1986 Fulham by-election
The 1986 Fulham by-election, in Fulham, on 10 April 1986 was held following the death of the Conservative Member of Parliament Martin Stevens on 10 January that year. In a seat that had changed hands on a few occasions, it was won by Nick Raynsford of Labour, only to be regained by the Tories in the general election 14 months later.
Candidates
- Jane Birdwood was a veteran activist on the far right who was variously associated with the National Front and British National Party.
- James "Boyd" Black advocated the right of Northern Ireland to directly elect its own government and was a leading member of the British and Irish Communist Organisation.
- Matthew Carrington captured the seat for the Conservatives at the following election.
- John Creighton was the owner of a local wine shop.
- Liza Duke called for the abolition of Parliament.
- Roger Liddle later went on to become an adviser to Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson.
- Nick Raynsford would later return to Parliament as MP for Greenwich and Greenwich & Woolwich.
- Rev. Geoffrey Rolph represented the Fellowship Party, which supported pacifism and opposed nuclear power.
- Reginald Simmerson, a regular by-election candidate, campaigned against British membership of the European Community. Following his death in 1998 the Anti-Common Market League established a prize in his memory.
- Jon Swinden ran for the Humanist Party which advocates the humanism of Mario Rodríguez Cobos.
- David Sutch was the founder and leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.