1970 St Marylebone by-election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png)
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Constituency of St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency) |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/StMarylebone1950.png/300px-StMarylebone1950.png) A map of parliamentary constituencies within the County of London at the time of the by-election, with St Marylebone highlighted in red. |
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The St Marylebone by-election of 22 October 1970 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Quintin Hogg became a life peer. The seat was retained for the Conservatives by Kenneth Baker, who had lost his previous seat of Acton at the general election four months earlier; Baker would go on to represent the Mole Valley seat in Surrey and become a long-serving Cabinet minister.
Results
St Marylebone by-Election, 1970[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Kenneth Baker | 10,684 | 63.49 | +1.40 |
| Labour | Keith Morrell | 4,542 | 26.99 | −2.32 |
| Liberal | Michael Vann | 1,038 | 6.19 | −2.41 |
| National Front | Malcolm Skeggs | 401 | 2.38 | New |
| Fourth World Group | John Papworth | 163 | 0.97 | New |
Majority | 6,142 | 36.5 | +3.7 |
Turnout | 16,828 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "1970 -71 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
1970 | - October: St Marylebone
- November: Enfield West
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