Birmingham Ladywood by-election, 1977

The Birmingham Ladywood by-election of 18 August 1977 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Brian Walden resigned in order to concentrate on his career as a journalist and broadcaster. A safe Labour seat, it was retained by the party.

At the count, Socialist Unity candidate Raghib Ahsan punched National Front candidate Anthony Reed Herbert.^[1]

Results

Birmingham Ladywood, 1977[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sever	8,227	53.13	-11.34
	Conservative	Quentin Davies	4,402	28.43	+6.33
	National Front	Anthony Reed Herbert	888	5.73	N/A
	Liberal	Kenneth Hardeman	765	4.94	-8.49
	Socialist Unity	Raghib Ahsan	534	3.49	N/A
	Independent	James Hunte	336	2.17	N/A
	Independent Conservative	George Matthews	71	0.46	N/A
	Reform Party	Peter Courtney	63	0.41	N/A
	Air Road Public Safety	Bill Boaks	46	0.30	N/A
Turnout			15,484
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. David Pallister, "So what if the vote is low? They mean to bust the system", The Guardian, 20 August 1977
2. "1977 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2015-09-17.