West Bromwich by-election, 1973
- West Bromwich by-election, 1973
The West Bromwich by-election of May 24,1973 was held after the appointment of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Foley to the European Commission. Held continuously by Labour since 1935 it was retained in this by-election.
Campaign
The election campaign was noted for the refusal of Enoch Powell, MP for neighbouring Wolverhampton South West, to endorse Conservative candidate David Bell as he felt that Bell was too far removed from his own policies on immigration and United Kingdom membership of the European Community. [Simon Heffer "Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell", London, 1998. ISBN 0-297-84286-2, pp. 667-668] Although Powell did not endorse any candidate the National Front claimed that Powell's refusal to support Bell represented tacit endorsement. As a consequence Martin Webster captured 16% of the vote, an all-time high for the NF.
In common with a number of by-elections at the time the Liberal Party did not compete for this seat.
Results
Election box begin
title=West Bromwich by-election, 1973Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Betty Boothroyd
votes = 15,907
percentage = 53.21
change = -2.02Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Bell
votes = 7,582
percentage = 25.36
change = -19.41Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = Martin Webster
votes = 4,789
percentage = 16.02
change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Joshua Churchman
votes = 1,616
percentage = 5.41
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 8,325
percentage = 27.85
change = Election box turnout
votes = 29,894
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =
References
See also
* West Bromwich (UK Parliament constituency)
* West Bromwich by-election, 1941
* West Bromwich by-election, 1963
* The town of West Bromwich
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
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