1963 Stratford by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1963 Stratford by-election was a by-election held on 15 August 1963 for the British House of Commons constituency of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) John Profumo on 6 June 1963 after the Profumo affair scandal. The result was a Conservative Party hold, with Angus Maude winning a massively-reduced majority of almost 3,470 votes. The by-election was the first of many to be contested by David Sutch, later known as "Screaming Lord Sutch". The date of the election was the same date as the UK release of the film Jason and the Argonauts (1963), in which Labour candidate Andrew Faulds had a substantial role as Argonaut Phalerus. Result Stratford by-election, 15 August 1963http://www.by-elections.co.uk/63.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141806/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/63.html 1963 By Election Results 2012-02-25 dead 2015-08-17 Conservative Party (UK) Angus Maude 15,846 43.61 −24.91 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Faulds 12,376 34.06 +2.57 Liberal Party (UK) Derick Mirfin 7,622 20.98 New Independent (politician) M. S. Blair 281 0.77 New Teenage Party David Sutch 209 0.58 New 3,470 9.55 −27.47 36,334 Conservative Party (UK) −13.7 References Category:Politics of Stratford-upon-Avon Category:1963 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1963 in England Category:20th century in Warwickshire Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Warwickshire constituencies