95:
27:
213:
205:
197:
1033:
685:
662:
997:
788:
655:
992:
987:
982:
977:
972:
967:
962:
957:
952:
947:
942:
937:
932:
681:
1053:
275:
65:
692:
674:
648:
1028:
348:. Grimond suggested that the result and the allegations meant that Thorpe "must think of stepping down". Thorpe stood down as Liberal leader two months later.
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755:
41:
889:
884:
640:
500:
873:
794:
290:
250:
231:
916:
817:
302:
51:
846:
1007:
411:
130:
1048:
823:
856:
851:
811:
94:
1043:
805:
760:
710:
388:
298:
256:
124:
1002:
840:
765:
732:
911:
906:
878:
771:
743:
867:
800:
749:
475:
326:
314:
1038:
861:
618:
737:
406:
148:
318:
321:
and both parties ran candidates in the election. Although both polled poorly, it set a trend for a split
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383:
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242:
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By-elections to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Midlands (county) constituencies
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455:
294:
238:
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341:
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337:
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vote fell in this by-election, a development that former leader
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The by-election represented the first outing for the
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702:
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340:blamed in part on scandals surrounding incumbent
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656:
286:on 4 March 1976, was held after the death of
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18:
663:
649:
641:
355:
17:
606:Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire
1054:March 1976 events in the United Kingdom
597:
686:47th Parliament of the United Kingdom
554:
361:
7:
1029:1976 elections in the United Kingdom
789:City of London and Westminster South
297:. A safe Labour seat, it was won by
19:1976 Coventry North West by-election
1059:1970s in the West Midlands (county)
74:
14:
325:vote which was replicated in the
317:; it had recently split from the
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496:
471:
446:
425:
402:
379:
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211:
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196:
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93:
25:
301:, who retained the seat until
1:
756:Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central
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619:"1976 By Election Results"
357:Coventry North West, 1976
925:
890:Pontefract and Castleford
608:, Edinburgh, 2001, p. 325
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541:
373:
370:
367:
364:
327:1989 Vauxhall by-election
224:
71:
35:
23:
1049:20th century in Coventry
929:Lists of UK by-elections
885:Berwick and East Lothian
501:More Prosperous Britain
1044:Elections in Coventry
874:Manchester Moss Side
795:Birmingham Stechford
291:Member of Parliament
917:Liverpool Edge Hill
818:Birmingham Ladywood
728:Coventry North West
358:
276:Coventry North West
66:Coventry North West
20:
847:Glasgow Garscadden
481:John Kingsley Read
356:
160:Popular vote
1016:
1015:
604:Michael McManus,
589:
588:
412:Jonathan Guinness
389:Geoffrey Robinson
309:Party performance
299:Geoffrey Robinson
271:
270:
267:
266:
257:Geoffrey Robinson
220:
219:
131:Jonathan Guinness
125:Geoffrey Robinson
58:
57:
1066:
1008:Hereditary peers
1003:Northern Ireland
824:Bournemouth East
697:
688:
679:
665:
658:
651:
642:
635:
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625:on 14 March 2012
621:. Archived from
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456:Andrew Fountaine
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1067:
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1064:
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1039:1976 in England
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921:
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857:Epsom and Ewell
852:Lambeth Central
828:
776:
715:
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329:and elsewhere.
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711:Woolwich West
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342:Jeremy Thorpe
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334:Liberal Party
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998:2010–present
841:Ilford North
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682:By-elections
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629:17 September
627:. Retrieved
623:the original
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523:Logic Party
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505:Thomas Keen
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407:Conservative
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149:Conservative
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85:Third party
79:First party
47:4 March 1976
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279:by-election
176:Percentage
1023:Categories
822:November:
787:February:
770:December:
766:Workington
754:November:
733:Carshalton
592:References
365:Candidate
338:Jo Grimond
120:Candidate
993:1979–2010
988:1950–1979
983:1931–1950
978:1918–1931
973:1900–1918
968:1885–1900
963:1868–1885
958:1857–1868
953:1847–1857
948:1832–1847
943:1818–1832
938:1806–1818
933:1801–1806
912:Knutsford
907:Clitheroe
883:October:
879:Penistone
772:Cambridge
744:Rotherham
542:Majority
323:far right
42:Oct. 1974
868:Hamilton
816:August:
801:Ashfield
750:Thurrock
284:Coventry
249:Elected
905:March:
862:Wycombe
845:April:
839:March:
799:April:
793:March:
726:March:
690:»
684:to the
672:«
560:35,871
556:Turnout
430:Liberal
416:13,424
393:17,118
352:Results
187:11.32%
184:37.42%
168:13,424
154:Liberal
90:
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872:July:
810:July:
748:July:
742:June:
738:Wirral
709:June:
696:»
678:«
572:Labour
548:10.30
545:3,694
443:−4.34
440:11.32
437:4,062
422:+6.08
419:37.42
399:−4.14
396:47.72
384:Labour
368:Votes
362:Party
288:Labour
261:Labour
243:Labour
216:4.34%
208:6.08%
200:4.14%
192:Swing
180:47.72%
171:4,062
164:17,118
144:Labour
140:Party
866:May:
580:Swing
532:0.09
511:0.11
488:0.60
463:2.75
293:(MP)
282:, in
899:1979
833:1978
781:1977
720:1976
703:1975
631:2015
575:hold
485:208
460:986
332:The
303:2019
273:The
52:1979
536:New
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515:New
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492:New
467:New
344:'s
112:Lib
103:Con
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251:MP
232:MP
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650:v
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