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Wallsend - By-election (Roll: 33,036) Retained by Labor Party Nominations: Wednesday, 7 December 1988, Polling: Saturday, 17 December 1988 Not contested by both major parties, Preferences counted to completion Candidate Party Votes % Final % Laver, Philip Independent 1,377 4.90 Stocker, Paul Independent 2,555 9.10 Mills, John (Elected) Labor Party 15,671 55.79 17,011 63.41 Bradley, Lindsay Independent 8,485 30.21 9,817 36.59 Formal Votes 28,088 Informal / Exhausted Votes 870 3.00 1,260 4.49 Total Votes / Turnout 28,958 87.66 Cause Category: Death Notes: Caused by the death of sitting Labor MP Ken Booth. Distribution of Preferences Exclusion 1 Laver (IND) Exclusion 2 Stocker (IND) Preferences New Totals Preferences New Totals Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Laver (IND) -1377 Stocker (IND) 650 62.32 3205 11.55 -3205 Mills (ALP) 173 16.59 15844 57.09 1167 51.21 17011 63.41 Bradley (IND) 220 21.09 8705 31.36 1112 48.79 9817 36.59 Votes In Count 1043 27754 2279 26828 Exhausted 334 24.26 334 1.19 926 28.89 1260 4.49