Altrincham and Sale by-election, 1965

The Altrincham and Sale by-election was held on 4 February 1965 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Fred Erroll was raised to a hereditary peerage as Baron Erroll of Hale, of Kilmun in the County of Argyll.^[1] It was won by the Conservative candidate Anthony Barber, who returned after losing his Doncaster constituency in the 1964 General Election.

By Election 1965: Altrincham and Sale^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Barber	20,380
	Labour	Roy D Roebuck	11,837
	Liberal	DF Burden	7,898
	Independent	GO Symes	634
Majority			8,543
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ The London Gazette: no. 43522. p. 10933. 22 December 1964.
↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-08-19.

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