Birmingham Hall Green by-election, 1965

The Birmingham Hall Green by-election of 6 May 1965 was held after the appointment to the Prices and Incomes Board of incumbent Conservative MP Aubrey Jones.^[1]

The seat was considered safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1964 by over 9,400 votes^[2]

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1964: Birmingham Hall Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aubrey Jones	23,879	52.5
	Labour	G Rea	14,477	31.8
	Liberal	Penelope Jessel	7,113	15.6
Majority			9,402	15.6	–

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Birmingham Hall Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	17,130	54.8	+2.3
	Labour	David Mumford	8,980	28.8	-3.0
	Liberal	Penelope Jessel	5,122	16.4	+0.8
Majority			8,150
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Full results
↑ PoliticsResources.net
↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-08-19.

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