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The
District of Lichfield wards of Armitage with Handsacre, Central, Chadsmead, Colton and Ridwares, Curborough, King's Bromley, Longdon, Leomansley, St John's, and Stowe, the Borough of Stafford wards of Barlaston, Chartley, Fulford, Haywood, Milwich, Oulton, St Michael's, and Stonefield and
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followed on 22 March 1990. The by-election attracted a blaze of publicity, and a large number of candidates (14), as it took place at the height of the public dissatisfaction with the
Conservative government over the Community Charge or
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reorganised the constituencies in
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Christchurch, and the
District of Cannock Chase wards of Brereton and Ravenhill, Brindley Heath, Etching Hill, Hagley, and Western Springs.
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Fabricant became MP for Lichfield at the 1997 general election.
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Subsequently MP for
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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997
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constituencies, apart from Rugeley which was included in
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Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire (historic)
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It covered a swathe of territory across the centre of
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Christian Patriotic Alliance - Save Britain Campaign
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Raving Loony Green Giant Supercalafragalistic Party
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201:Following Heddle's suicide in December 1989, a
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108:Lichfield & Tamworth
962:Nicholas Parker-Jervis
210:(indeed, the notorious
1521:Cannock Chase District
1030:Independent 'Save the
711:Elections in the 1990s
386:Elections in the 1980s
373:constituency abolished
192:Lichfield and Tamworth
182:, the seat was won by
156:from 1983 until 1997.
1516:Politics of Lichfield
1135:General election 1992
534:General election 1987
392:General election 1983
270:Members of Parliament
224:1992 general election
196:1987 general election
180:1983 general election
1459:"Politics Resources"
1429:"Election Data 1992"
1399:"Election Data 1987"
1369:"Election Data 1983"
1315:Notes and references
1137:: Mid Staffordshire
893:Screaming Lord Sutch
888:Monster Raving Loony
719:: Mid Staffordshire
536:: Mid Staffordshire
394:: Mid Staffordshire
356:Subsequently MP for
112:Stafford & Stone
1511:Borough of Stafford
1332:ElectionWeb Project
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235:Boundary Commission
42:county constituency
1439:on 15 October 2011
1433:Electoral Calculus
1409:on 15 October 2011
1403:Electoral Calculus
1379:on 15 October 2011
1373:Electoral Calculus
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1037:Bernard Mildwater
941:Christopher Abell
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188:Conservative Party
163:, stretching from
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1220:Liberal Democrats
1172:Michael Fabricant
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938:Supporters Party
800:Liberal Democrats
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638:Ind. Conservative
600:Crispin St. Hill
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347:Michael Fabricant
228:Michael Fabricant
146:Mid Staffordshire
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67:Major settlements
35:Mid Staffordshire
18:Mid Staffordshire
16:(Redirected from
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104:Created from
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1241:Natural Law
1202:Sylvia Heal
754:Sylvia Heal
571:John Heddle
526:(new seat)
477:Peter Lane
429:John Heddle
360:since 1997
321:Sylvia Heal
299:John Heddle
216:Sylvia Heal
203:by-election
184:John Heddle
122:Replaced by
1500:Categories
1473:6 December
1145:Candidate
917:John Hill
727:Candidate
544:Candidate
402:Candidate
334:2000–2010
261:Boundaries
1261:Majority
1224:BJ Stamp
1074:Majority
825:Ian Wood
658:Majority
490:Majority
381:Elections
358:Lichfield
239:Lichfield
165:Lichfield
126:Lichfield
71:Lichfield
1342:14 March
1245:D Grice
280:Member
277:Election
255:Stafford
208:Poll Tax
138:Stafford
46:for the
1485:Sources
1443:28 June
1413:28 June
1383:28 June
1280:62,859
1276:Turnout
1206:24,991
1178:31,227
1095:56,359
1091:Turnout
786:18,200
760:27,649
677:56,584
673:Turnout
661:14,654
624:13,114
617:Liberal
603:13,990
577:28,644
508:52,260
504:Turnout
493:13,880
480:11,720
460:13,330
453:Liberal
435:27,210
218:of the
186:of the
178:At the
169:Rugeley
152:in the
116:Cannock
75:Rugeley
40:Former
1270:−16.0
1264:6,236
1233:−13.0
1227:6,402
1212:+15.1
1197:Labour
1148:Votes
1142:Party
1125:+21.0
1109:Labour
1077:9,449
851:1,215
828:1,422
813:−12.0
807:6,315
792:−18.3
770:+24.4
747:Labour
730:Votes
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596:Labour
547:Votes
541:Party
473:Labour
405:Votes
399:Party
326:Labour
286:Notes
148:was a
56:County
1306:−8.0
1302:Swing
1286:+6.2
1283:85.6
1230:10.2
1209:39.8
1188:−0.9
1183:49.7
1121:Swing
1114:from
1101:−1.9
1098:77.5
1080:16.8
844:Green
810:11.2
789:32.3
765:49.1
699:Swing
683:+1.9
680:79.4
667:−0.7
664:25.9
630:−2.3
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609:+2.3
606:24.7
587:−1.5
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511:77.5
496:26.6
483:22.4
463:25.5
440:52.1
283:Party
243:Stone
173:Stone
130:Stone
96:Seats
79:Stone
1475:2010
1445:2017
1415:2017
1385:2017
1344:2016
1297:hold
1267:9.9
1251:0.4
1248:239
1112:gain
1064:0.1
1043:0.1
1018:0.1
993:0.1
968:0.1
947:0.2
944:102
923:0.5
920:311
900:0.6
897:336
875:1.0
872:547
854:2.2
831:2.5
694:hold
648:1.5
645:836
368:1997
342:1992
294:1983
241:and
167:and
114:and
90:1997
86:1983
1255:New
1084:N/A
1068:New
1061:39
1047:New
1040:42
1032:2CV
1022:New
1015:51
997:New
990:59
972:New
965:71
951:New
936:NHS
927:New
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879:New
858:New
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821:SDP
652:New
524:win
99:one
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