The Nuneaton by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour MP (MP) Frank Cousins.
The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by over 11,000 votes[1]
Candidates
edit- Les Huckfield for Labour was selected at a time when he was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham
- David Knox was selected for the Conservatives. He later became an MP for Staffordshire Moorlands
- The local Liberal Party association nominated Alan Meredith who had stood in the seat previously
- John Creasey nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance, which he had founded
- Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett, a former MP, was the nominee for the National Party
Result of the previous general election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Frank Cousins | 27,452 | 53.98 | ||
| Conservative | David S Marland | 16,049 | 31.56 | ||
| Liberal | Alan Meredith | 7,356 | 14.46 | ||
| Majority | 11,403 | 22.42 | |||
| Turnout | 50,857 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Result of the by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Les Huckfield | 18,239 | 42.08 | −11.90 | |
| Conservative | David Knox | 14,185 | 32.73 | +1.17 | |
| Liberal | Alan Meredith | 7,644 | 17.64 | +3.18 | |
| All Party Alliance | John Creasey | 2,755 | 6.36 | New | |
| National Party | Don Bennett | 517 | 1.19 | New | |
| Majority | 4,054 | 9.35 | −13.07 | ||
| Turnout | 43,340 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ [1] Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
- ^ "1967 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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