Altrincham and Sale by-election, 1965

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

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1965	January: Leyton Nuneaton February: Altrincham and Sale East Grinstead Salisbury March: Saffron Walden Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles April: Abertillery May: Birmingham Hall Green July: Hove November: Cities of London and Westminster Erith and Crayford

1966	January: Hull North

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