1967 Nuneaton by-election

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The Nuneaton by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour MP (MP) Frank Cousins.

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The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by over 11,000 votes [1]

Candidates

Result of the previous general election

General election 1966: Nuneaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Cousins 27,45253.98
Conservative David S Marland16,04931.56
Liberal Alan Meredith7,35614.46
Majority11,40322.42
Turnout 50,857
Labour hold Swing

Result of the by-election

Nuneaton by-election, 9 March 1967 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Les Huckfield 18,23942.08-11.90
Conservative David Knox 14,18532.73+1.17
Liberal Alan Meredith7,64417.64+3.18
All Party Alliance John Creasey 2,7556.36New
National Party Don Bennett 5171.19New
Majority4,0549.35-13.07
Turnout 43,340
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. "1967 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2015.