1965 Birmingham Hall Green by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The Birmingham Hall Green by-election of 6 May 1965 was held after the appointment to the Prices and Incomes Board of incumbent Conservative MP Aubrey Jones.^[1]

The seat was considered safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 9,400 votes^[2]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1964: Birmingham Hall Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Aubrey Jones	23,879	52.5
	Labour	G Rea	14,477	31.8
	Liberal	Penelope Jessel	7,113	15.6
Majority			9,402	15.7
Turnout			45,469
	Conservative hold		Swing

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Birmingham Hall Green^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Eyre	17,130	54.8	+2.3
	Labour	David Mumford	8,980	28.8	-3.0
	Liberal	Penelope Jessel	5,122	16.4	+0.8
Majority			8,150	26.0	+10.3
Turnout			31,232
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ Full results Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ [1] Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
^ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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