1986 Fulham by-election

Candidates

• Jane Birdwood was a veteran activist on the far right who was variously associated with the National Front and British National Party.
• James "Boyd" Black advocated the right of Northern Ireland to directly elect its own government and was a leading member of the British and Irish Communist Organisation.
• Matthew Carrington captured the seat for the Conservatives at the following election.
• John Creighton was the owner of a local wine shop.
• Liza Duke called for the abolition of Parliament.
• Roger Liddle later went on to become an adviser to Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson.
• Nick Raynsford would later return to Parliament as MP for Greenwich and Greenwich & Woolwich.
• Rev. Geoffrey Rolph represented the Fellowship Party, which supported pacifism and opposed nuclear power.
• Reginald Simmerson, a regular by-election candidate, campaigned against British membership of the European Community. Following his death in 1998 the Anti-Common Market League established a prize in his memory.
• Jon Swinden ran for the Humanist Party which advocates the humanism of Mario Rodríguez Cobos.
• David Sutch was the founder and leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.

  Results