1978 Wycombe by-election

The Wycombe by-election of 27 April 1978 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) John Hall. The Conservatives held on to the seat in the by-election.

Results[]

Wycombe, 1978^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Whitney	29,677	59.96	+13.63
	Labour	Trevor Fowler	14,109	28.51	-2.31
	Liberal	Harry Warschauer	3,665	7.41	-11.94
	National Front	Sylvia Jones	2,040	4.12	+0.62
Majority			15,568	31.46	+15.96
Turnout			49,491
	Conservative hold		Swing

^ "1978 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

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