Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central by-election, 1976

The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central by-election of 4 November 1976 was held after the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Edward Short who left to take up the position of Chairman of Cable & Wireless. Labour held on to the seat in the by-election.

Results

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, 1976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Cowans	4,692	47.61	-24.16
	Liberal	Andrew Ellis	2,854	28.96	+17.28
	Conservative	Richard Sowler	1,945	19.73	+3.18
	Socialist Workers	David Hayes	184	1.87	N/A
	National Front	Bruce Anderson-Lynes	181	1.84	N/A
Turnout			9,856
	Labour 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 Great Grimsby July: Saffron Walden August: Birmingham Ladywood November: Bournemouth East

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

1979	March: Clitheroe Knutsford Liverpool Edge Hill

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