1997 Winchester by-election
Results

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
-
Liberal Democrat
Mark Oaten
37,006
68.0
+26.0
-
Conservative
Gerry Malone
15,450
28.4
−13.6
-
Labour
Patrick Davies
944
1.7
−8.8
-
UKIP
Robin Page
521
1.0
+0.2
-
Monster Raving Loony
Lord David Sutch
316
0.6
+0.1
-
"Literal Democrat Mark Here to Win"
Richard Huggett
59
0.1
−0.9
-
Natural Law
Rosemary Barry
48
0.1
-
-
Ind. Conservative
Roger Everest
40
0.1
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
21,556
39.6
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
54,384
68.7
9.9
-
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative
Swing
19.8
-

Question: Who defeated Gerry Malone in the 1997 election and what was the vote margin?
Answer: Oaten won the seat with a majority of 21,556 over second placed Gerry Malone of Conservative party in the 1997 Winchester by-election.