1971 Hayes and Harlington by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The Hayes and Harlington by-election of 17 June 1971 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Arthur Skeffington. The seat was retained by Labour.

Results

Hayes and Harlington by-election, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neville Sandelson	15,827	74.7	+17.1
	Conservative	Andre William Potier	5,348	25.3	−15.98
Majority			10,479	49.4	+32.99
Turnout			21,175	42.3	−24.9
Registered electors			50,766
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Hayes and Harlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Skeffington	19,192	57.65	−4.56
	Conservative	Andre William Potier	13,728	41.24	+5.54
	Communist	Peter Pink	372	1.12	−0.98
Majority			5,464	16.41	−10.10
Turnout			33,292	67.11	−5.58
Registered electors			49,609
	Labour hold		Swing

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1971	April: Liverpool Scotland Arundel and Shoreham May: Southampton Itchen Bromsgrove Goole June: Hayes and Harlington July: Greenwich September: Stirling and Falkirk Widnes Macclesfield
1972	April: Merthyr Tydfil May: Kingston-upon-Thames Southwark October: Rochdale December: Sutton and Cheam Uxbridge
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