Bromsgrove by-election, 1971
Encyclopedia
The Bromsgrove
by-election
of 27 May 1971 was held after 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.
Bromsgrove (UK Parliament constituency)
Bromsgrove is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system...
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
of 27 May 1971 was held after the death of Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) James Dance
James Dance (politician)
James Cyril Aubrey George Dance was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove at the 1955 general election, and held the seat until he died in office in 1971. The resulting by-election was won by the Labour Party's Terry Davis.- External links :...
. The seat was won by the opposition Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
in a by-election that saw only the two major parties participating.