Nuneaton by-election, 1967

The Nuneaton by-election of 16 December 1966 was held after the resignation of Labour MP (MP) Frank Cousins^[1]:

The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by over 11,000 votes^[2]

Candidates

• Les Huckfield for Labour was selected at a time when he was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham
• David Knox was selected for the Conservatives. He would later become an MP for Staffordshire Moorlands
• The local Liberal Party association nominated Alan Meredith who had stood in the seat previously
• John Creasey nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance, which he had founded
• Air Vice-Marshal [[Don Bennett], a former MP, was the nominee for the National Party

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1966: Nuneaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Cousins	27,452	53.98
	Conservative	D S Marland	16,049	31.56
	Liberal	A Meredith	7,356	14.46
Majority			11,403	22.42	-

Result of the by-election

Nuneaton by-election, 9 March 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Huckfield	18,239	42.08	-11.90
	Conservative	David Knox	14,185	32.73	+1.17
	Liberal	Alan Meredith	7,644	17.64	+3.18
	All Party Alliance	John Creasey	2,755	6.36	N/A
	National Party	Donald Bennett	517	1.19	N/A
Majority			4,054
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. ^ Full results
2. ^ [1] PoliticsResources.net