1963 West Bromwich by-election

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The 1963 West Bromwich by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich in Staffordshire on 4 July 1963. [1] It was won by the Labour Party candidate Maurice Foley.

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Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP), John Dugdale had died at the age of 58 on 23 March 1963. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1941.

Candidates

The Labour Party candidate was 37-year-old Maurice Foley. The Conservative candidate was Mr G. Hawkins, and the Liberal Party which had not contested the seat since 1929 [2] fielded N. R. W. Mawle.

Result

The result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Maurice Foley, who took the seat with a slightly increased share of the vote. He held the seat until his resignation in 1973.

Votes

West Bromwich by-election, 1963 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maurice Foley 20,510 58.7 +1.3
Conservative George Hawkins8,24626.516.1
Liberal N. R. W. Mawle6,16117.6New
Majority12,26435.2+20.4
Turnout 34,917
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: West Bromwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Dugdale 26,702 57.4 4.2
Conservative Anthony Hubert Windrum19,80942.6+4.4
Majority6,89314.88.8
Turnout 46,51172.6+2.4
Labour hold Swing 4.2

See also

Notes

  1. "Labour retain two seats". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
    • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  2. "1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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