Swindon by-election, 1969

The Swindon by-election of 3 October 1969 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Francis Noel-Baker resigned from the House of Commons. The seat was won by the Conservative Party in a defeat for Harold Wilson's government.^[1]

Results

Swindon, 1969[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Ward	16,843	41.73	+5.06
	Labour	David Stoddart	16,365	40.54	-20.81
	Liberal	Christopher Layton	6,193	15.34	N/A
	Communist	Judith Gradwell	518	1.28	-0.70
	Young Socialist	Frank Willis	446	1.10	N/A
Turnout			40,365
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1966: Swindon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Noel-Baker	25,966	61.35
	Conservative	NG Reece	15,523	36.67
	Communist	I Gradwell	838	1.98
Majority			10,443	24.67
Turnout				73.51
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. Full result
2. "1969 By Election Results". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-08-27.