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1978 Wycombe by-election
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UK parliamentary by-election
April 2022
The 1978 Wycombe by-election of 27 April 1978 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) John Hall. The Conservatives, which ran Ray Whitney, held on to the seat in the by-election with a significantly increased majority.
Result
Wycombe, by-election April 1978http://by-elections.co.uk/78.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034520/http://by-elections.co.uk/78.html 1978 By Election Results 2012-03-14 dead 2015-09-17
Conservative Party (UK)
Ray Whitney
29,677 59.96 +13.63
Labour Party (UK)
Trevor Fowler
14,109 28.51 -2.31
Liberal Party (UK)
Harry Warschauer
3,665 7.41 -11.94
National Front (UK)
Sylvia Jones
2,040 4.12 +0.62
15,568
31.46
+15.96
49,491
Conservative Party (UK)
References
Category:1978 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:1978 in England
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Buckinghamshire constituencies
Category:Wycombe District
Category:20th century in Buckinghamshire
Category:April 1978 in the United Kingdom