Nuneaton by-election, 1967

The Nuneaton by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour MP (MP) Frank Cousins:^[1]

The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by over 11,000 votes^[2]

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

Result of the by-election

References