1967 Nuneaton by-election

The Nuneaton by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour MP (MP) Frank Cousins.

The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by over 11,000 votes

Candidates

• Les Huckfield for Labour was selected at a time when he was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham
• David Knox was selected for the Conservatives. He later became an MP for Staffordshire Moorlands
• The local Liberal Party association nominated Alan Meredith who had stood in the seat previously
• John Creasey nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance, which he had founded
• Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett, a former MP, was the nominee for the National Party

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1966: Nuneaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Cousins	27,452	53.98
	Conservative	David S Marland	16,049	31.56
	Liberal	Alan Meredith	7,356	14.46
Majority			11,403	22.42	-

Result of the by-election

Nuneaton by-election, 9 March 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Huckfield	18,239	42.08	-11.90
	Conservative	David Knox	14,185	32.73	+1.17
	Liberal	Alan Meredith	7,644	17.64	+3.18
	All Party Alliance	John Creasey	2,755	6.36	N/A
	National Party	Don Bennett	517	1.19	N/A
Majority			4,054	9.35
	Labour hold		Swing