A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of South East Staffordshire on 11 April 1996, following the death the previous December of the sitting Conservative MP Sir David Lightbown. Labour's Brian Jenkins gained the seat from the Conservatives with a large swing.
Result
Notes on candidates News Bunny was a character on the cable channel Live TV. The candidate was an employee of the channel who changed his name for the purposes of the election.
The ballot paper description of the candidate N Samuelson was "Daily Loonylugs Earing Up the World".
See also 2023 Tamworth by-election (another by-election in the successor constituency) List of United Kingdom by-elections parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
References
External links Campaign literature from the by-election