1983 Bermondsey by-election
Results

1983 Bermondsey by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal	Simon Hughes	17,017	57.7	50.9

Labour	Peter Tatchell	7,698	26.1	37.5

Real Bermondsey Labour	John O'Grady	2,243	7.6	N/A

Conservative	Robert Hughes	1,631	5.5	19.4

National Front	James Sneath	426	1.4	2.4

Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	97	0.3	N/A

Independent Patriot	Jane Birdwood	69	0.2	N/A

New Britain	Michael Keulemans	62	0.2	N/A

Independent Labour	Barry Giddings	50	0.2	N/A

Communist	Robert Gordon	50	0.2	N/A

Ecology	George Hannah	45	0.2	N/A

Revolutionary Communist	Fran Eden	38	0.1	N/A

National Labour Party	Ann King	25	0.1	N/A

United Democratic Party	Alan Baker	15	0.1	N/A

ACMFT	David Wedgwood	15	0.1	N/A

Systems Designer	Esmond Bevan	8	0.0	N/A

Majority	9,319	31.6

Turnout	29,489	57.7	–1.6

Liberal gain from Labour	Swing	+44.2

Sentence(s)

With 26.1 percent of the votes, Tatchell from Labour came second, while O'Grady took third.

final_sentence: With 26.1 percent of the votes, Tatchell from Labour came second, while O'Grady took third.