1965 Altrincham and Sale by-election
UK Parliamentary by-election
The 1965 Altrincham and Sale by-election was held on 4 February 1965 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Fred Erroll was raised to a hereditary peerage as Baron Erroll of Hale, of Kilmun in the County of Argyll.[1] It was won by the Conservative candidate Anthony Barber, who returned after losing his Doncaster constituency in the 1964 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Barber | 20,380 | 50.00 | +3.18 | |
Labour | Roy D Roebuck | 11,837 | 29.04 | +1.03 | |
Liberal | DF Burden | 7,898 | 19.38 | −5.79 | |
Independent | GO Symes | 634 | 1.56 | New | |
Majority | 8,543 | 20.96 | +2.15 | ||
Turnout | 40,749 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
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