1980 Southend East by-election

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1980 Southend East by-election
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  1979 13 March 1980 1983  

Constituency of Southend East
Turnout62.5%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Lab
Lib
Candidate Teddy Taylor Colin GeorgeDavid Evans
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Popular vote13,11712,6878,939
Percentage36.8%35.6%25.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg19.3%Increase2.svg 6.5%Increase2.svg 12.0%

MP before election

Stephen McAdden
Conservative

Elected MP

Teddy Taylor
Conservative

The Southend East by-election of 13 March 1980 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen McAdden on 26 December 1979. The seat was narrowly held by the Tories in the by-election. [1]

Results

Southend East by-election, 1980 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Teddy Taylor 13,117 36.8 −19.3
Labour Colin George12,68735.6+6.5
Liberal David Evans8,93925.1+12.0
New Britain Terence Robertson5321.5New
Anti Common-Market Free Trade Oliver Smedley 2070.6New
Independent Liberal James Curry1320.4New
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 230.0New
Majority4301.2−25.7
Turnout 35,63762.5−7.6
Conservative hold Swing -12.87

References

  1. Results of By-Elections in the 1979-83 Parliament
  2. Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1979-83 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 9 June 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2015.