The 1969 Islington North by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 30 October 1969 for the

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Islington North Islington North () is a constituency in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Jeremy Corbyn. He served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition from 2015 to 2020. Co ...

Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...

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. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's

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(MP), Gerry Reynolds had died on 7 June 1969, aged 42. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1958 following the death of his predecessor,

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. The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour Party candidate, Michael O'Halloran, who won with a majority of 1,534 votes over the

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candidate

Andrew Pearce {{Infobox MEP , honorific-prefix = , name = Andrew Pearce , honorific-suffix = , image = , alt = , caption = , constituency_MP = Cheshire West , parliament = European , majority = , term_s ...

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