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The '''[[Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Hall Green]] [[by-election]]''' of 6 May 1965 was held after the appointment to the [[Prices and Incomes Board]] of incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP [[Aubrey Jones]].<ref name="By-election result">[http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html#erith Full results]</ref>
The '''[[Birmingham Hall Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Hall Green]] [[by-election]]''' of 6 May 1965 was held after the appointment to the [[Prices and Incomes Board]] of incumbent [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP [[Aubrey Jones]].<ref name="By-election result">[http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html#erith Full results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205408/http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html |date=2013-10-29 }}</ref>


The seat was considered safe, having been won at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1964]] by over 9,400 votes<ref>[http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i03.htm] PoliticsResources.net</ref>
The seat was considered safe, having been won at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1964]] by over 9,400 votes<ref>[http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i03.htm] PoliticsResources.net</ref>

Revision as of 23:38, 20 July 2017

The Birmingham Hall Green by-election of 6 May 1965 was held after the appointment to the Prices and Incomes Board of incumbent Conservative MP Aubrey Jones.[1]

The seat was considered safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1964 by over 9,400 votes[2]

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1964: Birmingham Hall Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aubrey Jones 23,879 52.5
Labour G Rea 14,477 31.8
Liberal Penelope Jessel 7,113 15.6
Majority 9,402 15.6

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Birmingham Hall Green[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Eyre 17,130 54.8 +2.3
Labour David Mumford 8,980 28.8 −3.0
Liberal Penelope Jessel 5,122 16.4 +0.8
Majority 8,150 26.0
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Full results Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [1] PoliticsResources.net
  3. ^ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-08-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)