1980 Southend East by-election

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Turnout

62.5%

	First party	Second party	Third party
		Lab	Lib
Candidate	Teddy Taylor	Colin George	David Evans
Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Popular vote	13,117	12,687	8,939
Percentage	36.8%	35.6%	25.1%
Swing	19.3%	6.5%	12.0%

MP before election

Stephen McAdden
Conservative

Elected MP

Teddy Taylor
Conservative

The Southend East by-election of 13 March 1980 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen McAdden on 26 December 1979. The seat was narrowly held by the Tories in the by-election.

Results

Southend East by-election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Teddy Taylor	13,117	36.8	−19.3
	Labour	Colin George	12,687	35.6	+6.5
	Liberal	David Evans	8,939	25.1	+12.0
	New Britain	Terence Robertson	532	1.5	New
	Anti Common-Market Free Trade	Oliver Smedley	207	0.6	New
	Independent Liberal	James Curry	132	0.4	New
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	23	0.0	New
Majority			430	1.2	−25.7
Turnout			35,637	62.5	−7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.87

References

Results of By-Elections in the 1979-83 Parliament
Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1979-83 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Archived from the original on 9 June 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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