1968 New Forest by-election

Last updated

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.

Contents

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