West Bromwich by-election, 1963

The West Bromwich by-election, 1963 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of West Bromwich in Staffordshire on 16 May 1963. It was won by the Labour Party candidate Maurice Foley.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant when the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP), John Dugdale had died at the age of 58 on 23 March 1963. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1941.

Candidates

The Labour Party candidate was 37-year-old Maurice Foley. The Conservative candidate was Mr G. Hawkins, and the Liberal Party — which had not contested the seat since 1929^[1] — fielded N. R. W. Mawle.

Result

The result was a victory for the Labour candidate, Maurice Foley, who took the seat with a slightly increased share of the vote. He held the seat until his resignation in 1973.

Votes

West Bromwich by-election, 1963[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Foley	20,510	58.7	+1.3
	Conservative	G. Hawkins	8,246	26.5	−16.1
	Liberal	N. R. W. Mawle	6,161	17.6	N/A
Majority			12,264	35.1	+20.3
Turnout			34,917
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: West Bromwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dugdale	26,702	57.4	−4.2
	Conservative	A. H. Windrum	19,809	42.6	+4.4
Majority			6,893	14.8	−8.8
Turnout			46,511	72.6	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.2

See also

• West Bromwich (UK Parliament constituency)
• West Bromwich
• West Bromwich by-election, 1941
• West Bromwich by-election, 1973
• List of United Kingdom by-elections

Notes

1. • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
2. "1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

Sources

• British Parliamentary by-elections: West Bromwich 1963
• 1959 general election results at Richard Kimber's political science resources
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs