1970 St Marylebone by-election explained

Election Name:1970 St Marylebone by-election
Type:parliamentary
Country:United Kingdom
Seats For Election:Constituency of St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1970 United Kingdom general election
Previous Year:June 1970
Election Date:22 October 1970
Candidate1:Kenneth Baker
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Popular Vote1:10,684
Percentage1:63.49%
Swing1: 1.40%
Candidate2:Keith Morrell
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Popular Vote2:4,542
Percentage2:26.99%
Swing2: 2.32%
Candidate3:Michael Vann
Image3: Lib
Party3:Liberal Party (UK)
Popular Vote3:1,038
Percentage3:6.19%
Swing3: 2.41%
MP
Posttitle:Subsequent MP
Before Election:Quintin Hogg
Before Party:Conservative Party (UK)
After Election:Kenneth Baker
After Party:Conservative Party (UK)
Next Election:February 1974 United Kingdom general election
Next Year:Feb. 1974

The St Marylebone by-election of 22 October 1970 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Quintin Hogg became a life peer. The seat was retained for the Conservatives by Kenneth Baker, who had lost his previous seat of Acton at the general election four months earlier; Baker would go on to represent the Mole Valley seat in Surrey and become a long-serving Cabinet minister.