrats' Barbara Pearce came third with 11,589.

final_sentence: The SDP candidate Mike Potter finished second (with 16,909 votes, 2,634 behind Hague), while the Social and Liberal Democrats' Barbara Pearce came third with 11,589.