Birmingham Ladywood by-election, 1977

The Birmingham Ladywood by-election of 18 August 1977 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Brian Walden resigned in order to concentrate on his career as a journalist and broadcaster. A safe Labour seat, it was retained by the party.

At the count, Socialist Unity candidate Raghib Ahsan punched National Front candidate Anthony Reed Herbert.^[1]

Results

Birmingham Ladywood, 1977^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Sever	8,227	53.13	-11.34
	Conservative	Quentin Davies	4,402	28.43	+6.33
	National Front	Anthony Reed Herbert	888	5.73	N/A
	Liberal	Kenneth Hardeman	765	4.94	-8.49
	Socialist Unity	Raghib Ahsan	534	3.49	N/A
	Independent	James Hunte	336	2.17	N/A
	Independent Conservative	George Matthews	71	0.46	N/A
	Reform Party	Peter Courtney	63	0.41	N/A
	Air Road Public Safety	Bill Boaks	46	0.30	N/A
Majority			3,825	24.7	-17.7
Turnout			15,484
	Labour hold		Swing

↑ David Pallister, "So what if the vote is low? They mean to bust the system", The Guardian, 20 August 1977
↑ "1977 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2015-09-17.

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