1978 Penistone by-election
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates A 1978 by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Penistone on 13 July 1978. The seat had become vacant on the death of the Labour Member of Parliament John Mendelson, who had held the seat since a by-election in 1959.
The result was a hold for the Labour Party.
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | I. Dobkin | 14,053 | 32.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | D. Chadwick | 9,241 | 21.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 5,371 | 12.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 42,718 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
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See also
- Penistone constituency
- 1921 Penistone by-election
- 1959 Penistone by-election
- Penistone
- Lists of United Kingdom by-elections
References
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