1976 Wirral by-election

1976 Wirral by-election

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Constituency of Wirral
Turnout	46.44% (27.24%)
First party Second party Third party   Lib Candidate David Hunt Adrian Bailey Michael Gayford Party Conservative Labour Liberal Popular vote 34,675 10,562 5,914 Percentage 66.78% 20.34% 11.39% Swing 15.97% 11.26% 6.21%
MP before election Selwyn Lloyd Speaker Elected MP David Hunt Conservative

The 1976 Wirral by-election of 11 March 1976 was held after Selwyn Lloyd, who had been elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) ^[1] but who was serving as Speaker of the House of Commons, retired. The Conservatives regained the seat in the by-election.

Result and votes

Wirral by-Election, 1976 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hunt	34,675	66.78	+15.97
	Labour	Adrian Bailey	10,562	20.34	−11.26
	Liberal	Michael Gayford	5,914	11.39	−6.21
	English National	Frank Hansford-Miller	466	0.90	New
	Ind. Conservative	Hilary Miller	307	0.59	New
Majority			24,412	46.44	+27.24
Turnout			51,924
	Conservative gain from Speaker		Swing

References

1. "Result at previous election". Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
2. "1976 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2015.