The City of London and Westminster South by-election on 24 February 1977 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Christopher Tugendhat resigned the seat upon his appointment to the European Commission. A safe Conservative seat, it was won by their candidate, Peter Brooke.[1]

Candidates

The election was contested by a record ten candidates, beating the nine who had contested the 1976 Walsall North by-election. This total was topped at the 1978 Lambeth Central by-election. The candidates were:

Aftermath

Brooke would retain the seat at the 1979 general election, and hold it until his retirement at the 2001 general election (it reverted to its former name of Cities of London and Westminster in 1997). He held a number of front-bench Government posts during his tenure, including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Results

City of London and Westminster South by-election, 1977[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Brooke 11,962 59.07 +7.35
Labour Malcolm Noble 3,997 19.74 -11.21
Liberal Angus Scrimgeour 1,981 9.78 -5.07
National Front Paul Kavanagh 1,051 5.19 +2.72
Pro-Homosexual Civil Rights Peter Mitchel 449 2.22 New
National Party Michael Lobb 364 1.80 New
New Britain Dennis Delderfield 306 1.51 New
Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 61 0.30 New
Christian Outreach to Britain, Anti-Pornography William Thompson 43 0.21 New
Christ, Crown, Country, Commonwealth, Christian Constitution Ralph Herbert 37 0.18 New
Majority 7,965 39.33 +18.56
Turnout 20,251 39.60 -13.6
Conservative hold Swing +9.28

The results for the previous election were:[7]

General election October 1974: City of London and Westminster South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Tugendhat 14,350 51.7 -1.5
Labour Phil Turner 8,589 30.9 +3.5
Liberal T. G. Underwood 4,122 14.9 -4.0
National Front D. Baxter 686 2.5 New
Majority 5,761 20.8 -5.1
Turnout 27,747 53.2 -8.2
Registered electors 52,170
Conservative hold Swing -2.5

See also

References

  1. ^ 1977 Full result Archived 12 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Boothroyd, David Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties (2001), p. 207
  3. ^ "February 1974 general election results". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  4. ^ Newham South by-election 1974 result Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Hall-Carpenter Archives
  6. ^ "1977 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  7. ^ "October 1974 general election results". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
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