Electoral history of Michael Portillo

This is a summary of the electoral history of Michael Portillo, who was a prominent Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister under John Major and was an MP from 1984 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2005.

1983 General Election, Birmingham Perry Barr

General Election 1983: Birmingham Perry Barr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Rooker	27,061	52.6
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	19,659	38.2
	Liberal	C.E.G. Williams	4,773	9.3
Majority			7,402	14.4
Turnout			51,493	69.2

By-Election 1984, Enfield Southgate

1984 by-election: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	16,684	49.6	-8.5
	Liberal	Timothy Slack	11,973	35.6	+12.2
	Labour	Peter Hamid	4,000	11.9	-6
	Turkish Troops Out of Cyprus	Andreas Polydrou	687	2.0	N/A
	Nationalist Party	James Kershaw	80	0.2	N/A
	English National	Raymond Shenton	78	0.2	N/A
	Abolish Gt. London, Restore Middlesex	Iain Burgess	50	0.2	N/A
	Captain Rainbow's Universal Party	George Weiss	48	0.2	N/A
	Death off Roads: Freight on Rail	Helen Anscomb	45	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,711
Turnout			33,645
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.27

1987 General Election, Enfield Southgate

General Election 1987: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	28,445	58.8	+9.2
	Liberal	Nick Harvey	10,100	20.9	-14.7
	Labour	R. Course	9,114	18.9	+7
	Green	S. Rooney	696	1.4	N/A
Majority			18,345	37.9
Turnout			48,355	72.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1992 General Election, Enfield Southgate

General Election 1992: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	28,422	58.0	-0.8
	Labour	Karen Livney	12.859	26.2	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Keane	7,080	11.2	-6.5
	Green	Mrs. M.C.P.H. Hollands	696	1.4	0.0
Majority			15,563	31.8	-6.1
Turnout			49,057	76.3	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.1

1997 General Election, Enfield Southgate

General Election 1997: Enfield, Southgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Twigg	20,570	44.2	+18.0
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	19,137	41.1	-16.8
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Browne	4,966	10.7	-3.8
	Referendum	Nicholas Luard	1,342	2.9	N/A
	Christian Democrat	Alan Storkey	289	0.6	N/A
	Mal – Voice of the People	Andrew Malakouna	229	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,433	3.1
Turnout				70.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.4

By-Election 1999, Kensington and Chelsea

1999 by-election: Kensington and Chelsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	11,004	56.4	+2.8
	Labour	Robert Atkinson	4,298	22.0	–5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Woodthorpe Browne	1,831	9.4	–5.9
	Pro-Euro Conservative	John Stevens	740	3.8
	UKIP	Damian Hockney	450	2.3	+0.9
	Green	Hugo Charlton	446	2.3
	Democratic Party	Earl of Burford	182	0.9
	Legalise Cannabis	Colin Paisley	141	0.7
	Independent	Dr. Michael Irwin	97	0.5
	UK Pensioners Party	Paul Oliver	75	0.4	–0.1
	Independent Referendum Party	Stephen Scott-Fawcett	57	0.3
	Independent	Louise Hodges	48	0.3
	Natural Law	Ged Valente	35	0.2	0.1
	People's Net Dream Ticket Party	Lisa Lovebucket	26	0.1
	Independent	John Davies	24	0.1
	Independent	Peter May	24	0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Alan Hope	20	0.1
	Independent	Tony Samuelson	15	0.1
Majority			6,706	34.4
Turnout				29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001 General Election, Kensington and Chelsea

General Election 2001: Kensington and Chelsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Portillo	15,270	54.5	+0.8
	Labour	Simon Stanley	6,499	23.2	–4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kishwer Falkner	4,416	15.8	+0.5
	Green	Julia Stephenson	1,158	4.1	n/a
	UKIP	Damian Hockney	416	1.5	n/a
	ProLife Alliance	Josephine Quintavalle	179	0.6	n/a
Majority			8,771	31.3
Turnout			28,038	43.3	–11.4
	Conservative hold		Swing