Eastleigh David Chidgey 18,699 14,883 19,453 0 446 Eastleigh 28,620 10,947 16,708 0 0 Conservative The Hampshire constituency of Eastleigh came into the national limelight in bizarre circumstances in the early months of 1994. The first-term MP, the former journalist and economics expert Stephen Milligan, was found dead at his home in surroundings suggesting the tragic misfiring of a sexual fetish. The government could not hope to hold the seat - or in all probability any other seat - at a time when they were nationally extremely unpopular, and the winner of the by-election was the Liberal Democrat David Chidgey, who had finished nearly 18,000 votes behind Milligan in 1992. Indeed Labour advanced past the Conservatives to take second place in the by-election. This fact might hinder Chidgey in his attempt to retain Eastleigh in a general election. Although essentially a Conservative - Liberal Democrat contest, the basic strength that Labour has both nationally and locally, particularly in the old railway town of Eastleigh itself, make them serious players here. The seat also includes some of the burgeoning suburbs of Southampton around Hedge End and West End, but has lost its most Conservative section (Hiltingbury/Chandlers Ford) in boundary changes. Probably the best prediction is of a three-way photo-finish.

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