1981 Croydon North West by-election
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[['Bill Pitt', 'member of political party', 'Liberal Party'], ['Member of Parliament', 'electoral district', 'Croydon North West'], ['John Butterfill', 'member of political party', 'Conservative Party'], ['Nick Griffin', 'member of political party', 'National Front']]
It was caused by the death of <entity_2> <entity_0> Robert Taylor on 18 June 1981. The <entity_2> selected <entity_3>, then vice-chairman of Guildford <entity_2> Association. However, the <entity_5> insisted on their own candidate and selected the lesser known <entity_7> who had stood in the seat for the previous three general elections and at the time was the London Regional Party Chair. The then 22-year-old <entity_6> (who became leader of the British National Party in 1999) stood in his first election in <entity_1>, representing the <entity_4>.
['UK Parliamentary by-election', 'by-election']