The 1971
Widnes
Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464.
Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ...
by-election took place on 23 September, following the death of the Labour MP
James MacColl
James Eugene MacColl (27 June 1908 – 17 June 1971) was a British Labour politician.
He was the younger son of Hugo MacColl, a master marine engineer. At the age of 12 he was orphaned. MacColl was educated at Sedbergh School and Balliol Colleg ...
on 17 June of that year, and produced a victory for the incumbent
Labour Party.
It remains the most recent by-election in England, Wales or Scotland to be contested by only two candidates.
Results
References
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