City of London and Westminster South by-election, 1977

The City of London and Westminster South by-election on February 24,1977 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Christopher Tugendhat resigned the seat upon his appointment to the European Commission. A safe Tory seat, it was won by Peter Brooke, who would go on to retain the seat in 1979.

The election was contested by a record ten candidates, beating the nine who had contested the Walsall North by-election, 1976. This total was topped at the Lambeth Central by-election, 1978.

Results

City of London and Westminster South by-election, 1977
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Brooke	11,926	55.49	+3.77
	Labour	Malcolm Noble	3,997	18.60	-12.35
	Liberal	Angus Scrimgeour	1,981	9.22	-5.64
	National Front	Paul Kavanagh	1,051	4.89	+2.42
	Pro-Homosexual Civil Rights	Peter Mitchel	449	2.09	N/A
	National Party	Michael Lobb	364	1.69	N/A
	New Britain	Dennis Delderfield	306	1.42	N/A
	Air Road Public Safety	Bill Boaks	61	0.28	N/A
	Christian Outreach, Anti-Pornography	William Thompson	43	0.20	N/A
	Christian Constitution	Ralph Herbert	37	0.17	N/A
Turnout			21,492
	Conservative hold		Swing

The results for the previous election were:

October 1974 General Election:City of London and Westminster South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Tugendhat	14,350	51.72
	Labour	PJ Turner	8,589	30.95
	Liberal	TG Underwood	4,122	14.86
	National Front	D Baxter	686	2.47	N/A
Majority			5,761	20.76
Turnout			27,747	53.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

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1975	June: Woolwich West
1976	March: Coventry North West · Carshalton · Wirral · June: Rotherham · July: Thurrock · November: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central · Walsall North · Workington · December: Cambridge
1977	February: City of London and Westminster South · March: Birmingham Stechford · April: Ashfield · Grimsby · July: Saffron Walden · August: Birmingham Ladywood · November: Bournemouth East
1978	March: Ilford North · April: Glasgow Garscadden · Lambeth Central · Epsom & Ewell · Wycombe · July: Manchester Moss Side · Penistone · May: Hamilton · October: Berwick and East Lothian · Pontefract and Castleford
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