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1969 By Election Results


 

 

 

 Brighton Pavilion 


  DATE:       27th March 1969
  CAUSE:    Resignation of Sir William Teeling through ill health.

Julian Amery Conservative 17,636
Thomas C Skeffington-Lodge Labour 4,654
Miss Nesta Wyn Ellis Liberal 2,711

Majority 12,982

Conservative hold


 

 

 Walthamstow East 


  DATE:       27th March 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Walter Robinson 18th October 1968. 

Michael McNair-Wilson Conservative 13,158
Dr Colin Phipps Labour 7,679

Majority 5,479

Conservative gain from Labour


 

 

 Weston-super-Mare 


  DATE:       27th March 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr David Webster 8th January 1969. 

Alfred W Wiggin Conservative 29,211
Edward Deal Liberal 8,739
Nicholas Bosanquet Labour 6,504

Majority 20,472

Conservative hold


 

 

 Mid-Ulster 


  DATE:       17th April 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr George Forrest on 10th December 1968.

Miss Bernadette Devlin Independent Unity 33,648
Mrs Anna Forrest Ulster Unionist 29,437

Majority 4,211

Independent Unity gain from Ulster Unionist


 

 

Chichester


  DATE:       22nd May 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Walter Loveys on 7th March 1969.

Christopher Chataway Conservative 31,966
Denys Kinsella Liberal 5,879
John White Labour 5,257

Majority 26,087

Conservative hold


 

 

 Birmingham Ladywood 


  DATE:       26th June 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Victor Yates on 19th January 1969.

Wallace Lawler Liberal 5,104
Mrs Doris Fisher Labour 2,391
Dr Louis Glass Conservative 1,580
Colin Jordan British Movement 282
James Haigh Fellowship Party 34

Majority 2,713

Liberal gain from Labour


 

 

Glasgow Gorbals


  DATE:       3rd October 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of  Mrs Alice Cullen on 31st May 1969.

Francis McElhone Labour 7,834
Tom Brady Scottish Nationalist 3,671
William Shearer Conservative 2,732
John Kay Communist 361
Matthew Lygate Workers Party of Scotland 72

Majority 4,163

Labour hold


 

 

 Islington North


  DATE:       3rd October 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Gerald Reynolds on 7th June 1969.

Michael O'Halloran Labour 7,288
Andrew Pearce Conservative 5,754
Eric Thwaites Liberal 1,514
Austin Williams Independent Socialist 245

Majority 1,534

Labour hold


 

 

 Paddington North


  DATE:       3rd October 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Ben Parkin on 3rd June 1969.

Arthur Latham Labour 7,969
Richard Price Conservative 7,452

Majority 517

Labour hold


 

 

 Newcastle-under-Lyme


  DATE:       3rd October 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Stephen Swingler on 19th February 1969.

John Golding Labour 21,786
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 20,744
David Spreckley Liberal 2,999
David Parker United Democratic Party 1,699

Majority 1,042

Labour hold


 

 

 Swindon 


  DATE:       3rd October 1969
  CAUSE:    Resignation of Mr Francis Noel-Baker.

Christopher Ward Conservative 16,843
David Stoddart Labour 16,365
Christopher Layton Liberal 6,193
Miss Judith Gradwell Communist 518
Frank Willis Young Socialist 446

Majority 478

Conservative gain from Labour


 

 

 Louth


  DATE:       4th December 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Sir Cyril Osborne on 31st August 1969.

Jeffrey Archer Conservative 16,317
Bruce Briggs Labour 5,590
John Adams Liberal 5,003
Sir George Fitzgerald United Democratic Party 1,225

Majority 10,727

Conservative hold


 

 

 Wellingborough 


  DATE:       4th December 1969
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Harry Howarth on 8th August 1969. 

Peter Fry Conservative 22,548
John Mann Labour 16,499
Michael Coney Independent 2,421

Majority 6,049

Conservative gain from Labour


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


1970 By Election Results


 

 

 Bridgewater 


  DATE:       12th March 1970
  CAUSE:    Death of Sir Gerald Wills 1st November 1969. 

Tom King Conservative 25,687
Richard Mayer Labour 14,772
Patrick O'Loughlin Liberal 5,832

Majority 10,915

Conservative hold


 

 

 Ayrshire South


  DATE:       19th March 1970
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Emrys Hughes on 18th October 1969.

James Sillars Labour 20,664
Christopher Graves Conservative 9,778
Sam Purdie Scottish Nationalist 7,785

Majority 10,886

Conservative hold


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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