The Southend East by-election of 13 March 1980 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen McAdden on 26 December 1979. The seat was narrowly held by the Tories in the by-election.[1]
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Constituency of Southend East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Teddy Taylor | 13,117 | 36.8 | −19.3 | |
| Labour | Colin George | 12,687 | 35.6 | +6.5 | |
| Liberal | David Evans | 8,939 | 25.1 | +12.0 | |
| New Britain | Terence Robertson | 532 | 1.5 | New | |
| Anti Common-Market Free Trade | Oliver Smedley | 207 | 0.6 | New | |
| Independent Liberal | James Curry | 132 | 0.4 | New | |
| Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident | Bill Boaks | 23 | 0.0 | New | |
| Majority | 430 | 1.2 | −25.7 | ||
| Turnout | 35,637 | 62.5 | −7.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -12.87 | |||
References
edit- ^ Results of By-Elections in the 1979-83 Parliament
- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1979-83 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 9 June 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2015.