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The 1986 Derbyshire West by-election was held on 8 May 1986 when the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Matthew Parris, took the Chiltern Hundreds and resigned, in order to become the presenter of Weekend World for ITV.
Despite a large swing away from him, 28-year-old Patrick McLoughlin of the Conservative Party (who has been his party's Chairman since 2016 - 30 years after winning this by-election) beat the Liberal Party candidate by 100 votes.
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West Derbyshire by-election, 1986 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA