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1972 By Election Results


 

 

 

 Merthyr Tydfil 


  DATE:       13th April 1972
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Stephen Owen Davies on 25th February 1972.

Edward Rowlands Labour 15,562
Emrys Roberts Plaid Cymru 11,852
Christopher Barr Conservative 2,366
Arthur Lewis Jones Communist 1,519
Angus Donaldson Liberal 765

Majority 3,710

Labour gain from Independent Labour


 

 

 Kingston-upon-Thames 


  DATE:       4th May 1972
  CAUSE:    Appointment of Mr John Boyd-Carpenter as chairman of C.A.A. 

Norman Lamont Conservative 16,679
Anthony Judge Labour 9,892
Stephen Wells Liberal 3,601
Edgar Scruby Anti-Common Market Conservative 1,705

Majority 6,787

Conservative hold


  

 

 Southwalk


  DATE:       4th May 1972
  CAUSE:    Resignation of Mr Ray Gunter. 

Henry Lamborn Labour 12,108
Jeffrey Gordon Conservative 2,756
Brian McDermott Independent 398

Majority 9,352

Labour hold


 

 

  Rochdale  


  DATE:       26th October 1972
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr John McCann on 16th July 1972.

Cyril Smith Liberal 19,296
Lawrence Cunliffe Labour 14,203
David Tripper Conservative 8,060
James Merrick Anti-immigration candidate 4,074

Majority 5,093

Liberal gain from Labour


 

 

 Sutton & Cheam 


  DATE:       7th December 1972
  CAUSE:    Appointment of Mr Richard Sharples as Governor of Burmuda.

Graham Tope Liberal 18,328
Neil Macfarlane Conservative 10,911
David Miller Labour 2,973
Chris Frere-Smith Anti-Common Market 1,332
Edgar Scruby National Independence Party 660

Majority 7,417

Liberal gain from Conservative


 

 

 Uxbridge 


  DATE:       7th December 1972
  CAUSE:    Death of Mr Charles Curran.

Michael Shersby Conservative 14,178
Miss Manuela Sykes Labour 13,000
Ian Stuart Liberal 3,650
John Clifton National Front 2,920
Dan Harmston Union Movement 873
Miss Clare Macdonald National Independence Party 551
Reginald Simmerson Democratic Conservative  341

Majority 1,178

Conservative hold

R Simmerson stood as Democratic Conservative against the Common Market.