1983 Darlington by-election
Votes

1983 Darlington by-election

Section Title: Votes
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Oswald O'Brien	20,544	39.5	−6.0

Conservative	Michael Fallon	18,132	34.9	−8.5

Social Democratic	Anthony Cook	12,735	24.5	+14.3

Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	374	0.7	N/A

Independent	Arthur Clark	164	0.3	N/A

Tactical Voting Annihilates Bennite Tatchellites	Thomas Keen	27	0.1	N/A

Yoga and Meditation	Jitendra Bardwaj	15	0.0	N/A

Republican	Peter Smith	10	0.0	N/A

Majority	2,412	4.6	+2.5

Turnout	52,001

Labour hold	Swing	+1.25%

Sentence(s)

The result of the 1983 Darlington by-election was a victory for the Labour candidate, Oswald O'Brien, who won with a majority of 2,412 over the Conservative Party candidate Michael Fallon.

final_sentence: The result of the 1983 Darlington by-election was a victory for the Labour candidate, Oswald O'Brien, who won with a majority of 2,412 over the Conservative Party candidate Michael Fallon.