1983 Penrith and The Border by-election
Votes

1983 Penrith and The Border by-election

Section Title: Votes
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative	David Maclean	17,530	46.0	−12.8

Liberal	Michael Young	16,978	44.6	+16.7

Labour	Lindsay Williams	2,834	7.4	−5.8

Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	412	1.1	N/A

Retired Naval Officer	Eric Morgan	150	0.4	N/A

Death off Roads: Freight on Rail	Helen Anscomb	72	0.2	N/A

Independent Socialist	John Connell	69	0.2	N/A

New Britain	Peter Smith	35	0.1	N/A

Majority	552	1.4	−29.5

Turnout	38,080	55.9	−17.2

Conservative hold	Swing	−14.8

Sentence(s)

The result of the 1983 Penrith and The Border by-election was a victory for the Conservative candidate, David Maclean, who won with a majority of 552 over the Liberal candidate Michael Young.

final_sentence: The result of the 1983 Penrith and The Border by-election was a victory for the Conservative candidate, David Maclean, who won with a majority of 552 over the Liberal candidate Michael Young.