1997 Winchester by-election

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1997 Winchester by-election

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Turnout	68.7%
First party Second party   Candidate Mark Oaten Gerry Malone Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Popular vote 37,006 15,450 Percentage 68.0% 28.4% Swing 26.0pp 13.6pp
MP before election Gerry Malone Conservative Elected MP Mark Oaten Liberal Democrats

The 1997 Winchester by-election was a by-election to the UK House of Commons in the constituency of Winchester, Hampshire. Winchester was initially declared to have been won by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) with a majority of two votes at the general election on 1 May 1997, but following a legal challenge, a new election was allowed by the High Court. The by-election, held on 20 November, was won by Oaten with a majority of 21,556.