Ilford North by-election, 1978

The Ilford North by-election of 2 March 1978 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Millie Miller on 29 October 1977. The seat was gained by the Conservatives in a defeat for James Callaghan's government.

Results

Ilford North, 1978^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Vivian Bendall	22,548	50.31	+9.43
	Labour	Tessa Jowell	17,051	38.04	-4.44
	Liberal	John Freeman	2,248	5.02	-11.62
	National Front	John Hughes	2,126	4.74	N/A
	Conservative Independent Democrat	Thomas Iremonger	671	1.50	N/A
	East London People's Front	Carole Rowe	89	0.20	N/A
	New Britain	Alfred Burr	48	0.11	N/A
	Democratic Monarchist, Public Safety, White Resident	Bill Boaks	38	0.08	N/A
Majority			5,497	12.3
Turnout			44,819
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	6.9% Lab -> Con

General Election 1974, October: Ilford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Millie Miller	20,621	42.48
	Conservative	Thomas Iremonger	19,843	40.88
	Liberal	G. L. P. Wilson	8,080	16.64
Majority			778	1.6
Turnout				74.46
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

↑ "1978 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

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