1968 Sheffield Brightside by-election

The Sheffield Brightside by-election of 15 June 1968 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP) Richard Winterbottom. The seat was very safe, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by over 19,000 votes[1]

Candidates
  • Labour chose Edward Griffiths to defend their seat, who was an industrial chemist and a worker director at the British Steel Corporation[2]
  • Colin Renfrew, for the Conservatives, was lecturer in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Sheffield
  • Robert Wilkinson was chosen as the candidate for the Communists
  • Ronald Guest, and Lt-Col H L Lambert, stood as independents.

Result of the previous general election
General election 1966: Sheffield Brightside
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Richard Winterbottom 26,653 75.90
Conservative Raymond Hadfield 7,476 21.29
Communist Howard Hill 989 2.82
Majority 19,177 54.61 -

Result of the by-election
By-election 1968: Sheffield Brightside[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Edward Griffiths 14,179 55.21 -20.69
Conservative Colin Renfrew 8,931 34.77 +13.48
Communist Robert Wilkinson 1,069 4.16 +1.34
Independent Ronald Guest 918 3.6 N/A
Independent H. L. Lambert 586 2.3 N/A
Majority 5,248 20.44 -34.17
Turnout 25,683
Labour hold Swing
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gollark: Not that I like this on a magical theoretical level, in any case.
gollark: I... have never really trusted anyone who just says "leave it to us, we'll handle it".
gollark: ...
gollark: Could be faked pretty easily.

References
  1. PoliticsResources.net
  2. OBITUARY - Eddie Griffiths Independent.co.uk
  3. "1968 By Election Results". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.


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