Hayes and Harlington by-election, 1971

The Hayes and Harlington by-election of 17 June 1971 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Arthur Skeffington. The seat was retained by Labour.

Results

Hayes and Harlington, 1971^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neville Sandelson	15,827	74.74	+17.09
	Conservative	Andre Potier	5,348	25.26	-15.98
Turnout			21,175
Majority			10,479	49.5	+33.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Hayes and Harlington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Skeffington	19,192	57.65
	Conservative	Andre Potier	13,728	41.24
	Communist	P. Pink	372	1.12
Majority			5,464	16.41
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

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1971	April: Liverpool Scotland Arundel and Shoreham May: Southampton Itchen Bromsgrove Goole June: Hayes and Harlington July: Greenwich September: Stirling and Falkirk Widnes Macclesfield

1972	April: Merthyr Tydfil May: Kingston-upon-Thames Southwark October: Rochdale December: Sutton and Cheam Uxbridge

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