The Saffron Walden by-election of 23 March 1965 was held after the awarding of a life peerage to Conservative MP Rab Butler.

The seat was safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by 5,000 votes[1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1964: Saffron Walden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rab Butler 20,610 49.3
Labour Michael D Cornish 15,655 37.5
Liberal Frank PD Moore 6,189 13.3
Majority 4,955 11.8
Turnout 42,454
Conservative hold Swing

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Saffron Walden[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Kirk 18,851 48.5 -0.8
Labour Michael D Cornish 15,358 39.5 +2.0
Liberal Frank PD Moore 4,626 11.9 -1.4
Majority 3,493 9.0 -2.8
Turnout 38,835
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Archived 29 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. ↑ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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