Goole by-election, 1971
Encyclopedia
The Goole
by-election
of 27 May 1971 was held after the death of Labour
Member of Parliament
(MP) George Jeger
. The seat was retained by Labour.
Goole (UK Parliament constituency)
Goole was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Goole in the West Riding of Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected 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 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...
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) George Jeger
George Jeger
George Jeger was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1945 to 1950, and for Goole from 1950 until his death in 1971.-References:...
. The seat was retained by Labour.