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1975 By Election Results


 

 

 

 Woolwich West 


  DATE:       26th June 1975
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr William Hamling 19th March 1975. 

Peter Bottomley Conservative 17,280
Joseph Stanyer Labour 14,898
Mrs Sheilagh Hobday Liberal 1,884
Mrs Ruth Robinson National Front 856
Ronald Mallone Fellowship Party 218
Frank Hansford-Miller English National Party 140
Reginald Simmerson C'tive, Anti-Common Market 104
Peter Bishop Independent 41

Majority 2,382

Conservative hold


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


1976 By Election Results


 

 

 Coventry North West


  DATE:       4th March 1976
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Maurice Edelman 14th December 1975. 

Geoffrey Robinson Labour 17,118
Jonathan Guinness Conservative 13,424
Alan Leighton Liberal 4,062
Andrew Fountaine National Front 986
John Kingsley Read National Party 208
Thomas Keen More Prosperous Britain  40
William Dunmore Logic Party 33

Majority 3,694

Labour hold

Tom Keen  stood as Campaign for a more prosperous Britain.


 

 

 Carshalton 


  DATE:       11th March 1976
  CAUSE:    Conferment of a life peerage on Mr Robert Carr.

Nigel Forman Conservative 20,753
Colin Blau Labour 11,021
John Hatherley Liberal 6,028
T Denville-Faulkner  National Front 1,851
Reginald Simmerson C'tive, Anti-Common Market 251
William Dunmore Logic Party 133
William Boaks Air Road Public Safety, White 115

Majority 9,732

Conservative hold

William Boaks stood as Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident.


 

 

 Wirral 


  DATE:       11th March 1976
  CAUSE:    Retirement of Mr Selwyn Lloyd as Speaker of the Commons.

David Hunt Conservative 34,675
Adrian Bailey Labour 10,562
Michael Gayford Liberal 5,914
Frank Hansford-Miller English National Party 466
Hilary Miller Independent Conservative 307

Majority 24,112

Conservative win

Selwyn Lloyd was a Conservative MP before becoming Speaker.


 

 

 Rotherham 


  DATE:       24th June 1976
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Brian O'Malley on 6th April 1976.

Stanley Crowther Labour 14,351
Douglas Hinckley Conservative 9,824
Beth Graham Liberal 2,214
George Wright National Front 1,696
Peter Bishop World Grid Sunshine Room Party 129
Robin Atkinson English Independent 99

Majority 4,527

Labour hold


 

 

Thurrock


  DATE:       15th July 1976
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Hugh Delargy on 4th May 1976.

Oonagh McDonald Labour 22,191
Percy Lomax Conservative 17,352
Anthony Charlton Liberal 5,977
John Roberts National Front 3,255
F Hansford-Miller English Independent 187
Peter Bishop World Grid Sunshine Room Party 72

Majority 4,839

Labour hold


 

 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central 


  DATE:       4th November 1976
  CAUSE:    Appointment of Edward Short as chairman of Cable & Wireless.

Harry Cowans Labour 4,692
Andrew Ellis Liberal  2,854
Richard Sowler Conservative 1,945
David Hayes Socialist Worker 184
Bruce Anderson-Lynes National Front 181

Majority 1,838

Labour hold


 

 

 Walsall North 


  DATE:       4th November 1976
  CAUSE:    Resignation of Mr John Stonehouse.

Robin Hodgson Conservative 16,212
David Winnick Labour 11,833
Sidney Wright Independent 4,374
Joseph Parker National Front 2,724
Frances Oborski Liberal 1,212
James McCallum Socialist Worker 574
Marian Powell National Party 258
Jonathan Tyler Ecology Party 181
William Boaks Air Road Public Safety, White  30

Majority 4,379

Conservative gain from English National Party

Stonehouse was a Labour MP but joined the English National Party in 1976.

William Boaks stood as Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident.


 

 

 Workington 


  DATE:       4th November 1976
  CAUSE:    Conferment of a life peerage on Mr Frederick Peart.

Richard Page Conservative 19,396
Dale Campbell-Savours Labour 18,331
Bernard Wates Liberal 2,480

Majority 1,065

Conservative gain from Labour


 

 

 Cambridge 


  DATE:       2nd December 1976
  CAUSE:    David Lane becoming chairman of Commission for Racial Equality.

Robert Rhodes James Conservative 19,620
Martin Smith Labour 9,995
Michael O'Loughlin Liberal 7,051
James Sharpe Independent 711
Jeremy Wotherspoon National Front 700
Philip Sargent Science Fiction Looney 374

Majority 9,625

Conservative hold