Another candidate, Allan Harrison, stood in Batley and Spen. Benefiting from the endorsement of retiring Labour MP Don Concannon, Marshall won 1,580 votes in Mansfield. The Conservative Party nearly took the seat, but Meale held it for the main Labour Party with a majority of only 56 votes versus Concannon's 2,216-vote majority from 1983.
In Batley and Spen, Allan Harrison was another candidate who received support from retiring Labour MP Don Concannon. Marshall won 1,580 votes in Mansfield, but the Conservatives nearly took the seat. Meale held it for the main Labour Party with a narrow margin of only 56 votes against Concannon's 2,216-vote majority from 1983.