1976 Coventry North West by-election

The Coventry North West by-election, in Coventry on 4 March 1976, was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Edelman. A safe Labour seat, it was won by Geoffrey Robinson, who retained the seat until 2019.

1976 Coventry North West by-election
4 March 1976
Constituency of Coventry North West
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lib
Candidate Geoffrey Robinson Jonathan Guinness Alan Leighton
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 17,118 13,424 4,062
Percentage 47.72% 37.42% 11.32%
Swing 4.14% 6.08% 4.34%
MP before election

Maurice Edelman
Labour

 Elected MP

Geoffrey Robinson
Labour

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