Westhoughton by-election, 1973
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The Westhoughton by election took place for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in Westhoughton
on 24 May 1973.
It was won by Roger Stott
who held the seat for Labour after the death on 1 February of the previous MP, Tom Price
.
Westhoughton (UK Parliament constituency)
Westhoughton was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, England. Centred on the former mining and cotton town of Westhoughton, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
on 24 May 1973.
It was won by Roger Stott
Roger Stott
Roger Stott, CBE was a British Labour Party politician.-Biography:Stott was born in Rochdale, the first child of Richard and Edith Stott. He went to school in Rochdale and when he was 15 he joined the Merchant Navy...
who held the seat for Labour after the death on 1 February of the previous MP, Tom Price
Tom Price (UK politician)
Joseph Thomas "Tom" Price was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.He was born in Pendlebury, Lancashire, the son of William Price, a coalminer, and his wife Elizabeth...
.