Weston-super-Mare by-election, 1969

The Weston-super-Mare by-election of 27 March 1969 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) David Webster. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.^[1]

Electoral history

General Election 1966: Weston-super-Mare
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David William Ernest Webster	27,733	52.08
	Labour	Melvyn E. Butcher	15,340	28.81
	Liberal	Ian D. McDonald	10,173	19.11
Majority			12,393	23.27
Turnout			53,246	79.06
	Conservative hold		Swing

Candidates

The Weston-super-Mare Liberals selected a new candidate, 43-year-old Edward Deal. He was a local solicitor, who was a member of The Law Society and the British Legal Association. He had been educated at Uppingham School and Clare College, Cambridge. He was standing for parliament for the first time.^[2]

Result

Weston-super-Mare, 1969^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jerry Wiggin	29,211	65.71	+13.63
	Liberal	Edward Richard F. Deal	8,739	19.66	+0.55
	Labour	Nicholas Bosanquet	6,504	14.63	-14.18
Turnout			44,454
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Result from previous election
↑ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1970
↑ "1969 By Election Results". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-08-26.

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