The Langbaurgh by-election, 1991 was a by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

 held on 7 November 1991 for the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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 of Langbaurgh

Langbaurgh (UK Parliament constituency)

Langbaurgh was a parliamentary constituency in the Langbaurgh area of North East England to the east of Middlesbrough. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system, and existed from 1983 to...

, in the former county of Cleveland

Cleveland, England

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 in North East England

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. It was the final by-election of the 1987-1992 parliament, and was held just five months before the 1992 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1992

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The seat had become vacant on the death of the Conservative

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 Member of Parliament

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 Richard Holt

Richard Holt

Richard Holt was British Conservative Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh from 1983 until he died suddenly in his sleep, aged 60 in 1991. His successor in the resulting by-election was Labour's Ashok Kumar...

 on 20 September 1991. Holt had held the seat since the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

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The by-election was won by the Labour candidate, Ashok Kumar.

Votes

See also

• Langbaurgh (UK Parliament constituency)
  Langbaurgh (UK Parliament constituency)
  Langbaurgh was a parliamentary constituency in the Langbaurgh area of North East England to the east of Middlesbrough. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system, and existed from 1983 to...
  
  
• List of United Kingdom by-elections