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1973 By Election Results

 

 

 

 Chester-le-Street 

  DATE:       1st March 1973
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Norman Pentland.
Giles Radice  Labour 25,874
George Suggett Liberal 18,802
Neil Balfour Conservative 4,092
Majority 7,066

Labour hold

 

 

 Dundee East 

  DATE:       1st March 1973
  CAUSE:    Appointment of Mr George Thomson to the European Commission. 
George Machin Labour 14,411
Gordon Wilson Scottish Nationalist 13,270
William K Fitzgerald Conservative 11,089
Nathaniel Gordon Liberal 3,653
George MacLean Labour Party of Scotland 1,409
John S Thomson Independent 182
Majority 1,141

Labour hold

  

 

 Lincoln 

  DATE:       1st March 1973
  CAUSE:    Resignation of Mr Dick Taverne on 16th October 1972. 
Dick Taverne Democratic Labour 21,967
John Dilks Labour 8,776
Jonathan Guinness Conservative 6,616
Reginald Simmerson Democratic Conservative 198
Malcolm Waller Majority Rule 100
Jean Justice Independent 81
Majority 13,191

Democratic Labour gain from Labour

R Simmerson stood as Democratic Conservative against the Common Market.

 

 

  West Bromwich  

  DATE:       24th May 1973
  CAUSE:    Appointment of Mr Maurice Foley to the European Commission.
Miss Betty Boothroyd Labour 15,907
David W Bell Conservative 7,582
Martin Webster National Front 4,789
Joshua Churchman Independent 1,616
Majority 8,325

Labour hold

 

 

  Westhoughton 

  DATE:       24th May 1973
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Tom Price.
Roger Scott Labour 26,294
Dr Cyril Unsworth Conservative 19,511
Brian O'Hara Democratic Socialist 335
Majority 6,783

Labour hold

 

 

  Manchester Exchange 

  DATE:       27th June 1973
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr William Griffiths.
Frank Hatton Labour 5,348
Michael Steed Liberal 3,525
William J Loftus Conservative 683
Miss R Pushkin Marxist-Leninist 109
Majority 1,823

Labour hold

 

 

 Isle of Ely 

  DATE:       26th July 1973
  CAUSE:    Death of Sir Harry Legge-Bourke.
Clement Freud Liberal 17,390
John Stevens Conservative 15,920
Barry Young Labour 12,153
Majority 1,470

Liberal gain from Conservative

 

 

 Ripon 

  DATE:       26th July 1973
  CAUSE:    Death of Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott.
David Austick Liberal 13,902
Dr Keith Hampson Conservative 12,956
David English Labour 4,435
Reginald Simmerson Democratic Conservative 690
Majority 946

Liberal gain from Conservative

R Simmerson stood as Democratic Conservative against the Common Market.

 

 

 Berwick-upon-Tweed 

  DATE:       8th November 1973
  CAUSE:    Resignation of Lord Lambton.
Alan Beith Liberal 12,489
Donald Hardie Conservative 12,432
Dr Gordon Adam Labour 6,178
Timothy Symonds Independent 126
Robert Goodall English Resurgence Movement 72
Majority 57

Liberal gain from Conservative

 

 

 Edinburgh North 

  DATE:       8th November 1973
  CAUSE:    Elevation of the Earl of Dalkeith to the House of Lords.
Alexander Fletcher Conservative 7,208
Robert Cairns Labour 4,467
William Wolfe Scottish Nationalist 3,526
Ronald Guild Liberal 3,431
Majority 2,741

Conservative hold

 

 

 Glasgow Govan 

  DATE:       8th November 1973
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr John Rankin.
Mrs Margo MacDonald Scottish Nationalist 6,360
Harry Selby Labour 5,789
John Mair Conservative 1,780
Peter McMillan Liberal 1,239
Majority 571

Scottish Nationalist gain from Labour

 

 

 Hove 

  DATE:       8th November 1973
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Martin Maddan.
Timothy Sainsbury Conservative 22,070
Desmond Wilson Liberal 17,224
Ronald Wallis Labour 5,335
Sqn. -Ldr. J Harrison-Broadley  National Front 1,409
Mrs Carole Reakes Marxist-Leninist 128
Majority 4,846

Conservative hold