1980 Southend East by-election

1980 Southend East by-election

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Constituency of Southend East
Turnout	62.5%
First party Second party Third party   Lab Lib Candidate Teddy Taylor Colin George David Evans Party Conservative Labour Liberal Popular vote 13,117 12,687 8,939 Percentage 36.8% 35.6% 25.1% Swing 19.3% 6.5% 12.0%
MP before election Stephen McAdden Conservative Elected MP Teddy Taylor Conservative

The Southend East by-election of 13 March 1980 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Stephen McAdden on 26 December 1979. The seat was narrowly held by the Tories in the by-election.^[1]