1969 Louth by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1969 Louth by-election was a by-election held on 4 December 1969 for the British House of Commons constituency of Louth in Lincolnshire. The seat had become vacant on the death on 31 August of the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Cyril Osborne. He had held the seat since the 1945 general election. The result was a victory for the Conservative candidate Jeffrey Archer. Archer held the seat until the October 1974 general election, when he stepped down due to financial difficulties and began writing popular novels. Result Louth by-election, 1969http://by-elections.co.uk/69.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034618/http://by-elections.co.uk/69.html 1969 By Election Results 2012-03-14 dead British Elections Ephemera Archive 2015-08-27 Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey Archer 16,317 58.00 +11.63 Labour Party (UK) Bruce Briggs 5,590 19.87 −17.00 Liberal Party (UK) John Adams 5,003 17.78 +1.02 Democratic Party (UK, 1969) Sir George FitzGerald 1,225 4.35 New 10,727 38.13 +28.63 28,135 Conservative Party (UK) +14.3 Last General election General election 1966: Louth, Lincolnshirehttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i13.htm UK General Election results March 1966 Politics Science Resources https://web.archive.org/web/20170701035009/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i13.htm 1 July 2017 Conservative Party (UK) Cyril Osborne 19,977 46.37 Labour Party (UK) Robin Brumby 15,885 36.87 Liberal Party (UK) Edmund Marshall 7,222 16.76 4,092 9.50 43,084 74.35 Conservative Party (UK) See also Louth constituency 1920 Louth by-election 1921 Louth by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections References Louth by-election Louth by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lincolnshire constituencies Louth by-election