Ashfield by-election, 1977
- Ashfield by-election, 1977
The Ashfield by-election was held on 28 April 1977 in the Ashfield constituency in the coal mining area of Nottinghamshire, following the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament David Marquand. Conservative candidate Tim Smith was the narrow winner in a very safe Labour seat.
Marquand had resigned to take up a post at the European Commission in Brussels, as an advisor to the United Kingdom's newly-appointed Commissioner Roy Jenkins. His majority at the October 1974 general election had been 22,915 [ [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge74b/i01.htm UK general election results, October 1974: Aberavon — Banbury] at Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources] , which made the seat look very safe.
There was another by-election held on the same day, in Tony Crosland's nearby former seat of Grimsby which looked much more marginal. Crosland had died on February 19 1977. The Labour Party directed most of its campaign effort into saving Grimsby, believing Ashfield was in no danger. This strategy succeeded in saving Grimsby, but allowed Tim Smith to win by 264 votes [ [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/77.html#ashfield 1977 by-elections] at British Parliamentary By-elections] (after a recount) over Labour's Michael Cowan.
Smith was unable to hold the seat at the 1979 general election, when Labour's Frank Haynes won with a majority of 7,797.
Results
Election box begin
title=United Kingdom Parliament: Ashfield by-election 1977Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tim Smith
votes = 19,616
percentage = 43.1
change = -20.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Cowan
votes = 19,352
percentage = 42.5
change = +20.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hampton Flint
votes = 4,380
percentage = 9.6
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = George Herrod
votes = 1,734
percentage = 3.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Workers Party (Britain)
candidate = June Hall
votes = 453
percentage = 1.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 264
percentage = 0.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 20.8
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