Local By-elections 1973-1996

[Alan Willis]

East Sussex County Council by-elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

5.12.74 - Barcombe - Cumberlege (Con)1419, Chapman (Lab)417, Rice (Lib)373

13.3.75 - Eastbourne No.2 (Central) - Tunwell (Con)1016, Piper (Lib)593, Riddington (Lab)133

20.3.75 - Brighton (Moulsecombe) - Mont (Con)788, Newman (Lab)781, Osborne (Lib)155

6.11.75 - Winchelsea - Glazier (Lib)784, Frith (Ind)675, Beck (Ind)257

4.12.75 - Hove (Adelaide) - Park (Con)1411, Levitt (Lib)202, Paterson (Lab)102

20.5.76 - Hove (Brunswick) - Peltzer-Dunn (Con)599, Coates (Lib)95, Gunton (Rpa)95

1.7.76 - Bexhill South - Shaw (Con)1104, Allen (Rpa)833

15.7.76 - Brighton (Hollingbury) - Bradley (Con)1203, Haines (Lab)1085, Waters (Lib)258, Pirie (N.P)98


1977-1981

17.11 77 - Eastbourne No.7 - Enser (Con)1509, Rist (Lib)434, Beeney (Lab)128

25.5.78 - Brighton (Lewes Road) - Brown (Lab)1054, Ransom (Con)924, Worsfold (Lib)480, Jones (N.F)32

22.6.78 - Beckley - De Pree (Con) Unop

13.7.78 - Hastings No.8 (St.Peter's) - King (Con)770, Brown (Lib)702, MArchant (Lab)355

25.7.78 - Hove (Adelaide) - Dunmore (Con)1064, Taylor (Lib)212

31.8.78 - Uckfield - Matanle (Con)866, Wigglesworth (Lib)850, Taylor (Lab)137

24.5.79 - Brighton (Preston Park) - Theobald (Con)1263, Hedger (Lib)284, Darwin (Lab)268, Ungar (Ind)218

13.9.79 - Hastings No.1 (All Saints & St.Clements) - Jobson (Lib)1113, Savage (Con)639, Chalk (Lab)464

7.2.80 - Peacehaven - Etches (Con)717, Thompsett (Lab)511, Morris (Lib)388

27.3.80 - Hastings No.8 (St.Peter's) - Brown (Lib)940, Ratcliffe (Con)559, Hurrell (Lab)289


1981-1985

23.9.82 - Heathfield - Hatcher (Con)1404, Evans (Lib)465, Threlfall (Lab)153

30.9.82 - Brighton (King's Cliff) - Mackenzie (Con)1055, Turner (Lab)947, Greenway (SDP/Lib)517, Taylor (N.F)94

19.4.83 - Hove (Wish) - Rowe (Con)1038, Caplin (Lab)154, Carpenter (Lib)137, Pratt (Ind)90

1.12.83 - Bexhill South - Side (Con)1030, Day (RPR)709 (Rent & Ratepayer)

1.3.84 - Newhaven - Harwood (Con)1190, Jacobs (Lab)1149, Stow (Lib)729, Taylor (Ecol)91

[Pete Whitehead]

Those results in Hove..

[yellowperil]

Jun 6, 2018 15:57:47 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Those results in Hove..

I imagine you particularly like the one with Caplin ( I assume that's Ivor)as the Labour candidate in a ward called Wish.....I assume this isn't a gigantic hoax?

[Pete Whitehead]

Jun 6, 2018 16:27:07 GMT yellowperil said:

Jun 6, 2018 15:57:47 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Those results in Hove..

I imagine you particularly like the one with Caplin ( I assume that's Ivor)as the Labour candidate in a ward called Wish.....I assume this isn't a gigantic hoax?

Indeed - I expect he didn't imagine that within 15 years he would be the local MP.
Brunswick & Adelaide ward was probably the mostly strongly Labour ward in the constituency at the last general election

[Alan Willis]

Essex County Council by-elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

31.1.74 - Basildon (Langdon Hills) - Costello (Lab)2705, Cole (Con)778, Balls (Lib)383

9.5.74 - Colchester No.2 - Ladbrook (Lab)1882, Brooks (Con)1495, Gage (Lib)819

13.6.74 - Chigwell (Buckhurst Hill) - McGreal (Con)1145, Mooney (Lab)387, Eveling (Lib)374

13.6.74 - Chigwell (Loughton South) - Welch (Con)1655, Worby (Lab)933, Macy (Lib)378

12.12.74 - Southend on Sea No.8 (Shoebury) - Cotgrave (Con)1091, McGaw (Lab)778

20.2.75 - Colchester No.5 - Wilkinson (Con)2232, Frank (Lab)1954, Sutherland (Lib)450

26.2.76 - Thurrock No.9 (Stanford Le Hope) - O'Donoghue (Con)1136, Norris (Lab)1050, Farrand (Lib)452

25.3.76 - Colchester No.4 - Gawthorp (Con)2095, Wills (Lab)1577

15.7.76 - Waltham Abbey - Taylor (Con)1295, Sherman (Lab)798


1977-1981

13.7.78 - Southend on Sea No.4 (St.Clement's) - Roach (Con)1891, Crystall (Lib)1577, Copley (Lab)153, Twomey (N.F)67

9.11.78 - Southend on Sea No.7 (Southchurch & Temple Sutton) - Copley (Lab)1555, Rainger (Con)1467, Jones (N.F)94

4.10.79 - Thurrock No.1 (Chadwell) - Watts (Lab)1807, Povey (Con)1056, Merchant (Lib)327

25.9.80 - Basildon No.2 (Central) - Maxey (Lab)2652, Ilesley (Con)793, Massie (Lib)595, Baker (Res)186, Burdett (BNA)75


1981-1985

Dec 81 - Castle Point (Thundersley) - Penny (Lib)894, Gallienne (Con)720, Turner (Lab)248

Mar 82 - Basildon (Gloucester) - Batchelor (Lab)2563, Butler (Alliance)1232, Lane (Con)532

Jul 82 - Uttlesford (Dunmow) - Oakley (Con)2224, Taylor (Alliance)1409, McCarthy (Lab)347

Oct 82 - Basildon (Gloucester) - Primmer (Lab)1935, Bassett (Alliance)827, Lane (Con)556

Feb 83 - Colchester (Constable) - Penrose Con)2450, Bearman (Alliance)835, Price (Lab)315

Oct 83 - Southend (Thorpe) - Rainger (Con)1405, Baker (Alliance)473, Hurley (Lab)302

Jun 84 - Thurrock (Grays Thurrock) - Cohen (Lab)1471, Dimond (Con)1288, Benson (Alliance)250

Jul 84 - Chelmsford (Springfield) - Gore (Con)2504, Davey (Lib)2184, Hussey (Lab)474

Sep 84 - Harlow (Netteswellbury) - Guy (Lab)1820, Smart (Con)303, Scammell (Lib)238

NB 1981-85 Alliance candidates shown as such - nothing provided to show if Lib or SDP

[Alan Willis]

Gloucestershire County Council by-elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

6.6.74 - Gloucester Rural No.1 (Brockworth) - Seyburn (Lab)968, Hannaford (Lib)777, Prior (Ind)584

29.8.74 - Cheltenham (St. Peter's) - Marchant (Con)823, Rawson (Lab)738

24.6.76 - Northleach - Gamble (Ind)654, Whittingshall (Lib)351, George (Ind Lab)63


1977-1981

1.5.78 - Cheltenham (Pittville) - Pennell (Con)1105, Lawrie (Lab)883

13.7.78 - Painswick - Regan (Con)1104, Parker (Lib)816

30.11.78 - Gloucester (Eastgate) - Fowler (Con)671, Edgington (Lab)592, Steele (Lib)105

1.11.79 - Berkeley - Booth (Con)970, Golder (Lab)741


1981-1985

3.6.82 - Gloucester Rural No.2 - Western (Con)1694, Johnson (SDP/Lib)1099, Ansley (Lab)397

10.3.83 - Cheltenham (St.Peter's) - Marchant (Con)1060, Thornton (Lib)1055, Jell (Lab)427

23.2.84 - East Dean No.2 - Beard (Lab)993, Hughes (SDP/Lib)209, Read (Ind)168

[Alan Willis]

Greater Manchester County Council by-elections 1973-1985

29.11.73 - Bolton (Turton) - Tetlow (Con)2820, Williams (Lib)1417, Haslam (Lab)762

7.6.74 - Salford No.2 - Johnson (Lab)2231, Hardaway (Con)1342, Speet (Lib)255, Cottam (Comm)68

17.4.75 - Salford No.8 - Silverman (Con)2172, Zott (Lab)1357, Costello (Lib)679

8.5.75 - Bolton No.4 - Telford (Con)3296, Knight (Lab)2098, Farrington (Lib)478

8.5.75 - Wigan (Standish with Langtree) - Hale (Lib)2036, Maunders (Lab)1959

11.9.75 - Stockport No.2 - Downs (Con)2165, Dearman (Lib)1834, Barstow (Lab)986

12.2.76 - Manchester No.1 - Walsh (Con)1147, Wright (Lab)936, Wheeler (Lib)59

11.3.76 - Rochdale No.4 - Fletcher (Con)1947, Quinn (Lab)1755, Threlfall (Lib)1538

4.12.76 - Salford No.3 - Sharrock (Tenants & Ratepayers)1940, McDemott (Lab)1301 Holt (Con)1053

11.3 76 - Trafford (Altringham No.2) - Montgomery (Con)3698, Erwin (Lab)1337, Farnsworth (Lib)1249

11.3.76 - Trafford (Urmston No.10 - Boardman (Con)3172, Seex (Lab)1079, Arstall (Lib)1067


1977-1981

3.4.78 - Tameside (Hyde No.1) - Mercer (Lab)2258, West (Con)1579

8.6.78 - Rochdale (Middleton North West) - Brown (Lab)3028, O'Neill (Con)1814

2.11.78 - Wigan (Orrell) = Simpkin (Con)2225, Capstick (Lab)1778

28.3.79 - Bolton (Farnworth) - Hardman (Lab)1633, Huyton (Con)472, Baron (Lib)229, Hamilton (N.F)70

23.8.79 - Wigan (Atherton) - Allen (Lab)2052, Sharland (Con)1005, Rothwell (T.R)276

31.7.80 - Rochdale No.3 - Chadwick (Lib)4126, Quinn (Lab)1578


1981-1985

25.10.84 - Bury (Ramsbottom & Tottington) - Glover (Con)2409, Sutton (Lab)1981, Johnson (Lib)1159

25.2.82 - Rochdale No.1 - Ogden (Lab)2252, Wade (SDP/Lib)1968 Giffin (Con)1743

29.3.84 - Stockport (Marple) - Vos (Lib)4076, Childerstone (Con)2941, Siddelley (Lab)574, Bamforth (Ecol)114

17.5.84 - Rochdale No.3 - Mole (Lib)2725, Guthrie (Con)1733, Hindle (Lab)1443

13.6.85 - Manchester No.16 - Garside (Lab) Unop

5.9.85 - Manchester (Prestwich) - Greenhalgh (Lab)2264, Wachman (SDP/Lib)1163, Berg (Non=Socialist)942

[Alan Willis]

Gwent County Council by-elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

20.3.74 - Aberbeeg & Six Bells - Snellgrove (Lab)1157, Lewis (PC)804

July 74 - Newport (Ringland) - Flynn (Lab) Unop

23.10.75 - Chepstow - Huntley (Lab)917, Sykes (Con)535, Green (Ind)454, Simmonds (Lib)121

6.11.75 - Abersychan North - Miles (Comm)643, Watkins (Lab)534


1977-1981

1.12.77 - Llanhilleth - Allford (Lab)544, Hatton (Con)265

4.5.78 - Newport (Beechwood) - Cleaves (Lab)1214, Tranter (Con)1000, Crowther (Lib)542

6.11.80 - Newport (Malpas) - Dalby (Lab)961, Thomas (Con)634


1981-1985

28.1.83 - Ebbw Vale (South, Central & Cwm) - Wells (Lab)1347, Pope (Lib/SDP)573

5.5.83 - Newport (Ringland) - Bright (Lab)1972, Miles (Lib/SDP)633

22.3.83 - Monmouth Rural - Goodwin (Con)1462, Lambert (Lab)342

26.4.84 - Blaenavon - Hardwicke (Lab)951, John (Ind Rpa)915, Williamson (SDP/Lib)389

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Jun 8, 2018 20:15:30 GMT Alan Willis said:

Greater Manchester County Council by-elections 1973-1985

13.6.85 - Manchester No.16 - Garside (Lab) Unop

5.9.85 - Manchester (Prestwich) - Greenhalgh (Lab)2264, Wachman (SDP/Lib)1163, Berg (Non=Socialist)942

If these look a bit wierd, note that after the abolition Act was passed, the Conservatives decided not to nominate any candidates for Metropolitan County Councils other than in seats they held.

I wonder if that 'Non-Socialist' is Geoffrey Berg, later of Salford?

[andrewteale]

Jun 8, 2018 20:49:56 GMT Davıd Boothroyd said:

Jun 8, 2018 20:15:30 GMT Alan Willis said:

Greater Manchester County Council by-elections 1973-1985

13.6.85 - Manchester No.16 - Garside (Lab) Unop

5.9.85 - Manchester (Prestwich) - Greenhalgh (Lab)2264, Wachman (SDP/Lib)1163, Berg (Non=Socialist)942

If these look a bit wierd, note that after the abolition Act was passed, the Conservatives decided not to nominate any candidates for Metropolitan County Councils other than in seats they held.

I wonder if that 'Non-Socialist' is Geoffrey Berg, later of Salford?

I wondered that too - I seem to remember he had a Prestwich connection. My parents would have been eligible to vote in that by-election, but I suspect they've long forgotten it if they ever cared in the first place.

[The Bishop]

Jun 7, 2018 14:51:56 GMT Alan Willis said:

1981-1985

3.6.82 - Gloucester Rural No.2 - Western (Con)1694, Johnson (SDP/Lib)1099, Ansley (Lab)397

Was this the Churchdown based division? The result would certainly be compatible with that.

[Alan Willis]

Yes - the Gloucester Rural No.2 Division was based around Churchdown and was identified as such at the main elections. (Gloucester Rural No.2 - Churchdown)

[Alan Willis]

Back after a small break - continuing with Gwynedd County Council by=elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

11.10.73 - Barmouth - Hemphill (Ind)407, O'Marah (Ind)303

28.2.74 - Gwyrfai No.6 - Parry (Ind)927, Williams (Ind)680

16.5.74 - Dolgellau - Davies (Ind)619, Jones (Ind)431, Williams (Ind)291

8.5.75 - Beaumaris - Roberts (Ind)527, Roberts (Ind)419

4.11.75 - Gwyrfai No.6 - Williams (Ind)613, Jones (Ind)391, Jones (Ind)366

5.2.76 - Gwyrfai No.1 - Williams (Lab)1262, Parry (P.C)866

5.2.76 - Barmouth - Edwards (Ind)343, Courtney (Ind)158, Davies (Ind)77


1977-1981

2.2.78 - Conwy No.4 (Penarn) - Davies (Lib)556, Hackworth (Ind)492

1.2.79 - Llandudno West - Jones (Ind)349, Edwards (Ind)262

31.1.80 - Ffestiniog No.1 - Jones (Lab)988, Roberts (Ind)277

10.4.80 - Bangor No.3 - Knight (Lab)188, Jones (Ind)141, Davies (Ind)140

20.11.80 - Penmaenmawr - Williams (Ind) Unop


1981-1985

22.10.81 - Conwy No.3 (Marl) - Williams (Lib/SDP)646, Trevor (Con)576

28.10.82 - Penmaenmawr - Clarke (Lib) Unop

29.11.84 - Caernarfon No.2 - Thomas (Ind)1166, Bebb (P.C)421

[Alan Willis]

Hampshire County Council by-elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

15.11.73 - Fareham (Titchfield) - Widdicombe (Con)1023, Russell (Ind Rpa)983, Barnsley (Lib)692, Price (Lab)297

9.5.74 - Rinbgwood & Fordingbridge No.2 - Errington (Con)1956, McLeish (Lib)1097, Shutler (Lab)341

6.6.75 - Purbrook & Waterloo - Beck (Con)1744, Gordon-Rae (Rpa)1414, Speller (Lib)679

11.7.74 - Portsmouth No.11 (Havelock) - Taplin (Con)1493, Grant (Lab)1160, Horton (Lib)973

20.3.75 - Portsmouth No.1 - Stillwell (Lab)2166, Moss (Con)1478, Samuel (Lib)192

15.5.75 - Odiham - Stancliffe (Con)1681, Robinson (Lib)657, Jones (Lab)216

13.11.75 - Fawley - White (Con)1218, Coles (Lib)571, Palmer (Lab)383, Lightning (Ind)289, Baker (Ind)25

15.1.76 - Portsmouth No.5 (Farlington) - Juniper (Con)2524, Attrill (Lab)609

8.7.76 - Southampton No.8 (Bitterne) - Deacon (Con)1815, Candy (Lab)1188


1977-1981

16.11.78 - Havant (Purbrook & Waterloo) - Blackett (Con)2042, Matthews (Lab)424

8.3.79 - Kingsclere & Whitchurch No.1 (Highclere & Whithurch) - Macnamara (Con)2651, Rogers (Lab)713

26.4.79 - Alton - West (Con)2797, Boxall (Lab)1003

3.5.79 - Fareham (South West) - Trott (Con)3692, Burstow (Lab)1944, Wollaston (Res)1740, Harmes(Lib)1652

24.5.79 - Yateley & Hawley - Gwynn (Con)1533, Acres (Lib)1520, Hammer (Ind)1031

24.5.79 - Fawley - Gatrell (Con)1175, Armstrong (Lib)1008

5.7.79 - Lyndhurst - Pascoe (Con)1199, Edge (Lib)671

20.9.79 - Southampton No.5 (Peartree & Bitterne) - Rees (Lab)1017, Brown (Con)650

11.10.79 - Havant (Purbrook & Waterloo) - Wigham (Con)1785, Palmer (Lab)653

1.5.80 - Gosport (Alverstoke) - Goss (Con)3181, Herridge (Lib)1081, De La Mere (Ind.Rpa)805, Mason (Lab)558, Perry (Ind)253

8.5.80 - Portsmouth No.11 (Havelock) - Golds (Lab)1518, Hodan (Con)1391, Davenport (Lib)451, Knight (N.F)52

19.6.80 - Portsmouth No.12 (St. Simon) - Reynolds (Con)1441, Reuter (Lab)839, Bentley (Lib)609, Vivian (N.F)42

19.6.80 - Basingstoke North - Wratten (Lab)1908, Ashley (Con)718

23.10.80 - Havant (Purbrook & Waterloo) - MacDowell (Con)1270, Foley (Lab) 561


1981-1985

6.5.82 - Farnborough North - Swetman (Con)1581, Card (Lab)1399, Ball (SDP/Lib)1154

17.6.82 - Andover North - Pope (Con)1685, Smith (Lib)1267, Holloway (Lab)536

21.4.83 - Medstead & Selborne - Campbell (Con)2638, Rix (Lib)1012

5.5.83 - Portsmouth (Portswood) - Baker (Con)1892, Maddock (Lib)1756, Candy (Lab)1339

5.5.83 - Romsey - Corry (Con)3093, Hayes (Lib/SDP)1551, Ludlow (Lab)667

18.8.83 - Basingstoke North - Marshall (Lab)1239, Mackechnie (SDP/Lib)580, Brenton (Con)528

27.10.83 - Meon Valley - Rogerson (Con)1936, Scriven (Lib)1012, Stevens (Lab)204

17.11.83 - Farnborough West - Collett (Lib)1266, Callan (Con)902, Pender (Lab)502

4.10.84 - Aldershot North - Cottingham (SDP/Lib)766, Pearson (Lab)704

4.10.84 - Lyndhurst - Mans (Con)1219, Brent (Lab)284

[Alan Willis]

Hereford & Worcester County Council 1973-1985

1973-1977

18.2.74 - Martley No.1 - Brown (Lib)1118, Clift (Con)1064

12.9.74 - Belbroughton - Overton (Con)1174, Kelway (Lib)436, Parbutt (Lab)340

10.4.75 - Evesham Rural No.3 - King (Ind)1097, Style (Lib)584, Randall (Lab)390

15.5.75 - Malvern East - Bird (Con)1258, Baddeley (Lib)1013, Horey (Lab)669

11.3.76 - Redditch No.1 - Langston (Lab)819, Ludwig (Con)282


1977-1981

23.11.78 - Leominster & Wigmore No.1 - Bemand (Ind Con) Unop

30.11.78 - Malvern East - Bruce-Morgan (Con)1026, Fish (Lab)679, Robert-Powell (Lib)357

8.2.79 - Kington - Joyce (Ind) Unop

13.9.79 - Redditch No.6 - Vickers (Lab)1608, Coleman (Con)1185

27.9.79 - Hereford No.3 (Holmer) - Williams (Con)460, Higgins (Lab)415, Double (Lib)405

25.10.79 - Hagley - Fallows (Con) Unop

22.5.80 - Stourport on Severn - Abbotts (Lab)646, Mills (Con)299

18.12.80 - Droitwich Rural No.3 - Muffett (Con)536, Reynolds (Lab)274, Clarke (Lib)205


1981-1985

23.9.82 - Worcester No.4 (Holy Trinity) - Bennett (Lab)743, Woodyatt (Con)295, Llwellyn (Lib)267

9.12.82 - Kidderminster (Rowland Hill) - Currie (Lib)784, Caswell (Con)494, Hamilton (Dem Soc)33

9.6.83 - Bromsgrove North - Gill (Con)2267, McDonald (Lab)1848

[greenhert]

Liberals finishing third in any by-election in the town of (Great) Malvern-even in the 1970s that was a low point indeed, especially with only Malvern Langland capable of returning Labour councillors there at district level!

[The Bishop]

Jun 17, 2018 16:41:07 GMT Alan Willis said:

Yes - the Gloucester Rural No.2 Division was based around Churchdown and was identified as such at the main elections. (Gloucester Rural No.2 - Churchdown)

Tories don't normally win it quite as easily as that (when they do at all) but of course this by-election was at the height of Falklands-mania

[Alan Willis]

Hertfordshire County Council by-elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

6.6.74 - Kimpton - Morris (Con)1312, Kendall (Lab)1032, Beaven (Lib)332, Bianchi (Ind)380

27.6.74 - Rickmansworth East - Nemeth (Con)2251, Shaw (Lib)1801, Rofe (Lab)504

20.6.74 - North Mymms - Walduck (Con)3015, Appleby (Lab)1315, Skitt (Lib)1087

27.2.75 - Gaddesden - Humbert (Con)1616, Brooks (Lab)423

27.2.75 - St.Albans Rural No.2 (Wheathampstead) - Ashford (Con)2095, Brown (Lab)960, Artiss (Lib)680

8.5.75 - Hemel Hempstead No.2 - Bayliss (Lab)3941, Appleby (Con)3565, Lawrence (Lib)1150

10.7.75 - Baldock - Page (Lab) Unop

18.3.76 - St.Albans Rural No.1 (Colney Heath &London Colney) - Parkinson (Con)1762, Brown (Lab)1510, Hurd (Lib)293

21.10.76 - Great Berkhampstead - Bird (Con)1806, Hart (Lab)691, Scott (Lib)319


1977-1981

26.10.78 - Great Berkhampstead - Rost (Con)1966, Roberts (Lab)835, Scott (Lib)217

29.3.79 - Bushey No.2 (Heath) - Pryde (Con)1779, Shone (Lib)344, Heminsley (Lab)169

2.10.80 - St.Albans (North) - Metcalf (Lab)1256, Hill (Con)1219, Coates (Lib)801


1981-1985

10.9.81 - South Oxhey- Waddington (Lab)1429, Grindell (Con)423, Woolner (Ind Lab)282

8.10.81 - Nascot Park - Hudson (Con)2003, Selby (Lib/SDP)1429, Gale (Lab)308

6.5.82 - St. Nicholas - McKechnie (SDP/Lib)1783, Chesterton (Lab)1159, Silberstein (Con)978

16.9.82 - Tring - Cole (Con)2099, Allcock (Lab)790, Oliver (Ecol)309

24.3.83 - Meriden Tudor - Tunstall (Con)1417, Evans (Lab)1341, Sharpe (Lib/SDP)996

5.5.83 - Cheshunt Central - Parker (Con)2210, Robbins (Lab)1520, Kemp (Lib/SDP)408

5.5.83 - St.Stephen's - Scranage (Con)2511, Woolatt (Lib/SDP)1958, Rogers (Lab)742

[Pete Whitehead]

Jun 18, 2018 12:29:22 GMT Alan Willis said:

Hertfordshire County Council by-elections 1973-1985



29.3.79 - Bushey No.2 (Heath) - Pryde (Con)1779, Shone (Lib)344, Heminsley (Lab)169

I do have some recollection of this by-election at the time, mostly because I knew Ron Pryde's children but also because the school I and they attended was a polling station so I would have had a welcome day off school - I do remember these events occurring with some frequency at some time and I guess 1979 would have been it with this being the first of three visits to the polls that year (1973/4 would have been another relatively busy period but i'm not sure I was even at the school in June 1973)

It's odd that Baldock was unopposed. I assume that was most likely a cock-up as it was a marginal seat which the Conservatives would probably have gained. Had they done so it would have given them exactly half the seats and then gaining Colney Heath & London Colney the following year would have given them a majority.

[Alan Willis]

Humberside County Council by-elections 1973-1985

1973-1977

20.6.74 - Hull No.4 (Stoneferry & Barsholme) - Bird (Lab)1899, Crampton (Con)1057, Bruce (Lib)704, Allen (GSP)20, Horling (GSP)10

24.4.75 - Hull No.3 (Holderness & Sutton) - Whatling (Lab)2651, Bean (Con)2189, Hammersley (Lib)617, Kingsley (N.F)126

9.10.76 - Haltemprice (Cottingham) - Nicklas (Con)2168, Drinkwater (Lib)568, Gulliver (Ind)559, Stephenson (Lab)408

18.3.76 - Beverley Rural No.2 - Ramshaw (Con)2352, Foston (Lib)390, Smith (Lab)325

18.11.76 - Scunthorpe No.6 - Jones (Con)843, Neal (Lab)770, Dring (Ind Con)508


1977-1981

3.11.77 - Bridlington No.4 - Tarran (Con)877, Charlesworth (N.F)80

13.4.78 - Driffield Rural - Duke (Con)1207, Walker (Lib)541, Main (Ind)432, Murford (Lab)244

31.8.78 - Hull No.2 (Greatfield & Marfleet) - Elcock (Lab)1837, Jones (Con)702, Lennard (Ind Lab)373

23.11.78 - Hull No.11 (Greenwood & University) - Dalton (Lab)2229, Johnson (Con)929, Bryant (Lib)133

5.4.79 - Hull No.3 (Holderness & Sutton) - Kendrew (Lab)3359, Harrison (Con)1786

21.6.79 - Hull No.9 (Beverley & Botanic) - Benfield (Con)1296, Bradley (Lab)1271, Bryant (Lib)372, Arnott (Comm)54

20.9.79 - Beverley (Minster) - Dobson (Lab)732, Bielby (Con)402, Tuffnell (Lib)395

11.10.79 - Cleethorpes No.3 - Hoyle (Lab)840, Kale (NLA)549

8.11.79 - Grimsby No.5 - Buckley (Lab)702, Alderson (Con)648

22.11.79 - Pocklington No.2 - Wilson (Con)785, Elgey (Ind Con)329

7.5.80 - Glanford No.3 - Nicholson (Lab)709, Wood (Ind)687, Conroy (Con)639

29.5.80 - Hull No.4 (Stoneferry & Bransholme) - Bradley (Lab)3054, Moore (Con)939, Horne (Lib)290

25.9.80 - Grimsby No2 - Parker (Lab) Unop


1981-1985

14.7.82 - Driffield & Rural - Honor (Con)1385, Sunley (Lib/SDP)1071


N.B GSP=Get Stuffed Party.