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Constituency of Southend East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 62.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 13,117 | 36.8 | −19.3 | |
Labour | Colin George | 12,687 | 35.6 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | David Evans | 8,939 | 25.1 | +12.0 | |
New Britain | Terence Robertson | 532 | 1.5 | New | |
Anti Common-Market Free Trade | Oliver Smedley | 207 | 0.6 | New | |
Independent Liberal | James Curry | 132 | 0.4 | New | |
Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 23 | 0.0 | New | |
Majority | 430 | 1.2 | −25.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,637 | 62.5 | −7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.87 |