1971 Hayes and Harlington by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The Hayes and Harlington by-election of 17 June 1971 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Arthur Skeffington. The seat was retained by Labour.

Results

Hayes and Harlington by-election, 1971^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neville Sandelson	15,827	74.7	+17.1
	Conservative	Andre William Potier	5,348	25.3	-15.98
Majority			10,479	49.4	+32.99
Turnout			21,175	42.3	-24.9
Registered electors			50,766
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Hayes and Harlington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Skeffington	19,192	57.65	-4.56
	Conservative	Andre William Potier	13,728	41.24	+5.54
	Communist	Peter Pink	372	1.12	-0.98
Majority			5,464	16.41	-10.10
Turnout			33,292	67.11	-5.58
Registered electors			49,609
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
^ Result from previous election

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1970

October: St Marylebone
November: Enfield West

1971

April: Liverpool Scotland
Arundel and Shoreham
May: Southampton Itchen
Bromsgrove
Goole
June: Hayes and Harlington
July: Greenwich
September: Stirling and Falkirk
Widnes
Macclesfield

1972

1973

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