1976 Thurrock by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1976 Thurrock by-election of 15 July 1976 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Hugh Delargy. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i20.htm Result from previous election 2012-12-10 2011-08-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110811154411/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i20.htm dead Result Thurrock by-Election, 1976http://by-elections.co.uk/76.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034528/http://by-elections.co.uk/76.html 1976 By Election Results 2012-03-14 dead 2015-09-17 Labour Party (UK) Oonagh McDonald 22,191 45.27 -10.30 Conservative Party (UK) Percy Lomax 17,352 35.39 +10.95 Liberal Party (UK) Anthony Charlton 5,977 12.19 -7.80 National Front (UK) John Roberts 3,255 6.64 New English National Party Frank Hansford-Miller 187 0.38 New World Grid Sunshine Room Party Peter Bishop 72 0.15 New 4,839 9.88 -21.24 49,034 Labour Party (UK) 10.6 from Labour to Conservative Outcome Reporting the result of the election, The Glasgow Herald argued that the Labour government had taken "another severe battering from the electorate" with the Labour majority falling by over 14,000 votes since the last general election. It also argued that "Labour voters in London dockland stayed away in droves". However it noted that for Prime Minister James Callaghan the most important thing would be that Oonagh McDonald's victory would "swell the Government's effective majority to three."Labour win poll - but majority tumbles https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19760716&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 18 April 2021 The Glasgow Herald 16 July 1976 1 Margaret Thatcher said the vote was "a massive vote of no confidence in the Government" and looked forward to the next by-election. By contrast the result was argued by The Glasgow Herald to auger "problems" for the Liberal leader David Steel and the newspaper suggested that the Government would be concerned at the size of the National Front's vote in a seat it had not previously fought. References Category:Politics of Thurrock Thurrock by-election Thurrock by-election Category:1970s in Essex Thurrock by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Essex constituencies