1970 St Marylebone by-election

1970 St Marylebone by-election
22 October 1970
Constituency of St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
Lib
Candidate Kenneth Baker Keith Morrell Michael Vann
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Popular vote 10,684 4,542 1,038
Percentage 63.49% 26.99% 6.19%
Swing 1.40% 2.32% 2.41%
A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with St Marylebone highlighted in red.
MP before election

Quintin Hogg
Conservative

Subsequent MP

Kenneth Baker
Conservative

The St Marylebone by-election of 22 October 1970 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Quintin Hogg became a life peer. The seat was retained for the Conservatives by Kenneth Baker, who had lost his previous seat of Acton at the general election four months earlier; Baker would go on to represent the Mole Valley seat in Surrey and become a long-serving Cabinet minister.

Results

St Marylebone by-Election, 1970[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Baker 10,684 63.49 +1.40
Labour Keith Morrell 4,542 26.99 −2.32
Liberal Michael Vann 1,038 6.19 −2.41
National Front Malcolm Skeggs 401 2.38 New
Fourth World Group John Papworth 163 0.97 New
Majority 6,142 36.5 +3.7
Turnout 16,828
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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