The
Ilford North by-election
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of 2 March 1978 was held after the death of
Labour
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Member of Parliament
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(MP)
Millie Miller
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Miller was a councillor in the London Borough of Camden and was the first woman to lead a London Borough council when she became leader in 1971, remaini ...
on 29 October 1977. The seat was gained by the
Conservatives
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in a defeat for
James Callaghan
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's government.
Results
* Alfred Burr was exposed as a convicted child abuser after nominations closed, resulting in the withdrawal of his endorsement by the New Britain Party and his withdrawal from election six days before the date of the by-election.
See also
*
1954 Ilford North by-election
The Ilford North by-election of 3 February 1954 was held after the resignation of Conservative MP Geoffrey Hutchinson, who gave up his seat to become chairman of the National Assistance Board. He subsequently became Baron Ilford. The seat was re ...
*
1920 Ilford by-election
The Ilford (UK Parliament constituency), Ilford by-election of 25 September 1920 was held after the death of the Coalition Unionist Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament Sir William Peter Griggs. The Coalition retained the se ...
References
;Sources
*''British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983'', p. 27, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (MacMillan Press 1983)
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