# Liberal Party (UK, 1989) election results

The Liberal Party is a United Kingdom political party that was founded in 1989 by members of the original Liberal Party opposed to its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to form the Liberal Democrats. The party has never held a UK, Scottish, Senedd or European parliamentary seat, though it has had representation on local councils.

## Parliamentary elections contested
### By-elections 1987–1992

| Date | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 23 February 1989 | Richmond (Yorks) | Nicholas Watkins | 70 | 0.1 |
| 24 May 1990 | Bootle | Kevin White | 474 | 1.3 |
| 27 September 1990 | Knowsley, S | Ian Smith | 628 | 3.0 |
| 18 October 1990 | Eastbourne | Theresia Williamson | 526 | 1.1 |
| 8 November 1990 | Bootle | Kevin White | 291 | 1.0 |
| 9 November 1990 | Bradford, N | Noel Nowosielski | 187 | 0.5 |
| 7 March 1991 | Ribble Valley | Simon Taylor | 133 | 0.3 |

### 1992 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Aldershot | D Robinson | 1,038 | 1.6 |
| Arundel | D Renson | 1,103 | 1.8 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | C Hall | 907 | 2.1 |
| Bath | M Barker | 172 | 0.3 |
| Beckenham | G Williams | 643 | 1.4 |
| Bedfordshire, Mid | P Cottier | 1,582 | 2.3 |
| Bootle | M Hall | 1,174 | 2.3 |
| Cambridgeshire, N E | C Ash | 998 | 1.6 |
| Chichester | J Weights | 643 | 1.0 |
| Chingford | D Green | 602 | 1.4 |
| Chislehurst | I Richmond | 849 | 2.0 |
| Corby | J Wood | 784 | 1.4 |
| Cornwall, N | P Andrews | 678 | 1.1 |
| Cornwall, S E | M Cook | 644 | 1.1 |
| Coventry, S W | R Wheway | 989 | 2.0 |
| Crosby | John Marks | 1,052 | 1.6 |
| Denton & Reddish | M Powell | 1,296 | 2.5 |
| Devizes | S Coles | 962 | 1.3 |
| Eastbourne | Theresia Williamson | 296 | 0.5 |
| Edinburgh, Central | R Wilson | 235 | 0.6 |
| Edinburgh, W | A Fleming | 272 | 0.6 |
| Exeter | A Micklem | 1,119 | 1.8 |
| Falmouth & Camborne | Paul Holmes | 730 | 1.3 |
| Fife, N E | D Senior | 85 | 0.2 |
| Grantham | J Hiley | 1,500 | 2.3 |
| Harrow, E | P Burrows | 1,142 | 2.0 |
| Harrow, W | Gabriel Aitman | 845 | 1.6 |
| Heywood & Middleton | Phil Burke | 757 | 1.8 |
| Honiton | Geoffrey Halliwell | 1,005 | 1.6 |
| Horsham | J Elliott | 1,281 | 1.9 |
| Huntingdon | P Wiggin | 1,045 | 1.4 |
| Kingston upon Thames | A Amer | 771 | 2.0 |
| Knowsley, N | K Lappin | 1,180 | 3.3 |
| Leeds, N W | N Nowosielski | 427 | 0.8 |
| Leeds, W | Michael Meadowcroft | 3,980 | 8.3 |
| Leyton | L de Pinna | 561 | 1.5 |
| Lincoln | S Wiggin | 603 | 1.0 |
| Liverpool, Broadgreen | Steve Radford | 1,211 | 2.9 |
| Liverpool, Garston | A Conrad | 894 | 2.2 |
| Liverpool, Walton | T Newall | 963 | 2.0 |
| Liverpool, West Derby | D Curtis | 1,021 | 2.6 |
| Makerfield | S Cairns | 1,309 | 2.4 |
| Manchester, Gorton | T Henderson | 767 | 2.0 |
| Medway | M Austin | 1,480 | 3.0 |
| Northavon | P Marx | 380 | 0.5 |
| Nottingham E | C Roylance | 598 | 1.3 |
| Oxford, W & Abingdon | R Jenkin | 194 | 0.4 |
| Peterborough | E Murat | 1,557 | 2.4 |
| Ravensbourne | Peter White | 318 | 0.7 |
| Rochford | L Farmer | 1,362 | 2.1 |
| St Ives | Graham Stephens | 577 | 1.0 |
| Shoreham | W Weights | 459 | 0.8 |
| Slough | J Clark | 1,426 | 2.5 |
| Somerton & Frome | J Pollock | 388 | 0.7 |
| Southend, E | Brian Lynch | 673 | 1.6 |
| Southend, W | Alan Farmer | 495 | 1.0 |
| Stalybridge & Hyde | R Powell | 1,199 | 2.4 |
| Sunderland, N | W Lundgren | 841 | 1.7 |
| Tiverton | David Morrish | 2,225 | 3.8 |
| Tooting | C Martin | 1,340 | 2.6 |
| Truro | C Tankard | 208 | 0.3 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | John Hein | 177 | 0.6 |
| Twickenham | A Miners | 85 | 0.2 |
| Walthamstow | V Wilkinson | 241 | 0.7 |
| Westbury | P Macdonald | 1,440 | 2.0 |
| Wigan | K White | 1,116 | 2.0 |
| Wiltshire, N | George Hawkins | 622 | 0.9 |
| Wolverhampton, N E | Kenneth Bullman | 1,087 | 2.2 |
| Wolverhampton, S E | Catherine Twelvetrees | 850 | 2. |
| Wolverhampton, S W | Colin Hallmark | 1,237 | 2.4 |
| Woodspring | Nick Brown | 836 | 1.3 |
| Worthing | N Goble | 679 | 1.1 |

### By-elections 1992–1997

| Date | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 15 December 1994 | Dudley, W | Mike Hyde | 548 | 1.3 |
| 11 April 1996 | South East Staffordshire | Steven Mountford | 332 | 0.8 |
| 21 October 1997 | Beckenham | Phil Rimmer | 330 | 1.0 |

### 1997 general election

Source: UK General Election Results 1997 at politicsresources.net
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Beckenham | Phil Rimmer | 720 | 1.3 |
| Bethnal Green & Bow | Terry Milson | 2,963 | 6.6 |
| Birmingham, Perry Barr | Alasdair Baxter | 718 | 1.6 |
| Bromley & Chislehurst | Gabriel Aitman | 285 | 0.5 |
| Camberwell & Peckham | Gerry Williams | 443 | 1.6 |
| Cornwall, N | Rif Winfield | 186 | 0.3 |
| Cornwall, S E | Bill Weights | 268 | 0.5 |
| Coventry, N E | Nick Brown | 1,181 | 2.5 |
| Coventry, N W | Rob Wheway | 687 | 1.3 |
| Coventry S | Roger Jenking | 725 | 1.5 |
| Crosby | John Marks | 233 | 0.5 |
| Devon, E | Geoffrey Halliwell | 1,363 | 2.6 |
| Devon, W & Torridge | Michael Pithouse | 50 | 0.9 |
| Dulwich & W Norwood | Alex Goldie | 587 | 1.3 |
| Eastbourne | Theresia Williamson | 741 | 1.4 |
| Edinburgh, W | Paul Coombes | 263 | 0.6 |
| Eltham | Henry Middleton | 584 | 1.3 |
| Exeter | David Morrish | 2,062 | 3.3 |
| Falmouth & Camborne | Paul Holmes | 527 | 1.0 |
| Halton | David Proffitt | 600 | 1.4 |
| Hastings & Rye | Jane Amstad | 1,046 | 2.1 |
| Heywood & Middleton | Phil Burke | 750 | 1.5 |
| Leeds, W | Noel Nowosielski | 625 | 1.6 |
| Lewisham, E | Peter White | 277 | 0.7 |
| Lewisham, W | Liz Oram | 167 | 0.4 |
| Liverpool, Garston | Gary Copeland | 666 | 1.5 |
| Liverpool, Riverside | David Green | 594 | 1.6 |
| Liverpool, Walton | Hazel Williams | 352 | 0.9 |
| Liverpool Wavertree | Keith McCullough | 391 | 0.9 |
| Liverpool, West Derby | Steve Radford | 4,037 | 9.6 |
| Maidenhead | David Munkley | 896 | 1.8 |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Steven Mountford | 1,399 | 2.9 |
| Orpington | Robin Almond | 494 | 0.8 |
| Portsmouth, S | John Thompson | 184 | 0.4 |
| Rayleigh | Alan Farmer | 829 | 1.6 |
| Rochford & Southend, E | Brian Lynch | 1,007 | 2.2 |
| Romford | Terry Hurlstone | 1,100 | 2.6 |
| Slough | Anne Bradshaw | 1,835 | 3.8 |
| South Ribble | Nigel Ashton | 1,127 | 2.0 |
| Southport | Susan Ashton | 386 | 0.8 |
| Southwark, N & Bermondsey | Jim Munday | 157 | 0.4 |
| St. Ives | Graham Stephens | 425 | 0.8 |
| Stoke-on-Trent, Central | Fran Oborski | 359 | 0.9 |
| Stoke-on-Trent, S | Alison Micklem | 580 | 1.3 |
| Stone | Ann Winfield | 545 | 1.0 |
| Tamworth | Catherine Twelvetrees | 177 | 0.4 |
| Tiverton | Jenny Roach | 635 | 1.1 |
| Torbay | Bruce Cowling | 1161 | 2.2 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | John Hein | 387 | 1.0 |
| Westbury | George Hawkins | 1,956 | 3.5 |
| Windsor | Paul Bradshaw | 388 | 0.8 |
| Wolverhampton, N E | Colin Hallmark | 1,560 | 3.8 |
| Wolverhampton, S E | Kenneth Bullman | 647 | 1.9 |
| Wolverhampton, S W | Mike Hyde | 713 | 1.5 |
| Wyre Forest | Chris Harvey | 1,670 | 3.0 |

### By-elections 1997–2001

| Date | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 21 October 1997 | Beckenham | Phil H. Rimmer | 330 | 1.0 |

### 2001 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Beckenham | Riff Winfield | 234 | 0.5 |
| Eastbourne | Theresia Williamson | 574 | 1.3 |
| Exeter | David Morrish | 2,596 | 4.9 |
| Falmouth & Camborne | Paul Holmes | 649 | 1.4 |
| Heywood & Middleton | Philip Burke | 1,021 | 2.6 |
| Hove | Nigel Donovan | 316 | 0.8 |
| Leeds, W | Noel Nowosielski | 462 | 1.4 |
| Liverpool, West Derby | Steve Radford | 4,601 | 14.9 |
| Rochford & Southend E. | Brian Lynch | 600 | 1.6 |
| Somerton & Frome | Jean Pollock | 354 | 0.7 |
| Southport | David Green | 767 | 1.9 |
| Tiverton & Honiton | Jennifer Roach | 594 | 1.1 |
| Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | John Hein | 383 | 1.2 |

### 2005 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk | John Hein | 916 | 2.0 |
| Exeter | Margaret Danks | 2,214 | 4.0 |
| Falmouth & Camborne | Paul Holmes | 423 | 0.9 |
| Fylde | Tim Akeroyd | 1,647 | 3.6 |
| Hackney S & Shoreditch | Benjamin Rae | 313 | 1.0 |
| Heywood & Middleton | Phil Burke | 1,377 | 3.5 |
| Kingston upon Hull East | Janet Toker | 1,018 | 3.3 |
| Liverpool, Walton | Daniel Wood | 480 | 1.7 |
| Liverpool, West Derby | Steve Radford | 3,606 | 11.8 |
| Ryedale | John Clarke | 1,417 | 3.2 |
| Teignbridge | Reginald Wills | 685 | 1.1 |
| Tiverton & Honiton | Roy Collins | 1,701 | 2.9 |
| Vale Of Glamorgan | Karl-James Langford | 605 | 1.3 |
| Wyre Forest | Fran Oborski | 2,666 | 5.7 |

### 2010 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Edinburgh North & Leith | John Hein | 389 | 0.8 |
| Exeter | Chris Gale | 1,108 | 2.1 |
| Hackney South & Shoreditch | Ben Rae | 539 | 1.3 |
| Liverpool West Derby | Steve Radford | 3,327 | 9.3 |
| Thirsk & Malton | John Clark | 1,418 | 3.7 |

### 2015 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Chelmsford | Henry Arthur Boyle | 665 | 1.2 |
| Liverpool West Derby | Steve Radford | 2,049 | 5.0 |
| Peterborough | Chris Ash | 639 | 1.4 |
| Thirsk & Malton | John Clark | 1,127 | 2.2 |

### 2017 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Altrincham and Sale West | Neil Taylor | 299 | 0.6 |
| Devon Central | Lloyd Knight | 470 | 0.8 |
| Liverpool West Derby | Steve Radford | 2,150 | 4.8 |
| Thirsk & Malton | John Clark | 753 | 1.3 |

### 2019 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Altrincham & Sale West | Neil Taylor | 458 | 0.8% |
| Blaydon | Kathy King | 653 | 1.6% |
| Bridgwater and West Somerset | F Moussa | 755 | 1.3% |
| Calder Valley | Richard Phillips | 721 | 1.2% |
| Camborne and Redruth | Paul Thomas Holmes | 676 | 1.3% |
| City of London & Westminster | Dirk van Heck | 101 | 0.2% |
| Garston and Halewood | Hazel Williams | 344 | 0.6% |
| Knowsley | Raymond Frank Catesby | 405 | 0.7% |
| Lincoln | Charles William Shaw | 304 | 0.6% |
| Liverpool, Walton | Billy Lake | 660 | 1.6% |
| Liverpool, Wavertree | Mick Coyne | 501 | 1.2% |
| Liverpool, West Derby | Steve Radford | 1,826 | 4.2% |
| North Cornwall | Elmars Vilnis Liepens | 572 | 1.1% |
| Sefton Central | Angela Preston | 285 | 0.6% |
| South East Cornwall | Jay Latham | 869 | 1.6% |
| St Austell and Newquay | Richard Byrne | 626 | 1.1% |
| St Ives | Robert Lee Smith | 314 | 0.6% |
| Stalybridge and Hyde | John Anthony Edge | 435 | 1.0% |
| Truro and Falmouth | Paul William Nicholson | 413 | 0.7% |

### 2021 Scottish Parliament election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Glasgow Southside | Derek Jackson | 102 | 0.3% |

### 2024 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Camborne and Redruth | Paul Holmes | 624 | 1.3 |
| East Renfrewshire | Allan Steele | 481 | 1.0 |
| Lincoln | Charles Shaw | 278 | 0.7 |
| Liverpool Garston | Alan Tormey | 401 | 1.0 |
| Liverpool Riverside | Sean Weaver | 256 | 0.8 |
| Liverpool Walton | Billy Lake | 452 | 1.2 |
| Liverpool West Derby | Steve Radford | 2,336 | 6.1 |
| Runcorn and Helsby | Danny Clarke | 479 | 1.1 |
| St Austell and Newquay | Jay Latham | 490 | 1.0 |
| St Ives | Paul Nicholson | 187 | 0.4 |
| South Cotswolds | Chris Twells | 225 | 0.4 |
| Truro and Falmouth | Peter White | 166 | 0.3 |