1965 Altrincham and Sale by-election

The Altrincham and Sale by-election was held on 4 February 1965 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Fred Erroll was raised to a hereditary peerage as Baron Erroll of Hale, of Kilmun in the County of Argyll.[1] It was won by the Conservative candidate Anthony Barber, who returned after losing his Doncaster constituency in the 1964 general election.

By Election 1965: Altrincham and Sale[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Barber 20,380 50.00 +3.18
Labour Roy D Roebuck 11,837 29.04 +1.03
Liberal DF Burden 7,898 19.38 -5.79
Independent GO Symes 634 1.56
Majority 8,543 20.96 +2.15
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "No. 43522". The London Gazette. 22 December 1964. p. 10933.
  2. "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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