This is a list of UK by-elections, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, yellow for a Liberal, SDP or Liberal Democrat gain, orange for a SNP gain and grey for any other gain.
42nd Parliament (1959 - 1964)
| By-election | Year | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party
|
| Brighouse and Spenborough
| 1960
| John Edwards
| Labour
| Michael Shaw
| Conservative & National Liberal
|
| Harrow West
| 1960
| Sir Albert Braithwaite
| Conservative
| John Page
| Conservative
|
| Edinburgh North
| 1960
| William Milligan
| Conservative
| John Montagu-Douglas-Scott
| Conservative
|
| Mid Bedfordshire
| 1960
| Alan Lennox-Boyd
| Conservative
| Stephen Hastings
| Conservative
|
| Bolton East
| 1960
| Philip Bell
| Conservative
| Edwin Taylor
| Conservative
|
| Carshalton
| 1960
| Antony Head
| Conservative
| W. Elliot
| Conservative
|
| Ludlow
| 1960
| Christopher Holland-Martin
| Conservative
| Jasper More
| Conservative
|
| Petersfield
| 1960
| Hon. Peter Legh
| Conservative
| Joan Quennell
| Conservative
|
| Tiverton
| 1960
| Derick Heathcoat Amory
| Conservative
| Robin Maxwell-Hyslop
| Conservative
|
| Ebbw Vale
| 1960
| Aneurin Bevan
| Labour
| Michael Foot
| Labour
|
| Blyth
| 1960
| Alfred Robens
| Labour
| Eddie Milne
| Labour
|
| Cambridgeshire
| 1961
| Stephen Howard
| Conservative
| Francis Pym
| Conservative
|
| Colchester
| 1961
| Cuthbert Alport
| Conservative
| Anthony Buck
| Conservative
|
| High Peak
| 1961
| Hugh Molson
| Conservative
| David Walder
| Conservative
|
| Worcester
| 1961
| George Ward
| Conservative
| Peter Walker
| Conservative
|
| Birmingham Small Heath
| 1961
| William Wheeldon
| Labour
| Denis Howell
| Labour
|
| Paisley
| 1961
| Douglas Johnston
| Labour
| John Robertson
| Labour
|
| Warrington
| 1961
| Dr. Edith Summerskill
| Labour
| Thomas Williams
| Labour
|
| Bristol South East
| 1961
| Tony Benn
| Labour
| Malcolm St Clair
| Conservative ¹
|
| Manchester Moss Side
| 1961
| James Watts
| Conservative
| Frank Taylor
| Conservative
|
| Fife East
| 1961
| Sir James Henderson-Stuart, Bt.
| Conservative
| John Gilmour
| Conservative
|
| Oswestry
| 1961
| William Ormsby-Gore
| Conservative
| John Biffen
| Conservative
|
| Glasgow Bridgeton
| 1961
| James Carmichael
| Labour
| James Bennett
| Labour
|
| Lincoln
| 1962
| Geoffrey de Freitas
| Labour
| Dick Taverne
| Labour
|
| Blackpool North
| 1962
| Toby Low
| Conservative
| Norman Miscampbell
| Conservative
|
| Middlesbrough East
| 1962
| Hilary Marquand
| Labour
| Arthur Bottomley
| Labour
|
| Orpington
| 1962
| Donald Sumner
| Conservative
| Eric Lubbock
| Liberal
|
| Pontefract
| 1962
| George Sylvester
| Labour
| Joseph Harper
| Labour
|
| Stockton-on-Tees
| 1962
| George Chetwynd
| Labour
| Bill Rodgers
| Labour
|
| Derby North
| 1962
| Clifford Wilcock
| Labour
| Niall MacDermot
| Labour
|
| Montgomeryshire
| 1962
| Clement Davies
| Liberal
| Emlyn Hooson
| Liberal
|
| Middlesbrough West
| 1962
| Sir Jocelyn Simon
| Conservative
| Jeremy Bray
| Labour
|
| Derbyshire West
| 1962
| Edward Wakefield
| Conservative
| Aidan Crawley
| Conservative
|
| West Lothian
| 1962
| John Taylor
| Labour
| Tam Dalyell
| Labour
|
| Leicester North East
| 1962
| Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
| Labour
| Tom Bradley
| Labour
|
| Chippenham
| 1962
| David Eccles
| Conservative
| Daniel Awdry
| Conservative
|
| Dorset South
| 1962
| Viscount Hinchingbrooke
| Conservative
| Guy Barnett
| Labour
|
| Glasgow Woodside
| 1962
| William Grant
| Conservative
| Neil Carmichael
| Labour
|
| Norfolk Central
| 1962
| Richard Collard
| Conservative & National Liberal
| Ian Gilmour
| Conservative & National Liberal
|
| Northamptonshire South
| 1962
| Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller
| Conservative
| Arthur Jones
| Conservative
|
| Colne Valley
| 1963
| William Glenvil Hall
| Labour
| Pat Duffy
| Labour
|
| Rotherham
| 1963
| John Henry Jones
| Labour
| Brian O'Malley
| Labour
|
| Swansea East
| 1963
| David Mort
| Labour
| Neil McBride
| Labour
|
| Leeds South
| 1963
| Hugh Gaitskell
| Labour
| Merlyn Rees
| Labour
|
| Deptford
| 1963
| Sir Leslie Plummer
| Labour
| John Silkin
| Labour
|
| West Bromwich
| 1963
| John Dugdale
| Labour
| Maurice Foley
| Labour
|
| Stratford
| 1963
| John Profumo
| Conservative
| Angus Maude
| Conservative
|
| Bristol South East
| 1963
| Malcolm St Clair
| Conservative
| Tony Benn
| Labour
|
| Belfast South
| 1963
| Sir David Campbell
| Conservative (UUP)
| Rafton Pounder
| Conservative (UUP)
|
| Kinross and West Perthshire
| 1963
| Gilmour Leburn
| Conservative
| Alec Douglas-Home
| Conservative
|
| Luton
| 1963
| Dr. Charles Hill
| Conservative and National Liberal
| Will Howie
| Labour
|
| Dundee West
| 1963
| John Strachey
| Labour
| Peter Doig
| Labour
|
| Manchester Openshaw
| 1963
| William Williams
| Labour
| Charles Morris
| Labour
|
| St Marylebone
| 1963
| Sir Wavell Wakefield
| Conservative
| Quintin Hogg
| Conservative
|
| Sudbury and Woodbridge
| 1963
| John Hare
| Conservative
| Keith Stainton
| Conservative
|
| Dumfriesshire
| 1963
| Niall MacPherson
| Conservative
| David Colville Anderson
| Conservative
|
| Bury St Edmunds
| 1964
| William Aitken
| Conservative
| Eldon Griffiths
| Conservative
|
| Devizes
| 1964
| Percivall Pott
| Conservative
| Charles Morrison
| Conservative
|
| Rutherglen
| 1964
| Richard Brooman-White
| Conservative
| Gregor MacKenzie
| Labour
|
| Winchester
| 1964
| Patrick Smithers
| Conservative
| Morgan Morgan-Giles
| Conservative
|
| Faversham
| 1964
| Percy Wells
| Labour
| Terry Boston
| Labour
|
| Liverpool Scotland
| 1964
| David Logan
| Labour
| Walter Alldritt
| Labour
|
- ¹ - Tony Benn gained the most votes but was disqualified by virtue of his Peerage; the Election Court declared Malcolm St Clair duly elected.
43rd Parliament (1964 - 1966)
| By-election | Year | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party
|
| Leyton
| 1965
| Reg Sorensen
| Labour
| Ronald Buxton
| Conservative
|
| Nuneaton
| 1965
| Frank Bowles
| Labour
| Frank Cousins
| Labour
|
| Altrincham and Sale
| 1965
| Fred Erroll
| Conservative
| Anthony Barber
| Conservative
|
| East Grinstead
| 1965
| Evelyn Emmet
| Conservative
| Geoffrey Johnson-Smith
| Conservative
|
| Salisbury
| 1965
| John Morrison
| Conservative
| Michael Hamilton
| Conservative
|
| Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles
| 1965
| Charles Donaldson
| Conservative
| David Steel
| Liberal
|
| Saffron Walden
| 1965
| R. A. Butler
| Conservative
| Peter Kirk
| Conservative
|
| Abertillery
| 1965
| Llywelyn Williams
| Labour
| Clifford Williams
| Labour
|
| Birmingham Hall Green
| 1965
| Aubrey Jones
| Conservative
| Reginald Eyre
| Conservative
|
| Hove
| 1965
| Anthony Marlowe
| Conservative
| Martin Maddan
| Conservative
|
| Cities of London and Westminster
| 1965
| Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
| The Speaker
| John Smith
| Conservative
|
| Erith and Crayford
| 1965
| Norman Dodds
| Labour
| James Wellbeloved
| Labour
|
| Hull North
| 1966
| Henry Solomons
| Labour
| Kevin McNamara
| Labour
|
44th Parliament (1966 - 1970)
| By-election | Year | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party
|
| Carmarthen
| 1966
| Megan Lloyd George
| Labour
| Gwynfor Evans
| Plaid Cymru
|
| Glasgow Pollok
| 1967
| Alexander Garrow
| Labour
| Esmond Wright
| Conservative
|
| Nuneaton
| 1967
| Frank Cousins
| Labour
| Leslie Huckfield
| Labour
|
| Rhondda West
| 1967
| Iorrie Thomas
| Labour
| Trevor Jones
| Labour
|
| Honiton
| 1967
| Robert Mathew
| Conservative
| Peter Emery
| Conservative
|
| Brierley Hill
| 1967
| John Talbot
| Conservative
| Fergus Montgomery
| Conservative
|
| Cambridge
| 1967
| Robert Davies
| Labour
| David Lane
| Conservative
|
| Walthamstow West
| 1967
| Edward Redhead
| Labour
| Frederick Silvester
| Conservative
|
| Hamilton
| 1967
| Thomas Fraser
| Labour
| Winifred Ewing
| SNP
|
| Leicester South West
| 1967
| Herbert Bowden
| Labour
| Thomas Boardman
| Conservative
|
| Manchester Gorton
| 1967
| Konni Zilliacus
| Labour
| Kenneth Marks
| Labour
|
| Derbyshire West
| 1967
| Aidan Crawley
| Conservative
| James Scott-Hopkins
| Conservative
|
| Kensington South
| 1968
| William Roots
| Conservative
| Sir Brandon Rhys Williams
| Conservative
|
| Acton
| 1968
| Bernard Floud
| Labour
| Kenneth Baker
| Conservative
|
| Dudley
| 1968
| George Wigg
| Labour
| David Williams
| Conservative
|
| Meriden
| 1968
| Christopher Rowland
| Labour
| Herbert Speed
| Conservative
|
| Warwick and Leamington
| 1968
| John Hobson
| Conservative
| Dudley Gordon Smith
| Conservative
|
| Oldham West
| 1968
| Leslie Hale
| Labour
| Bruce Campbell
| Conservative
|
| Sheffield Brightside
| 1968
| Richard Winterbottom
| Labour
| Edward Griffiths
| Labour
|
| Nelson and Colne
| 1968
| Sydney Silverman
| Labour
| David Waddington
| Conservative
|
| Caerphilly
| 1968
| Ness Edwards
| Labour
| Alfred Edwards
| Labour
|
| Bassetlaw
| 1968
| Frederick Bellenger
| Labour
| Joseph Ashton
| Labour
|
| New Forest
| 1968
| Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre
| Conservative
| Patrick McNair-Wilson
| Conservative
|
| Brighton Pavilion
| 1969
| Sir William Teeling
| Conservative
| Julian Amery
| Conservative
|
| Walthamstow East
| 1969
| Walter Robinson
| Labour
| Michael McNair-Wilson
| Conservative
|
| Weston-super-Mare
| 1969
| David Webster
| Conservative
| Jerry Wiggin
| Conservative
|
| Mid Ulster
| 1969
| George Forrest
| Conservative/UUP
| Bernadette Devlin
| Opposition Unity
|
| Chichester
| 1969
| Walter Loveys
| Conservative
| Christopher Chataway
| Conservative
|
| Birmingham Ladywood
| 1969
| Victor Yates
| Labour
| Wallace Lawler
| Liberal
|
| Glasgow Gorbals
| 1969
| Alice Cullen
| Labour
| Frank McElhone
| Labour
|
| Islington North
| 1969
| Gerald Reynolds
| Labour
| Michael O'Halloran
| Labour
|
| Newcastle-under-Lyme
| 1969
| Stephen Swingler
| Labour
| John Golding
| Labour
|
| Paddington North
| 1969
| Ben Parkin
| Labour
| Arthur Latham
| Labour
|
| Swindon
| 1969
| Francis Noel-Baker
| Labour
| Christopher Ward
| Conservative
|
| Louth
| 1969
| Sir Cyril Osborne
| Conservative
| Jeffrey Archer
| Conservative
|
| Wellingborough
| 1969
| Harry Howarth
| Labour
| Peter Fry
| Conservative
|
| Bridgwater
| 1970
| Gerald Wills
| Conservative
| Tom King
| Conservative
|
| Ayrshire South
| 1970
| Emrys Hughes
| Labour
| James Sillars
| Labour
|
45th Parliament (1970 - February 1974)
| By-election | Year | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party
|
| Manchester Central
| 1979
| Harold Lever
| Labour
| Robert Litherland
| Labour
|
| South West Hertfordshire
| 1979
| Geoffrey Dodsworth
| Conservative
| Richard Page
| Conservative
|
| Southend East
| 1980
| Stephen McAdden
| Conservative
| Teddy Taylor
| Conservative
|
| Glasgow Central
| 1980
| Thomas McMillan
| Labour
| Robert McTaggart
| Labour
|
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone
| 1981
| Frank Maguire
| Independent
| Bobby Sands
| Anti H-Block
|
| Warrington
| 1981
| Thomas Williams
| Labour
| Douglas Hoyle
| Labour
|
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone
| 1981
| Bobby Sands
| Anti H-Block
| Owen Carron
| Anti H-Block
|
| Croydon North West
| 1981
| Robert Taylor
| Conservative
| Bill Pitt
| Liberal
|
| Crosby
| 1981
| Graham Page
| Conservative
| Shirley Williams
| SDP
|
| Belfast South
| 1982
| Robert Bradford
| UUP
| Martin Smyth
| UUP
|
| Glasgow Hillhead
| 1982
| Thomas Galbraith
| Conservative
| Roy Jenkins
| SDP
|
| Beaconsfield
| 1982
| Ronald Bell
| Conservative
| Tim Smith
| Conservative
|
| Merton, Mitcham and Morden
| 1982
| Bruce Douglas-Mann
| Labour/Ind SDP
| Angela Rumbold
| Conservative
|
| Coatbridge and Airdrie
| 1982
| James Dempsey
| Labour
| Thomas Clarke
| Labour
|
| Gower
| 1982
| Ifor Davies
| Labour
| Gareth Wardell
| Labour
|
| Birmingham Northfield
| 1982
| Jocelyn Cadbury
| Conservative
| John Spellar
| Labour
|
| Southwark Peckham
| 1982
| Harry Lamborn
| Labour
| Harriet Harman
| Labour
|
| Glasgow Queens Park
| 1982
| Frank McElhone
| Labour
| Helen McElhone
| Labour
|
| Bermondsey
| 1983
| Robert Mellish
| Labour/Independent Labour
| Simon Hughes
| Liberal
|
| Darlington
| 1983
| Edward Fletcher
| Labour
| Oswald O'Brien
| Labour
|
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