Uxbridge by-election, 1972

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The Uxbridge by-election was held on 7 December 1972 after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Curran had died on 16 September of the same year. The seat was retained by the Conservatives by Michael Shersby. Shersby would hold the seat until his sudden death just days after the 1997 general election.^[1]^[2]

Results

Uxbridge, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Shersby	14,178	42.31	-7.04
	Labour	Manuela Sykes	13,000	38.79	-2.87
	Liberal	Ian Stuart	3,650	10.89	+1.9
	National Front	John Clifton	2,920	8.71	N/A
	Union Movement	Dan Harmston	873	2.60	N/A
	National Independence	Clare Macdonald	551	1.64	N/A
	Democratic Conservative against the Common Market	Reginald Simmerson	341	1.02	N/A
Turnout			35,513
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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1970	October: St Marylebone November: Enfield West

1971	April: Liverpool Scotland Arundel and Shoreham May: Southampton Itchen Bromsgrove Goole June: Hayes and Harlington July: Greenwich September: Stirling and Falkirk Widnes Macclesfield

1972	April: Merthyr Tydfil May: Kingston-upon-Thames Southwark October: Rochdale December: Sutton and Cheam Uxbridge

1973	March: Chester-le-Street Dundee East Lincoln May: West Bromwich Westhoughton June: Manchester Exchange July: Isle of Ely Ripon November: Berwick-upon-Tweed Edinburgh North Glasgow Govan Hove

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