1969 Wellingborough by-election

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The 1969 Wellingborough by-election of 4 December 1969 was held following the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Harry Howarth earlier that year. The seat was won by Peter Fry of the Conservative Party.

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Result

Wellingborough by-election, 1969 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fry 22,548 54.37 +6.74
Labour John Mann16,49939.79−12.58
Independent Michael Coney2,4215.84New
Majority 6,04914.58N/A
Turnout 41,468
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.3

Previous result

General election 1966: Wellingborough [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Howarth 24,705 52.37 +10.1
Conservative JL Leatham22,47247.63+5.4
Majority 2,2334.74+4.7
Turnout 47,17786.46−0.6
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "1969 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Result from previous election
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