The Sheffield Brightside

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

of 13 June 1968 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP)

Richard Winterbottom Richard Emanuel Winterbottom (22 July 1899 – 9 February 1968) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Winterbottom served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the ...

. The seat was very safe, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by over 19,000 votes

Candidates

*Labour chose Edward Griffiths to defend their seat, who was an industrial chemist and a worker director at the

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OBITUARY - Eddie Griffiths
Independent.co.uk * 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

Result of the by-election

References

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