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The constituency of Smethwick in the West Midlands of England gained national media coverage at the 1964 general election, when Peter Griffiths of the Conservative Party gained the seat against the national trend, amidst controversy concerning racism.

Smethwick in the 1964 general election
Smethwick Council House, where the result was announced

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Smethwick in the 1964 general election

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The constituency of Smethwick in the West Midlands of England gained national media coverage at the 1964 general election, when Peter Griffiths of the...

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1964 United Kingdom general election

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The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by incumbent Prime Minister Alec...

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Smethwick

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Smethwick, prompting the election of Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Griffiths at the 1964 general election. In the election, the Labour...

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List of MPs elected in the 1964 United Kingdom general election

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Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1964 general election, held on 15 October 1964. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons...

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1966 United Kingdom general election

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call a snap election since his government, elected a mere 17 months previously, in 1964, had an unworkably small majority of only four MPs. The Labour government...

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Peter Griffiths

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for gaining the Smethwick seat by defeating the Shadow Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in the 1964 general election, against the national trend...

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Racism in the British Conservative Party

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for the slogan "Keep England White" with regard to immigration from the West Indies. In the constituency of Smethwick during the 1964 general election, supporters...

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1918 United Kingdom general election

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The 1918 United Kingdom general election was called immediately after the Armistice with Germany which ended the First World War, and was held on Saturday...

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1922 United Kingdom general election

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The 1922 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 15 November 1922. It was won by the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Bonar...

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1945 United Kingdom general election

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The 1945 United Kingdom general election was a national election held on Thursday 5 July 1945, but polling in some constituencies was delayed by some...

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List of MPs elected in the 1966 United Kingdom general election

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elected at the 1966 general election, held on 31 March. List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1966–1970) These representative diagrams show the composition...

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Patrick Gordon Walker

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his Smethwick parliamentary seat at the 1964 general election in a bitterly-racial campaign conducted in the wake of local factory closures. Born in Worthing...

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United Kingdom general election records

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In the United Kingdom, general elections occur at least every five years. About 650 constituencies return a member of Parliament. Prior to 1945, electoral...

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Roy Wise

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elected to the House of Commons at the 1931 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Smethwick, holding the seat until his defeat in the Labour landslide...

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Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency

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These are the notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election if it had taken place under the new constituency borders used from the 2023 Periodic...

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1964 in the United Kingdom

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ISBN 978-1-85260-454-7. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1964". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2008. "1964 General election results summary"...

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Wallace Lawler

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notorious theme of the campaign in the neighbouring constituency Smethwick in the 1964 general election On the eve of poll, the Birmingham Post carried a lengthy...

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Oswald Mosley

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Labour MP for Smethwick at a by-election in 1926 and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Labour Government of 1929–31. In 1928, he succeeded...

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Foreign Secretary

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constituency in the 1807 general election. Elected to a new constituency in the 1950 general election. Walker was the MP for Smethwick and Labour's shadow...

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List of MPs elected in the 1959 United Kingdom general election

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Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1959 general election, held on 8 October 1959. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons...

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County Borough of Warley

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the existing county borough of Smethwick with the municipal boroughs of Oldbury and Rowley Regis, by recommendation of the Local Government Commission for...

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Andrew Faulds

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Increasing the Labour vote in the Smethwick constituency for the first time since 1950, Faulds defeated Griffiths in the 1966 general election and became...

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Race card

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candidate for Smethwick in the 1964 UK general election. However, the term was only applied to describe this situation in the 1980s. In February 2008...

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List of MPs elected in the 1955 United Kingdom general election

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to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1955 general election, held on 26 May 1955. A total of 630 MPs were elected. Notable newcomers to the House...

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Colin Jordan

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Patrick Gordon Walker. He had previously been defeated in the 1964 general election in the Smethwick constituency after racist campaigning tactics were employed...

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Avtar Singh Jouhl

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establishments in Smethwick, West Midlands drew the attention of Malcolm X who visited the town, on 12 February 1965, and was taken to a segregated pub, the Blue...

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