1977 City of London and Westminster South by-election

UK parliamentary by-election January 2023 May 2012 The 1977 City of London and Westminster South by-election on 24 February 1977 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Christopher Tugendhat resigned the seat upon his appointment to the European Commission. A safe Conservative seat, it was won by their candidate, Peter Brooke.1977 Full result https://web.archive.org/web/20131012020902/http://by-elections.co.uk/77.html 12 October 2013 Candidates The election was contested by a record ten candidates, beating the nine who had contested the 1976 Walsall North by-election. This total was topped at the 1978 Lambeth Central by-election. The candidates were: Bill Boaks stood under the title "Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident". Boaks was a road safety campaigner and serial by-election candidate. Peter Brooke, a graduate of Harvard Business School was the Conservative Party candidate. Dennis Delderfield was the candidate for the New Britain Party, of which he was founder and leader. Delderfield was also a common councilman of the Corporation of London.Boothroyd, David Politico's Guide to the History of British Political Parties (2001), p. 207 Ralph Herbert was an independent who stood under the title "Christ, Crown, Country, Commonwealth, Christian Constitution". Paul Kavanagh was the candidate for the National Front. Michael Lobb was the candidate for the National Party, a splinter group of the National Front. He was candidate for the National Front in Newham South in the February 1974 general electionhttp://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i15.htm February 1974 general election results 31 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051324/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i15.htm 4 March 2016 dead and the subsequent by-election in the same seat.Newham South by-election 1974 result https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034554/http://by-elections.co.uk/74.html 14 March 2012 Peter Mitchell stood under the banner "Pro-Homosexual Civil Rights". He was involved in the Campaign for Homosexual Equality pressure group.Hall-Carpenter Archives Malcolm Noble was the Labour Party candidate. Angus Scrimgeour was the Liberal Party candidate. William Thompson was an independent who stood under the title "Christian Outreach to Britain, Anti-Pornography". Aftermath Brooke would retain the seat at the 1979 general election, and hold it until his retirement at the 2001 general election (it reverted to its former name of Cities of London and Westminster in 1997). He held a number of front-bench Government posts during his tenure, including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Result City of London and Westminster South by-election, 1977http://by-elections.co.uk/77.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131012020902/http://by-elections.co.uk/77.html 1977 By Election Results 2013-10-12 dead 2015-09-17 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Brooke 11,962 59.07 +7.35 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Noble 3,997 19.74 -11.21 Liberal Party (UK) Angus Scrimgeour 1,981 9.78 -5.07 National Front (UK) Paul Kavanagh 1,051 5.19 +2.72 Pro-Homosexual Civil Rights Peter Mitchel 449 2.22 New National Party (UK, 1976) Michael Lobb 364 1.80 New New Britain Party Dennis Delderfield 306 1.51 New Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident Bill Boaks 61 0.30 New Christian Outreach to Britain, Anti-Pornography William Thompson 43 0.21 New Christ, Crown, Country, Commonwealth, Christian Constitution Ralph Herbert 37 0.18 New 7,965 39.33 +18.56 20,251 39.60 -13.60 Conservative Party (UK) +9.28 The result for the previous election was:http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i06.htm October 1974 general election results 31 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110811154424/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i06.htm 11 August 2011 dead General election October 1974: City of London and Westminster South Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Tugendhat 14,350 51.7 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) Phil Turner 8,589 30.9 +3.5 Liberal Party (UK) T. G. Underwood 4,122 14.9 -4.0 British National Front D. Baxter 686 2.5 New 5,761 20.8 -5.1 27,747 53.2 -8.2 52,170 Conservative Party (UK) -2.5 See also United Kingdom by-election records References City of London and Westminster South by-election City of London and Westminster South,1977 City of London and Westminster South,1977 City of London and Westminster South,1977 City of London and Westminster South by-election City of London and Westminster South by-election Category:1970s in the City of Westminster