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After the sweeping Conservative gains in the local elections of 1967 and 1968, the Labour Party – which had been in government since 1964 – was left with little to defend. But the Labour Party still stood to lose ground because the council wards being fought in 1969 had last been fought at a good time for them: in 1966 in the afterglow of ...
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
1969 Birmingham Ladywood by-election; 1969 Glasgow Gorbals by-election; 1969 Islington North by-election; 1969 Louth by-election; 1969 Mid Ulster by-election; 1969 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election; 1969 Northern Ireland general election; 1969 Paddington North by-election; 1969 Swindon by-election; 1969 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
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The 1969 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election of 30 October 1969 was caused by the death of Labour MP Stephen Swingler in February of that year. It was held on the same day as four other by-elections [ 1 ] (in Glasgow Gorbals , Islington North , Paddington North , and Swindon ) and the seat was retained by Labour.
The 1969 Sheffield City Council elections were held on 8 May 1969, with one third of the council - plus a double vacancy in Park - up for election. The previous year's historic win by the Conservatives, and their gaining control of the council was ended with these elections, with Labour successfully holding or gaining back seats in wards they lost in the last year's defeat.
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