1965 Nuneaton by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2018 December 2020 A by-election for the United Kingdom House of Commons was held in the constituency of Nuneaton on 21 January 1965, following the creation of a vacancy by the granting of a life peerage to the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Frank Bowles.September 2025 Background Following the Labour victory in the 1964 general election, new Prime Minister Harold Wilson appointed the General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union, Frank Cousins, as Minister of Technology. Since Cousins was not a Member of Parliament, attempts were made to find him a seat. Bowles volunteered to accept a peerage to make way for him in what was considered a safe seat, with a majority of over 11,000. He told the press he had initially been "shocked, tremendously worried and ill" at the thought of leaving the Commons, but decided to make the sacrifice.September 2025 Result Nuneaton by-election, 21 January 1965http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205408/http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html 1965 By Election Results 2013-10-29 dead 2015-08-19 Labour Party (UK) Frank Cousins 18,325 48.92 -3.86 Conservative Party (UK) David S Marland 13,084 34.93 +5.85 Liberal Party (UK) John Campbell 6,047 16.14 -1.99 5,241 13.99 -9.71 37,456 60.80 -19.91 Labour Party (UK) -4.85 Previous result General election 1964: Nuneaton Labour Party (UK) Frank Bowles 26,059 52.78 +0.34 Conservative Party (UK) David S Marland 14,357 29.08 -3.26 Liberal Party (UK) Alan Meredith 8,953 18.13 +2.91 11,702 23.70 +3.61 49,369 80.11 -1.69 Labour Party (UK) +1.80 See also Nuneaton constituency Lists of United Kingdom by-elections List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950-1979) References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Warwickshire constituencies Nuneaton Category:1965 in England Category:20th century in Warwickshire Category:Nuneaton