1970 St Marylebone by-election

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1970 St Marylebone by-election
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  June 1970 22 October 1970 Feb. 1974  

Constituency of St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Lab
Lib
Candidate Kenneth Baker Keith MorrellMichael Vann
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Popular vote10,6844,5421,038
Percentage63.49%26.99%6.19%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.40%Decrease2.svg 2.32%Decrease2.svg 2.41%

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A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with St Marylebone highlighted in red.

MP before election

Quintin Hogg
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Kenneth Baker
Conservative

The St Marylebone by-election of 22 October 1970 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Quintin Hogg became a life peer. The seat was retained for the Conservatives by Kenneth Baker, who had lost his previous seat of Acton at the general election four months earlier; Baker would go on to represent the Mole Valley seat in Surrey and become a long-serving Cabinet minister.

Results

St Marylebone by-Election, 1970 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Baker 10,68463.49+1.40
Labour Keith Morrell4,54226.99−2.32
Liberal Michael Vann1,0386.19−2.41
National Front Malcolm Skeggs4012.38New
Fourth World Group John Papworth 1630.97New
Majority6,14236.5+3.7
Turnout 16,828
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2015.