1968 New Forest by-election

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The 1968 New Forest by-election of 7 November 1968 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre, resigned from the House of Commons due to ill health. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.

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Result

New Forest, by-election 1968 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick McNair-Wilson 28,025 66.27 +15.07
Liberal Nicholas Locock8,43019.93−2.12
Labour Alan Reynard5,83613.80−12.95
Majority 19,59546.34+21.89
Turnout 42,291
Conservative hold Swing

Previous election

General election 1966: New Forest [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre 27,292 51.20
Labour MH Jones14,26026.75
Liberal Nicholas Locock11,75722.05
Majority 13,03224.45
Turnout 53,30974.16
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "1968 By Election Results". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Result from previous election
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