1965 Saffron Walden by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1965 Saffron Walden by-election of 23 March 1965 was held after the awarding of a life peerage to Conservative MP Rab Butler. The seat was safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by 5,000 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20120729131100/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i17.htm 29 July 2012 PoliticsResources.net The Conservative Party held the seat. Result of the previous general election General election 1964: Saffron Walden Conservative Party (UK) Rab Butler 20,610 49.3 Labour Party (UK) Michael D Cornish 15,655 37.5 Liberal Party (UK) Frank PD Moore 6,189 13.3 4,955 11.8 42,454 82.41 Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1965: Saffron Waldenhttp://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 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Kirk 18,851 48.5 -0.8 Labour Party (UK) Michael D Cornish 15,358 39.5 +2.0 Liberal Party (UK) Frank PD Moore 4,626 11.9 -1.4 3,493 9.0 -2.8 38,835 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1965 in England Category:1965 elections in the United Kingdom By-election, 1965 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Essex constituencies Category:1960s in Essex