Brierley Hill by-election, 1967
Encyclopedia
The Brierley Hill
by-election
of 29 April 1967 was held after the death of Conservative
MP
(MP) John Ellis Talbot
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The seat was marginal, having been won by Labour during United Kingdom general election, 1950
by 4,637 votes, and the Conservatives in the preceding United Kingdom general election, 1966
by only 1,567.
Brierley Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
Brierley Hill parliamentary constituency was located in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...
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 29 April 1967 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...
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) John Ellis Talbot
John Ellis Talbot
John Ellis Talbot was a British Building society manager, solicitor and Conservative Party politician.Talbot was educated at Stubbington House School in Fareham and Rossall School in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He worked first as a solicitor; from 1938 he was Joint Manager of the Kidderminster...
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The seat was marginal, having been won by Labour during United Kingdom general election, 1950
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
by 4,637 votes, and the Conservatives in the preceding 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 only 1,567.
Candidates
- Fergus MontgomeryFergus MontgomerySir William Fergus Montgomery is a former Conservative member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.Born in South Shields, Montgomery was educated at Jarrow Grammar School and the University of Durham, and became a teacher in 1950. From 1950 until 1958 he was a councillor serving on Hebburn urban...
for the Conservatives, was a teacher and councillor in HebburnHebburnHebburn is a small town situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in North East England, sandwiched between the towns of Jarrow and Bill Quay...
prior to becoming Member of Parliament for Newcastle EastNewcastle upon Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)Newcastle upon Tyne East is a borough 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 system of election.... - Derek Forwood was the Labour candidate. He told the Guardian newspaper in 2005 an anecdote from the Brierley Hill by-election at which then foreign secretary George Brown was subject to heckling at a hustings event
- Liberal candidate Michael SteedMichael SteedMichael Steed is a British psephologist, political scientist, broadcaster, activist and Liberal Democrat politician. He was born in 1940 in Kent, where his father was a farmer. He has written extensively on parties and elections....
was lecturer in Government at Manchester University at the time of the election. His election addresses included calls to join the EEC and end the VietNam war - Writer John CreaseyJohn CreaseyJohn Creasey MBE was an English crime and science fiction writer. The author of more than 600 novels, he published them using 28 different pseudonyms, including Anthony Morton, Michael Halliday, Kyle Hunt, J.J. Marric, Jeremy York, Richard Martin, Peter Manton, Norman Deane, Gordon Ashe, Henry St...
nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance he had created.