Penistone by-election, 1978
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A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Penistone on 13 July 1978. The seat had become vacant on the death of the Labour Member of Parliament John Mendelson, who had held the seat since a by-election in 1959.
The result was a hold for the Labour Party.
| Penistone by-election, 1978 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Allen McKay | 19,424 | 45.5 | ||
| Conservative | I. Dobkin | 14,053 | 32.9 | ||
| Liberal | D. Chadwick | 9,241 | 21.6 | ||
| Majority | 5,371 | 12.6 | |||
| Turnout | 42,718 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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| 1975 |
June: Woolwich West |
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| 1976 |
March: Coventry North West | Carshalton | Wirral | June: Rotherham | July: Thurrock | November: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central | Walsall North | Workington | December: Cambridge |
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| 1977 |
February: City of London and Westminster South | March: Birmingham Stechford | April: Ashfield | Grimsby | July: Saffron Walden | August: Birmingham Ladywood | November: Bournemouth East |
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| 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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| 1979 |
March: Clitheroe | Knutsford | Liverpool Edge Hill |
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