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1976 Walsall North by-election

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The Walsall North by-election on 4 November 1976 was held after the resignation of sitting Member of Parliament (MP) John Stonehouse. Elected as a Labour candidate, Stonehouse was a member of the English National Party when he resigned, after an interlude in which he faked his own death.^[1] The English National Party did not contest the by-election, the first occasion on which the incumbent's party did not do so since the Bristol South East by-election, 1963, and the last until the North Down by-election, 1995.

Amidst the confusion, the Conservative Party gained the seat in the by-election.

The by-election was also noted for the performance of independent candidate Sidney Wright, the debut of the Ecology Party^[2] and the split of the far right vote due to the appearance of both the National Front and their splinter group the National Party on the ballots.^[3] The Liberal Party could take only fifth place, their worst ever placing in a by-election in England. The party had previously come fifth in Wales in the Merthyr Tydfil by-election, 1972, and next placed so low at the Glasgow Central by-election, 1989.

The by-election also saw a record number of candidates, beating the long-standing record of seven who contested the Stockport by-election, 1920, where two seats were available, a total first reached in a single-member by-election in the Dorset South by-election, 1962. This record was again beaten at the City of London and Westminster South by-election, 1977.

Joseph Parker, the National Front candidate, would go on to be father-in-law to John Tyndall (politician), the leader of the National Front, after Tyndall married Parker's daughter Valerie in 1977.

Results

{{Election box begin | title=Walsall North, 1976^[4]}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Hodgson
|votes = 16,212 | percentage = 43.35 | change = +17.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Winnick
|votes = 11,833 | percentage = 31.64 | change = -27.85
}}{{Election box candidate |
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sidney Wright
|votes = 4,374 | percentage = 11.70 | change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Parker
|votes = 2,724 | percentage = 7.28 | change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frances Oborski
|votes = 1,212 | percentage = 3.24 | change = -13.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Workers Party (UK)
|candidate = James McCallum
|votes = 574 | percentage = 1.53 | change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Party (UK, 1976)
|candidate = Marian Powell
|votes = 258 | percentage = 0.69 | change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = Jonathan Tyler
|votes = 181 | percentage = 0.48 | change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate|
|party = Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident
|candidate = Bill Boaks
|votes = 30 | percentage = 0.08 | change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,379
|percentage = 11.71
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,398
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = English National Party
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

References

1. ^1976: Government crisis as Stonehouse quits
2. ^Green Party history, Derek Wall
3. ^M. Walker, The National Front, Glasgow: Fontana Collins, 1977
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://by-elections.co.uk/76.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034528/http://by-elections.co.uk/76.html|title=1976 By Election Results|archive-date=2012-03-14|dead-url=yes|access-date=2015-09-17}}

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