1965 Birmingham Hall Green by-election

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The 1965 Birmingham Hall Green by-election of 6 May 1965 was held after the appointment to the Prices and Incomes Board of incumbent Conservative MP Aubrey Jones. [1]

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The seat was considered safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 9,400 votes [2]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1964: Birmingham Hall Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aubrey Jones 23,879 52.5 −10.1
Labour G Rea14,47731.8−1.4
Liberal Penelope Jessel 7,11315.6New
Majority 9,40220.7−8.7
Turnout 45,46975.8−0.4
Conservative hold Swing -4.4

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Birmingham Hall Green [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 17,130 54.8 +2.3
Labour David Mumford8,98028.8−3.0
Liberal Penelope Jessel 5,12216.4+0.8
Majority 8,15026.0+5.3
Turnout 31,232
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Full results Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  3. ↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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