Electoral history of Michael Portillo
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Portillo, who was a prominent Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister under John Major and was an MP from 1984 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2005.
1983 General Election, Birmingham Perry Barr[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jeff Rooker | 27,061 | 52.6 | ||
Conservative | Michael Portillo | 19,659 | 38.2 | ||
Liberal | C.E.G. Williams | 4,773 | 9.3 | ||
Majority | 7,402 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 51,493 | 69.2 |
By-Election 1984, Enfield Southgate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Portillo | 16,684 | 49.6 | -8.5 | |
Liberal | Timothy Slack | 11,973 | 35.6 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Peter Hamid | 4,000 | 11.9 | -6 | |
Turkish Troops Out of Cyprus | Andreas Polydrou | 687 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Nationalist Party | James Kershaw | 80 | 0.2 | N/A | |
English National | Raymond Shenton | 78 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Abolish Gt. London, Restore Middlesex | Iain Burgess | 50 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Captain Rainbow's Universal Party | George Weiss | 48 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Death off Roads: Freight on Rail | Helen Anscomb | 45 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,711 | ||||
Turnout | 33,645 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.27 |
1987 General Election, Enfield Southgate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Portillo | 28,445 | 58.8 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Nick Harvey | 10,100 | 20.9 | -14.7 | |
Labour | R. Course | 9,114 | 18.9 | +7 | |
Green | S. Rooney | 696 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,345 | 37.9 | |||
Turnout | 48,355 | 72.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1992 General Election, Enfield Southgate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Portillo | 28,422 | 58.0 | -0.8 | |
Labour | Karen Livney | 12.859 | 26.2 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Keane | 7,080 | 11.2 | -6.5 | |
Green | Mrs. M.C.P.H. Hollands | 696 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 15,563 | 31.8 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,057 | 76.3 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.1 |
1997 General Election, Enfield Southgate[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Twigg | 20,570 | 44.2 | +18.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Portillo | 19,137 | 41.1 | -16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Browne | 4,966 | 10.7 | -3.8 | |
Referendum | Nicholas Luard | 1,342 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Christian Democrat | Alan Storkey | 289 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Mal – Voice of the People | Andrew Malakouna | 229 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,433 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 70.6 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.4 |
By-Election 1999, Kensington and Chelsea[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Portillo | 11,004 | 56.4 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Robert Atkinson | 4,298 | 22.0 | –5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Woodthorpe Browne | 1,831 | 9.4 | –5.9 | |
Pro-Euro Conservative | John Stevens | 740 | 3.8 | ||
UKIP | Damian Hockney | 450 | 2.3 | +0.9 | |
Green | Hugo Charlton | 446 | 2.3 | ||
Democratic Party | Earl of Burford | 182 | 0.9 | ||
Legalise Cannabis | Colin Paisley | 141 | 0.7 | ||
Independent | Dr. Michael Irwin | 97 | 0.5 | ||
UK Pensioners Party | Paul Oliver | 75 | 0.4 | –0.1 | |
Independent Referendum Party | Stephen Scott-Fawcett | 57 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Louise Hodges | 48 | 0.3 | ||
Natural Law | Ged Valente | 35 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
People's Net Dream Ticket Party | Lisa Lovebucket | 26 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | John Davies | 24 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Peter May | 24 | 0.1 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | Alan Hope | 20 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Tony Samuelson | 15 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 6,706 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 29.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2001 General Election, Kensington and Chelsea[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Portillo | 15,270 | 54.5 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Simon Stanley | 6,499 | 23.2 | –4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kishwer Falkner | 4,416 | 15.8 | +0.5 | |
Green | Julia Stephenson | 1,158 | 4.1 | n/a | |
UKIP | Damian Hockney | 416 | 1.5 | n/a | |
ProLife Alliance | Josephine Quintavalle | 179 | 0.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 8,771 | 31.3 | |||
Turnout | 28,038 | 43.3 | –11.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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