1969 Paddington North by-election

UK parliamentary by-election The 1969 Paddington North by-election was a by-election to the House of Commons for the constituency of Paddington North. It was necessitated by the death of sitting MP Ben Parkin. Parkin had been on the left of the party and was part of a delegation of Labour MPs who met Joseph Stalin in 1947; when he voted against the Ireland Bill, he was warned by the Chief Whip about his conduct. The result was a hold for the Labour Party. By-election on 30 October 1969: Paddington Northhttp://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 Labour Party (UK) Arthur Latham 7,969 51.7 -6.7 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Price 7,452 48.3 +16.0 517 3.4 -22.7 15,421 46.3 -20.1 Labour Party (UK) Previous election General election 1966: Paddington North Labour Party (UK) Ben Parkin 14,445 58.4 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) John Macdonald 7,981 32.3 -9.8 Liberal Party (UK) David Griffiths 2,287 9.3 New 6,464 26.1 +10.3 24,713 66.4 +1.3 Labour Party (UK) References October 2023 Category:1969 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1969 in London Category:October 1969 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies Category:Elections in the City of Westminster Category:Paddington