1992 Wellington Central by-election
Results
The following table gives the election results: ¹ Alliance vote change from 3,817 combined vote for Green Party, NewLabour and Democrats in 1990 election.

1992 Wellington Central by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: The following table gives the election results: ¹ Alliance vote change from 3,817 combined vote for Green Party, NewLabour and Democrats in 1990 election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Chris Laidlaw	6,075	38.83	2.55

National	Pauline Gardiner	5,220	33.37	6.90

Alliance	Denis Welch	3,407	21.78	+4.361

Independent	David Stevenson	389	2.49

Natural Law	Ian Douglas	263	1.68

Christian Heritage	Wayne Chapman	154	0.98

Independent	Tim Shadbolt	64	0.41

Wizard Party	Anthony Catford	40	0.26

Values	John Carter	17	0.11

Communist League	Felicty Coggan	14	0.09

Christ's Ambassadors Union	Victor Bryers	1	0.01

Majority	855	5.47	+4.34

Turnout	15,644	63.302	25.372

Labour hold	Swing

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The 1992 Wellington Central by-election was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.
Wellington was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.
The 1992 Wellington Central by-election was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.

final_sentence: The 1992 Wellington Central by-election was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.
final_sentence: Wellington was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.
final_sentence: The 1992 Wellington Central by-election was won by Chris Laidlaw with a majority of 855.