Uxbridge by-election, 1972
Encyclopedia
The Uxbridge
by-election
was held on 7 December 1972 after Conservative
Member of Parliament
(MP) Charles Curran
had died on 16 September of the same year. The seat was retained by the Conservatives by Michael Shersby. Shersby would hold the seat until his sudden death just days after the 1997 general election.
Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system, from 1885 until it was abolished at the 2010 general election....
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
was held on 7 December 1972 after 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...
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) Charles Curran
Charles Curran (politician)
Charles Curran was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Uxbridge from 1959 to 1966, when he lost to Labour. Curran regained the seat in 1970, holding it until his death in 1972. Michael Shersby was elected to succeed him in the subsequent by-election.-...
had died on 16 September of the same year. The seat was retained by the Conservatives by Michael Shersby. Shersby would hold the seat until his sudden death just days after the 1997 general election.