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Uxbridge by-election, 1972

Index Uxbridge by-election, 1972

The Uxbridge by-election was held on 7 December 1972 after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Charles Curran had died on 16 September of the same year. [1]

25 relations: By-election, Charles Curran (politician), Conservative Monday Club, Conservative Party (UK), Enoch Powell, European Economic Community, Far-right politics, Get Britain Out, Independent politician, John O'Brien (British politician), Labour Party (UK), Lewes Old Grammar School, Liberal Party (UK), Manuela Sykes, Member of parliament, Michael Shersby, National Front (UK), National Independence Party (UK), Oswald Mosley, Rivers of Blood speech, Smithfield, London, Tate & Lyle, Union Movement, Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency), Westminster City Council.

By-election

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections (known as special elections in the United States, and bypolls in India), are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

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Charles Curran (politician)

Leslie Charles Curran (1903 – 16 September 1972) was a British Conservative Party politician.

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Conservative Monday Club

The Conservative Monday Club (usually known as the Monday Club) is a British political pressure group, aligned with the Conservative Party, though no longer endorsed by it.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Enoch Powell

John Enoch Powell (16 June 19128 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist and poet.

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European Economic Community

The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation which aimed to bring about economic integration among its member states.

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Far-right politics

Far-right politics are politics further on the right of the left-right spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of more extreme nationalist, and nativist ideologies, as well as authoritarian tendencies.

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Get Britain Out

Get Britain Out, formerly the Anti-Common Market League (ACML), is a British Eurosceptic organisation.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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John O'Brien (British politician)

John O'Brien (b. 1922; d. 21 September 1982) was a leading figure on the far right of British politics during the early 1970s.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Lewes Old Grammar School

Lewes Old Grammar School (LOGS) in Lewes, East Sussex, is an independent co-educational day school accredited by the Independent Schools Council.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom – with the opposing Conservative Party – in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Manuela Sykes

Manuela Audrey Penelope Heather Sykes (24 January 1925 – 19 September 2017) was a British Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Michael Shersby

Sir Julian Michael Shersby (17 February 1933 – 8 May 1997) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

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National Front (UK)

The National Front (NF) is a racist far-right and fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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National Independence Party (UK)

The National Independence Party was a minor far-right party that appeared in British politics during the 1970s.

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Oswald Mosley

Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet of Ancoats (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician who rose to fame in the 1920s as a Member of Parliament and later in the 1930s became leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF).

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Rivers of Blood speech

On 20 April 1968, British Member of Parliament Enoch Powell addressed a meeting of the Conservative Political Centre in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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Smithfield, London

Smithfield is a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without situated at the City of London's northwest in central London, England.

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Tate & Lyle

Tate & Lyle plc is a British-based multinational agribusiness.

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Union Movement

The Union Movement was a far-right political party founded in Britain by Oswald Mosley.

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Uxbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, 1885—2010.

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Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uxbridge_by-election,_1972

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