Islington North by-election, 1969
- Islington North by-election, 1969
The Islington North by-election, 1969 was a parliamentary by-election held on 30 October 1969 for the British House of Commons constituency of Islington North in Islington, North London.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Gerry Reynolds had died on 7 June 1969, aged 42. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1958 following the death of his Labour predecessor, Wilfred Fienburgh.
The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Michael O'Halloran, who won with a majority of 1,534 over the Conservative candidate Andrew Pearce.
Election box begin
title=Islington North by-election, 1969Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael O'Halloran
votes = 7,288
percentage = 49.2
change = −10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Pearce
votes = 5,754
percentage = 38.9
change = +8.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Eric Thwaites
votes = 1,514
percentage = 10.2
change = +0.4Election box candidate
party = Independent Socialist
candidate = Austin Williams
votes = 245
percentage = 1.7
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 1,534
percentage = 10.4
change = −18.4Election box turnout
votes = 14,801
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −9.2
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/69.html#islington British Parliamentary by-elections]
*Rayment
ee also
*Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)
*Islington
*Islington North by-election, 1937
*Islington North by-election, 1958
*List of United Kingdom by-elections
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