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It also left the governing Labour Party without a majority and resulted in a vote of no confidence being issued, although the government won and was able to cling onto power by forming a
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councillor who finished the by-election in a lowly fourth place. Gopsill would later serve the
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until his death in 2009. He was beaten into fourth by
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515:Birmingham Stechford by-election, 1977
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19:1977 Birmingham Stechford by-election
1446:1977 elections in the United Kingdom
1206:City of London and Westminster South
375:President of the European Commission
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1461:1970s in Birmingham, West Midlands
362:, on 31 March 1977 was held after
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474:candidate was Graham Gopsill, a
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496:International Marxist Group
459:The Conservative candidate
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1037:"1977 By Election Results"
366:Member of Parliament (MP)
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749:: Birmingham Stechford
504:Socialist Workers Party
415:François-Xavier Ortoli
644:International Marxist
435:a by-election in 1971
405:in the government of
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1212:Birmingham Stechford
401:had hoped to become
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66:Birmingham Stechford
1334:Liverpool Edge Hill
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1145:Coventry North West
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383:Conservative Party
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403:Foreign Secretary
371:resigned his seat
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809:Conservative
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316:Roy Jenkins
267:Percentage
153:Percentage
119:Terry Davis
1440:Categories
1239:November:
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1183:Workington
1171:November:
1150:Carshalton
901:References
757:Candidate
523:Candidate
490:candidate
476:Birmingham
433:seat from
431:Bromsgrove
421:Candidates
393:Background
360:Birmingham
228:Candidate
108:Candidate
1410:1979–2010
1405:1950–1979
1400:1931–1950
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1380:1868–1885
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1350:1801–1806
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1324:Clitheroe
1300:October:
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452:with the
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326:Elected
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1279:Wycombe
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1107:»
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984:24 June
867:40,087
863:Turnout
851:11,923
830:Liberal
816:11,152
790:23,075
710:36,240
706:Turnout
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556:15,731
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777:Labour
760:Votes
754:Party
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692:1,949
630:2,901
607:2,955
590:−19.6
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526:Votes
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510:Result
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320:Labour
278:Swing
262:2,901
259:2,955
241:Party
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166:Swing
161:38.0%
144:15,731
134:Labour
125:Party
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889:Swing
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734:Swing
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561:43.4
441:when
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273:8.0%
270:8.2%
175:15.6%
157:43.4%
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1198:1977
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1049:2015
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679:1.0
676:377
654:1.4
651:494
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610:8.2
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