Deptford by-election, 1963

The 1963 Deptford by-election was held on 4 July 1963^[1] following the death of the incumbent Labour MP Sir Leslie Plummer on 15 April. The seat was comfortably retained by the future Cabinet Member John Silkin.

Deptford by-election, 1963^[2]

constituency of Deptford
Composed of the wards of
Electorate , Turnout %,
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hon. John Ernest Silkin	12,209	58.2
	Liberal	Mr D J Penwarden	4,726	22.5
	Conservative	Mr J D Brimacombe	4,023	19.2
Majority			7,483	35.7
Turnout			20,958

References

↑ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/63.html%23luton&date=2009-10-25+19:14:28
↑ "1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2015-08-17.

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