1983 Bermondsey by-election
Results
Table:
Bermondsey by-election, 1983[9]

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

Drawing on the information in the given table titled 1983 Bermondsey by-election — section "Results", write a short sentence answer to the question: How did Labour and Conservative party do in the 1983 Bermondsey by-election? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Labour's Tatchell received 26.1 percent of the vote and came a distant second, while the Conservative candidate, Robert Hughes, managed fourth place.