Leicester South West by-election, 1967
Encyclopedia
The Leicester South West
by-election
of 2 November 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour
MP
(MP) Herbert Bowden:
The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966
by over 5,500 votes
Leicester South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicester South West was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
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 2 November 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour
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...
MP
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) Herbert Bowden:
The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966
United Kingdom general election, 1966
The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs...
by over 5,500 votes
Candidates
- The Conservatives adopted Thomas BoardmanTom Boardman, Baron BoardmanLieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gray Boardman, Baron Boardman MC, TD, DL, PC was an English Conservative politician and businessman....
, a Lieutenant-Colnel who had served in the Second World War. - Neville SandelsonNeville SandelsonNeville Devonshire Sandelson was a British politician.Sandelson was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a barrister, called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1946, and director of a publishing company...
for Labour was a barrister and one time member of the London County Council - The local Liberal Party association nominated Colin Beech