Hayes and Harlington by-election, 1971

The Hayes and Harlington by-election of 17 June 1971 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Arthur Skeffington. The seat was retained by Labour.

Results

Hayes and Harlington, 1971^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neville Sandelson	15,827	74.74	+17.09
	Conservative	Andre Potier	5,348	25.26	-15.98
Turnout			21,175
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Hayes and Harlington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Skeffington	19,192	57.65
	Conservative	Andre Potier	13,728	41.24
	Communist	P. Pink	372	1.12
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
↑ Result from previous election

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1970	October: St Marylebone November: Enfield West

1971	April: Liverpool Scotland Arundel and Shoreham May: Southampton Itchen Bromsgrove Goole June: Hayes and Harlington July: Greenwich September: Stirling and Falkirk Widnes Macclesfield

1972	April: Merthyr Tydfil May: Kingston-upon-Thames Southwark October: Rochdale December: Sutton and Cheam Uxbridge

1973	March: Chester-le-Street Dundee East Lincoln May: West Bromwich Westhoughton June: Manchester Exchange July: Isle of Ely Ripon November: Berwick-upon-Tweed Edinburgh North Glasgow Govan Hove

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