1963 West Bromwich by-election

The 1963 West Bromwich by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich in Staffordshire on 4 July 1963.^[1] It was won by the Labour Party candidate Maurice Foley.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP), John Dugdale had died at the age of 58 on 23 March 1963. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1941.

Candidates

The Labour Party candidate was 37-year-old Maurice Foley. The Conservative candidate was Mr G. Hawkins, and the Liberal Party — which had not contested the seat since 1929^[2] — fielded N. R. W. Mawle.

Result

The result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Maurice Foley, who took the seat with a slightly increased share of the vote. He held the seat until his resignation in 1973.

Votes

West Bromwich by-election, 1963^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Foley	20,510	58.7	+1.3
	Conservative	George Hawkins	8,246	26.5	−16.1
	Liberal	N. R. W. Mawle	6,161	17.6	New
Majority			12,264	35.2	+20.4
Turnout			34,917
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: West Bromwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dugdale	26,702	57.4	−4.2
	Conservative	Anthony Hubert Windrum	19,809	42.6	+4.4
Majority			6,893	14.8	−8.8
Turnout			46,511	72.6	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

Notes

^ "Labour retain two seats". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ *Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ "1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

Sources

British Parliamentary by-elections: West Bromwich 1963
1959 general election results Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine at Richard Kimber's political science resources
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

[GH5july1963-1] "Labour retain two seats". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[2] *Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

[3] "1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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