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| 2 | 1983 Bermondsey by-election - Results |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| 4 | - | Liberal | Simon Hughes | 17,017 | 57.7 | 50.9 |
| 5 | - | Labour | Peter Tatchell | 7,698 | 26.1 | 37.5 |
| 6 | - | Real Bermondsey Labour | John O'Grady | 2,243 | 7.6 | N/A |
| 7 | - | Conservative | Robert Hughes | 1,631 | 5.5 | 19.4 |
| 8 | - | National Front | James Sneath | 426 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| 9 | - | Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 97 | 0.3 | N/A |
| 10 | - | Independent Patriot | Jane Birdwood | 69 | 0.2 | N/A |
| 11 | - | New Britain | Michael Keulemans | 62 | 0.2 | N/A |
| 12 | - | Independent Labour | Barry Giddings | 50 | 0.2 | N/A |
| 13 | - | Communist | Robert Gordon | 50 | 0.2 | N/A |
| 14 | - | Ecology | George Hannah | 45 | 0.2 | N/A |
| 15 | - | Revolutionary Communist | Fran Eden | 38 | 0.1 | N/A |
| 16 | - | National Labour Party | Ann King | 25 | 0.1 | N/A |
| 17 | - | United Democratic Party | Alan Baker | 15 | 0.1 | N/A |
| 18 | - | ACMFT | David Wedgwood | 15 | 0.1 | N/A |
| 19 | - | Systems Designer | Esmond Bevan | 8 | 0.0 | N/A |
| 20 | Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,319 | 31.6 | - |
| 21 | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,489 | 57.7 | –1.6 |
| 22 | - | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +44.2 | - |

Question: How did Labour and Conservative party do in the 1983 Bermondsey by-election?
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.