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220:
212:
81:
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The result reduced the Labour majority in the House of
Commons from three seats to one seat, the Labour total falling from 319 to 318 in a House of 635 members. However, the position of the Labour Government was made worse by the fact that one of its MPs,
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386:, political correspondent John Warden stated that the victory would boost Thatcher by silencing "mutterings about her leadership" for at least a few months.
315:
44:
1003:
669:
358:
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380:, who, by personally canvassing in support of Bottomley, abandoned a convention that party leaders did not campaign in by-elections. Writing in
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This was the first by-election the
Conservatives fought under the leadership of
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By-elections to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies
353:; he had contested the seat in both 1974 general elections. He then sat for
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674:
345:
The result of the contest was a victory for the
Conservative candidate,
329:, died on 20 March 1975. He had held the seat since winning it from the
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758:
318:. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's
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894:
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816:
74:
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349:, who held the seat until its abolition for the
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8:
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1158:Elections in the Royal Borough of Greenwich
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670:Woolwich West (UK Parliament constituency)
393:
20:
1153:History of the Royal Borough of Greenwich
316:the general election the previous October
691:
361:, formerly a safe Conservative seat in
1173:June 1975 events in the United Kingdom
800:47th Parliament of the United Kingdom
708:"Mrs Thatcher secures her maiden win"
614:
399:
314:This was the first by-election since
7:
1148:1975 elections in the United Kingdom
903:City of London and Westminster South
357:, and from 1997 to 2024 represented
680:List of United Kingdom by-elections
91:
14:
574:
553:
528:
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482:
461:
440:
417:
395:Woolwich West by-election, 1975
227:
226:
219:
218:
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110:
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79:
28:
373:, was absent from the country.
665:1943 Woolwich West by-election
290:1975 Woolwich West by-election
22:1975 Woolwich West by-election
1:
706:Warden, John (27 June 1975).
296:held on 26 June 1975 for the
870:Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central
557:C'tive, Anti-Common Market
1189:
733:"1975 By Election Results"
355:Eltham, the successor seat
1039:
1004:Pontefract and Castleford
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294:parliamentary by-election
239:
88:
38:
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1043:Lists of UK by-elections
999:Berwick and East Lothian
298:British House of Commons
538:Frank Hansford-Miller
351:1983 general election
335:1964 general election
988:Manchester Moss Side
909:Birmingham Stechford
323:Member of Parliament
1031:Liverpool Edge Hill
932:Birmingham Ladywood
842:Coventry North West
560:Reginald Simmerson
396:
23:
961:Glasgow Garscadden
712:The Glasgow Herald
394:
383:The Glasgow Herald
175:Popular vote
1130:
1129:
656:
655:
378:Margaret Thatcher
309:South East London
286:
285:
282:
281:
235:
234:
61:
60:
1180:
1122:Hereditary peers
1117:Northern Ireland
938:Bournemouth East
811:
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749:
748:
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744:
739:on 14 March 2012
735:. Archived from
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533:English National
470:Sheilagh Hobday
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67:Constituency of
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971:Epsom and Ewell
966:Lambeth Central
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807:48th Parliament
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789:46th Parliament
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514:Ronald Mallone
449:Joseph Stanyer
427:Peter Bottomley
392:
371:John Stonehouse
347:Peter Bottomley
343:
327:William Hamling
274:
272:Peter Bottomley
269:
256:
254:William Hamling
251:
249:before election
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147:Joseph Stanyer
142:Peter Bottomley
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27:
17:
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1163:1975 in London
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583:Peter Bishop
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359:Worthing West
356:
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331:Conservatives
328:
324:
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317:
312:
310:
306:
305:Woolwich West
302:
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295:
291:
278:
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273:
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57: →
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43:←
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1112:2010–present
955:Ilford North
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796:By-elections
787:
743:17 September
741:. Retrieved
737:the original
727:
715:. Retrieved
711:
636:
634:Conservative
608:
592:
569:
548:
523:
500:
422:Conservative
381:
375:
367:
344:
313:
301:constituency
289:
287:
276:Conservative
270:
263:
252:
245:
194:
178:
159:Conservative
140:
128:
119:
102:Third party
96:First party
50:26 June 1975
49:
18:
579:Independent
363:West Sussex
191:Percentage
1137:Categories
936:November:
901:February:
884:December:
880:Workington
868:November:
847:Carshalton
686:References
510:Fellowship
403:Candidate
137:Candidate
1107:1979–2010
1102:1950–1979
1097:1931–1950
1092:1918–1931
1087:1900–1918
1082:1885–1900
1077:1868–1885
1072:1857–1868
1067:1847–1857
1062:1832–1847
1057:1818–1832
1052:1806–1818
1047:1801–1806
1026:Knutsford
1021:Clitheroe
997:October:
993:Penistone
886:Cambridge
858:Rotherham
599:Majority
45:Oct. 1974
1168:Woolwich
982:Hamilton
930:August:
915:Ashfield
864:Thurrock
717:1 August
675:Woolwich
659:See also
264:Elected
78:46.43% (
1019:March:
976:Wycombe
959:April:
953:March:
913:April:
907:March:
840:March:
804:»
798:to the
786:«
626:−27.46
620:35,421
616:Turnout
466:Liberal
452:14,898
437:+10.19
431:17,280
341:Results
333:at the
215:10.19%
199:42.06%
183:14,898
169:Liberal
107:
93:
84:27.46%)
75:Turnout
986:July:
924:July:
862:July:
856:June:
852:Wirral
823:June:
810:»
792:«
650:+7.61
641:Labour
623:46.43
602:2,382
479:−8.99
473:1,884
458:−5.03
455:42.06
445:Labour
434:48.78
406:Votes
400:Party
325:(MP),
320:Labour
292:was a
258:Labour
231:8.99%
223:5.03%
207:Swing
202:5.32%
195:48.78%
186:1,884
179:17,280
164:Labour
155:Party
980:May:
646:Swing
639:from
605:6.72
589:0.12
566:0.29
545:0.39
520:0.61
497:2.42
476:5.32
390:Votes
1013:1979
947:1978
895:1977
834:1976
817:1975
745:2015
719:2018
637:gain
563:104
542:140
517:218
494:856
288:The
55:1979
609:N/A
593:New
586:41
570:New
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524:New
501:New
307:in
303:of
129:Lib
120:Lab
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