About: 1987 Truro by-election

Property	Value
dbo:abstract	The 1987 Truro by-election, was caused by the death of David Penhaligon, the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro on 22 December 1986 in a car crash near the city. The election was held on 12 March 1987. The constituency was renamed Truro and St Austell in 1997. The Liberal Party, standing with the backing of the Social Democratic Party as part of the SDP-Liberal Alliance, formed a shortlist of five candidates: Matthew Taylor (Penhaligon's economic policy assistant), Paul Tyler (outgoing chair of the Liberal Party and former MP for Bodmin), Doris Ansari (chair of Cornwall County Council's planning and employment committee), Malcolm Brown (Penhaligon's part-time constituency agent), and Philip Beckerlegge (solicitor and Liberal candidate for Cirencester and Tewkesbury in 1983 and 1987). Taylor was the favourite and was chosen to be the Liberal candidate. The Conservative candidate was Nick St Aubyn who would go on to become member for Guildford. The Labour Party and Green Party put forward candidates. The only other candidate was Helen Anscomb, who represented Death off Road: Freight on Rail. Anscomb had previously taken part in four other by-elections of the 49th Parliament and on this occasion focused her campaign on the issue of road safety as Penhaligon had been killed in a car accident. After the election, Anscomb lodged an election petition against the return of Taylor on the grounds that he had appeared on Channel Four News and BBC Newsnight without the other candidates, in breach of election law. The petition was stayed and eventually withdrawn due to her ill-health. This election is notable for being the last by-election during that term of parliament, as a general election (which saw the Tories achieve a third successive win) was called three months later. (en)
dbo:startDate	1987-03-12 (xsd:date)
dbo:thumbnail	wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_...lor_of_Goss_Moor_crop_2.jpg?width=300
dbo:title	1987 Truro by-election (en)
dbo:wikiPageExternalLink	https://web.archive.org/web/20060821202848/http:/www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/m10.pdf
dbo:wikiPageID	2273182 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageLength	6806 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
dbo:wikiPageRevisionID	1095039614 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageWikiLink	dbr:David_Penhaligon dbr:Paul_Tyler dbr:Doris_Ansari dbr:1983_United_Kingdom_general_election dbr:1987_United_Kingdom_general_election dbr:Conservative_Party_(UK) dbr:Matthew_Taylor,_Baron_Taylor_of_Goss_Moor dbr:Cornwall_County_Council dbc:By-elections_to_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_Cornish_constituencies dbc:Politics_of_Truro dbc:1980s_in_Cornwall dbc:1987_elections_in_the_United_Kingdom dbc:1987_in_England dbc:March_1987_events_in_the_United_Kingdom dbr:Liberal_Party_(UK) dbr:Bodmin_(UK_Parliament_constituency) dbr:Social_Democratic_Party_(UK) dbr:BBC dbr:Truro_(UK_Parliament_constituency) dbr:Matthew_Taylor_(Labour_politician) dbr:Nick_St_Aubyn dbr:Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales dbr:Guildford_(UK_Parliament_constituency) dbr:Labour_Party_(UK) dbr:Cirencester_and_Tewkesbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency) dbr:Newsnight dbr:Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom) dbr:SDP-Liberal_Alliance dbr:File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Taylor_of_Goss_Moor_crop_2.jpg dbr:Matthew_Taylor_(Liberal_politician) dbr:Channel_Four
dbp:afterElection	dbr:Matthew_Taylor_(Labour_politician)
dbp:afterParty	Liberal Party (en)
dbp:beforeElection	dbr:David_Penhaligon
dbp:beforeParty	Liberal Party (en)
dbp:candidate	dbr:Nick_St_Aubyn dbr:Matthew_Taylor_(Liberal_politician) John King (en) Helen Anscomb (en) Howard Hoptrough (en) Matthew Taylor (en)
dbp:change	N/A (en) +2.6 (en) +3.1 (en) −6.6 (en)
dbp:country	United Kingdom (en)
dbp:electionDate	1987-03-12 (xsd:date)
dbp:electionName	1987 (xsd:integer)
dbp:image	dbr:File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Taylor_of_Goss_Moor_crop_2.jpg Con (en) Lab (en)
dbp:mapCaption	Truro constituency within Cornwall (en)
dbp:mapImage	TruroStAustellConstituency.svg (en)
dbp:mapSize	200 (xsd:integer)
dbp:nextElection	1987 (xsd:integer)
dbp:nextYear	1987 (xsd:integer)
dbp:ongoing	no (en)
dbp:party	Conservative Party (en) Green Party (en) Labour Party (en) Liberal Party (en) SDP-Liberal Alliance (en) Death off Road: Freight on Rail (en)
dbp:percentage	0.100000 (xsd:double) 0.800000 (xsd:double) 7.100000 (xsd:double) 31.500000 (xsd:double) 60.400000 (xsd:double) 31.5 7.1 60.4
dbp:popularVote	3603 (xsd:integer) 15982 (xsd:integer) 30599 (xsd:integer)
dbp:posttitle	Subsequent MP (en)
dbp:previousElection	1983 (xsd:integer)
dbp:previousYear	1983 (xsd:integer)
dbp:seatsForElection	Constituency of Truro (en)
dbp:side	Liberal Party (en)
dbp:swing	6.6 2.6 3.1
dbp:title	MP (en)
dbp:turnout	70.2
dbp:type	parliamentary (en)
dbp:votes	75 (xsd:integer) 403 (xsd:integer) 3603 (xsd:integer) 15982 (xsd:integer) 30599 (xsd:integer)
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate	dbt:Decrease dbt:Election_box_begin dbt:Election_box_candidate_with_party_link dbt:Election_box_end dbt:Election_box_hold_with_party_link dbt:Election_box_majority dbt:Election_box_turnout dbt:Increase dbt:Infobox_election dbt:Portal dbt:Reflist dbt:Use_British_English dbt:Use_dmy_dates dbt:Party_color dbt:Election_box_candidate dbt:By-elections_to_the_49th_UK_Parliament dbt:Election_box_winning_candidate_for_alliance
dcterms:subject	dbc:By-elections_to_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_Cornish_constituencies dbc:Politics_of_Truro dbc:1980s_in_Cornwall dbc:1987_elections_in_the_United_Kingdom dbc:1987_in_England dbc:March_1987_events_in_the_United_Kingdom
rdf:type	owl:Thing schema:Event dul:Event dbo:SocietalEvent wikidata:Q1656682 wikidata:Q40231 dbo:Election dbo:Event
rdfs:comment	The 1987 Truro by-election, was caused by the death of David Penhaligon, the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro on 22 December 1986 in a car crash near the city. The election was held on 12 March 1987. The constituency was renamed Truro and St Austell in 1997. After the election, Anscomb lodged an election petition against the return of Taylor on the grounds that he had appeared on Channel Four News and BBC Newsnight without the other candidates, in breach of election law. The petition was stayed and eventually withdrawn due to her ill-health. (en)
rdfs:label	1987 Truro by-election (en)
owl:sameAs	wikidata:1987 Truro by-election https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4wF4Z
prov:wasDerivedFrom	wikipedia-en:1987_Truro_by-election?oldid=1095039614&ns=0
foaf:depiction	wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Taylor_of_Goss_Moor_crop_2.jpg wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/TruroStAustellConstituency.svg
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf	wikipedia-en:1987_Truro_by-election
is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of	dbr:Truro_by-election,_1987
is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of	dbr:List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1979–2010) dbr:List_of_elections_in_1987 dbr:David_Penhaligon dbr:United_Kingdom_by-election_records dbr:Doris_Ansari dbr:Index_of_Cornwall-related_articles dbr:Timeline_of_Cornish_history dbr:1987_in_the_United_Kingdom dbr:Matthew_Taylor,_Baron_Taylor_of_Goss_Moor dbr:2005_Cheadle_by-election dbr:Truro_(UK_Parliament_constituency) dbr:Nick_St_Aubyn dbr:Baby_of_the_House dbr:Opinion_polling_for_the_1987_United_Kingdom_general_election dbr:Politics_of_Cornwall dbr:Truro_by-election,_1987 dbr:Outline_of_Cornwall
is dbp:years of	dbr:David_Penhaligon
is foaf:primaryTopic of	wikipedia-en:1987_Truro_by-election