Nuneaton by election, 1967

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Start date 1967

The Nuneaton by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour MP (MP) Frank Cousins.

The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by over 11,000 votes

Candidates

Les Huckfield for Labour was selected at a time when he was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham

David Knox was selected for the Conservatives. He later became an MP for Staffordshire Moorlands

The local Liberal Party association nominated Alan Meredith who had stood in the seat previously

John Creasey nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance, which he had founded

Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett, a former MP, was the nominee for the National Party

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