Carshalton by-election, 1976

The Carshalton by-election of March 11, 1976 was held after the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Carr was elevated to the House of Lords. The Conservatives held on to the seat in the by-election.

[edit] Results

Carshalton North, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	20,753	51.69	+6.29
	Labour	Colin Blau	11,021	27.49	-10.46
	Liberal	John Hatherley	6,028	15.01	-1.65
	National Front	Terry Denville-Faulkner	1,851	4.61	N/A
	Conservative Anti-Common Market	Reginald Simmerson	251	0.63	N/A
	Logic Party	William Dunmore	133	0.33	N/A
	Air, Road, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	115	0.29	N/A
Turnout			40,152
	Conservative hold		Swing

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1975	June: Woolwich West

1976	March: Coventry North West • Carshalton • Wirral • June: Rotherham • July: Thurrock • November: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central • Walsall North • Workington • December: Cambridge

1977	February: City of London and Westminster South • March: Birmingham Stechford • April: Ashfield • Grimsby • July: Saffron Walden • August: Birmingham Ladywood • November: Bournemouth East

1978	March: Ilford North • April: Glasgow Garscadden • Lambeth Central • Epsom and Ewell • Wycombe • July: Manchester Moss Side • Penistone • May: Hamilton • October: Berwick and East Lothian • Pontefract and Castleford

1979	March: Clitheroe • Knutsford • Liverpool Edge Hill

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