1965 Altrincham and Sale by-election

The 1965 Altrincham and Sale by-election was held on 4 February 1965 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Fred Erroll was raised to a hereditary peerage as Baron Erroll of Hale, of Kilmun in the County of Argyll. ^[1] It was won by the Conservative candidate Anthony Barber, who returned after losing his Doncaster constituency in the 1964 general election.

By Election 1965: Altrincham and Sale ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Barber	20,380	50.00	+3.18
	Labour	Roy D Roebuck	11,837	29.04	+1.03
	Liberal	DF Burden	7,898	19.38	−5.79
	Independent	GO Symes	634	1.56	New
Majority			8,543	20.96	+2.15
Turnout			40,749
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

References

1. "No. 43522". The London Gazette . 22 December 1964. p. 10933.
2. "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.