Brighton Pavilion by-election, 1969

The Brighton Pavilion by-election of 27 March 1969 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) William Teeling resigned from the House of Commons due to health problems. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.^[1]

Results

Brighton Pavilion, 1969^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julian Amery	17,636	70.54	+12.40
	Labour	Thomas Skeffington-Lodge	4,654	18.62	-23.24
	Liberal	Nesta Wyn Ellis	2,711	10.84	N/A
Majority			12,982	51.92	+35.64
Turnout			25,001
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Brighton Pavilion
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Teeling	22,687	58.14
	Labour	J.A. Graham	16,333	41.86
Majority			6,354	16.28
Turnout			39,020	70.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

↑ Result from previous election
↑ "1969 By Election Results". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-08-21.

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