| 词条 | 1968 Meriden by-election |
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The Meriden by-election, 1968 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Meriden in Warwickshire on 28 March 1968. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Keith Speed. VacancyThe seat had become vacant when the 38-year-old Labour incumbent Member of Parliament (MP), Christopher Rowland died on 5 November 1967 of pneumonia following a brief illness. He had held the seat since the 1964 general election. ResultThe result was a clear victory for Speed in what had been a Labour marginal seat. It was one of three Conservative by-election gains from Labour on the same day, the others being at Acton and Dudley. Speed held the seat until the February 1974 general election, when he lost the seat back to Labour. He went on to be MP for Ashford. Votes{{Election box begin ||title=Meriden by-election, 1968[1] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Keith Speed |votes = 33,344 |percentage = 64.8 |change = +18.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Roderick MacFarquhar |votes = 18,081 |percentage = 35.2 |change = −18.4 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 15,263 |percentage = 29.6 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 51,425 |percentage = 66.0 |change = -19.7 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |loser = Labour Party (UK) |swing = +18.4 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | |title=General Election 1966: Meriden[2] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Christopher Rowland |votes = 33,831 |percentage = 53.6 |change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Jonathan Aitken |votes = 29,250 |percentage = 46.4 |change = }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,581 |percentage = 7.2 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 63,081 |percentage = 85.7 |change = }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.by-elections.co.uk/68.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095551/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/68.html|title=1968 By Election Results|archive-date=2012-03-25|dead-url=yes|access-date=2015-08-21}} {{By-elections to the 44th UK Parliament}}2. ^1966 general election results at Richard Kimber's political science resources 6 : 1968 elections in the United Kingdom|1968 in England|20th century in Warwickshire|Politics of Solihull|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Warwickshire constituencies|March 1968 events |
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