1965 Leyton by-election
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The 1965 Leyton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 January 1965 for the UK House of Commons constituency of Leyton, representing the town of Leyton in east London.
Ronald Carlile Buxton
Member of Parliament of Great Britain, Patrick Gordon Walker
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 31 March 1966. The result was a landslide victory for the Labour Party led by incumbent Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
1965 Leyton by-election
…Ronald Buxton, won by 205 votes, a swing from Labour of 8.7%. Gordon Walker resigned as Foreign Secretary but regained the seat for Labour at the 1966 general election. List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950–1979…
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