Wirral by-election, 1976

The Wirral by-election of 11 March 1976 was held after Selwyn Lloyd, who had been elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP)^[1] but who was serving as Speaker of the British House of Commons, retired. The Conservatives held on to the seat in the by-election.

Results

Wirral, 1976^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hunt	34,675	66.78	+15.97
	Labour	Adrian Bailey	10,562	17.86	-8.66
	Liberal	Michael Gayford	5,914	11.39	-13.12
	English National	Frank Hansford-Miller	466	0.90	N/A
	Independent Conservative	Hilary Miller	307	0.59	N/A
Turnout			51,924
	Conservative hold		Swing

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1975	June: Woolwich West
1976	March: Coventry North West Carshalton Wirral June: Rotherham July: Thurrock November: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Walsall North Workington December: Cambridge
1977	February: City of London and Westminster South March: Birmingham Stechford April: Ashfield Great Grimsby July: Saffron Walden August: Birmingham Ladywood November: Bournemouth East
1978	March: Ilford North April: Glasgow Garscadden Lambeth Central Epsom and Ewell Wycombe May: Hamilton July: Manchester Moss Side Penistone October: Berwick and East Lothian Pontefract and Castleford
1979	March: Clitheroe Knutsford Liverpool Edge Hill
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