1968 Meriden by-election
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The 1968 Meriden by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Meriden in Warwickshire on 28 March 1968. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Keith Speed.
Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the 38-year-old Labour incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Christopher Rowland died on 5 November 1967 of pneumonia following a brief illness. He had held the seat since the 1964 general election.
Result
The result was a clear victory for Speed in what had been a Labour marginal seat. It was one of three Conservative by-election gains from Labour on the same day, the others being at Acton and Dudley.
Speed held the seat until the February 1974 general election, when he lost the seat back to Labour. He went on to be MP for Ashford.
Votes
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Roderick MacFarquhar | 18,081 | 35.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 15,263 | 29.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 51,425 | 66.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jonathan Aitken | 29,250 | 46.4 | ||
| Majority | 4,581 | 7.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 63,081 | 85.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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See also
References
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- ↑ 1966 general election results at Richard Kimber's political science resources
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