Bromsgrove by-election, 1971

The Bromsgrove by-election, 1971 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 27 May 1971 for the Bromsgrove constituency in Worcestershire. The vacancy was caused by the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) James Dance. The seat was won by the opposition Labour Party in a by-election that saw only the two major parties participating.^[1]

Results

Bromsgrove, 1971^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Davis	29,809	51.62	+10.09
	Conservative	Hal Miller	27,941	48.38	-10.09
Majority			1,868
Turnout			57,750
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1970: Bromsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Dance	37,544	58.47
	Labour	Terry Davis	26,670	41.53
Majority			10,874	16.93
Turnout			64,214	76.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Result from previous election
↑ "1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2015-09-08.

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