New Forest by-election, 1968

The New Forest by-election of 7 November 1968 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre resigned from the House of Commons due to ill health. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.

Results

New Forest, 1968^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick McNair-Wilson	28,025	66.27	+15.07
	Liberal	Nicholas Locock	8,430	19.93	-2.12
	Labour	Alan Reynard	5,836	13.80	-12.95
Majority			19,595	46.34
Turnout			42,291
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: New Forest^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre	27,292	51.20
	Labour	MH Jones	14,260	26.75
	Liberal	Nicholas Locock	11,757	22.05
Majority			13,032	24.45
Turnout			53,309	74.16%
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "1968 By Election Results". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
2. Result from previous election