The 1973 Lincoln by-election of 1 March 1973 saw the re-election of Dick Taverne as Member of Parliament for Lincoln as a Democratic Labour representative...
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Ramsden and Richard Jay, "Lincoln: Background to Taverne's Triumph" in "By-elections in British Politics", Macmillan, 1973, pp. 264-315. Peter Childs;...
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the 2010 general election, Lincoln has been the oldest constituency in continuous existence in the UK – established in 1265. Lincoln was a bellwether...
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The 1973 City of Lincoln Council election were the first elections to the newly created City of Lincoln Council and took place on 7 June 1973. This was...
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Economic Affairs. By-elections contested included: 1967 Walthamstow West by-election 1972 Sutton and Cheam by-election 1973 Lincoln by-election (As Democratic...
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Glasgow Govan by-election 1973 Hove by-election 1973 Isle of Ely by-election 1973 Lincoln by-election 1973 United Kingdom local elections 1973 Northern Ireland...
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national electoral majority comprising only Northern electoral votes. Lincoln's election thus served as the main catalyst of the states that would become the...
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ensuing Lincoln by-election, held in March 1973. His victory was aided by the controversial adoption of Jonathan Guinness by the Conservatives, and by the...
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Party, at both the 1973 Lincoln by-election (notable for the election of Dick Taverne) and the 1976 Coventry North West by-election. He was a long-standing...
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Central by-election, whilst no Liberal stood in either the 1973 Westhoughton by-election or the 1973 West Bromwich by-election, both held on 24 May 1973. The...
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A. Douglas. Lincoln ran for president in 1860, sweeping the North to gain victory. Pro-slavery elements in the South viewed his election as a threat to...
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There was a 1962 by-election in the Lincoln constituency on 8 March 1962 following the resignation of the sitting member, Sir Geoffrey de Freitas, on 20...
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Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency) List of United Kingdom by-elections (1950–1979) 1973 Lincoln by-election 1973 Chester-le-Street by-election...
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1973 Ripon by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 July 1973 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ripon. The by-election took...
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The Westhoughton by election took place for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in Westhoughton on 24 May 1973. It was won by Roger Stott who held...
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Hove by-election was held on 8 November 1973 for the British House of Commons constituency of Hove in East Sussex. The by-election was caused by the death...
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three councillors. 1973 City of Lincoln Council election 1976 City of Lincoln Council election 1979 City of Lincoln Council election (New ward boundaries)...
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On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin...
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2024 by Lincoln Jopp, a Conservative. Its previous MP Kwasi Kwarteng did not stand for re-election in the 2024 United Kingdom general election. 1918–1945:...
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for governor) Lincoln Hough U.S. senators Kit Bond, former U.S. Senator from Missouri (1987–2011) and former Governor of Missouri (1973–1977, 1981–1985)...
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Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, candidate in the 1973 Lincoln by-election and 1976 Coventry North West by-election James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss, son-in-law...
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Ireland district councils created by the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 took place in 1973. Elections to the existing Greater London Council...
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Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States (redirect from List of United States Presidents by height order)
of the candidates whose heights are known) was in the 1860 election, when Abraham Lincoln stood 12 inches (30 cm) taller than opponent Stephen A. Douglas...
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Dick Taverne (category Politics of Lincoln, England)
his seat and won the subsequent by-election in 1973 as a Democratic Labour candidate. Taverne's 1973 victory in Lincoln was short-lived; despite retaining...
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The West Bromwich by-election of 24 May 1973 was held after the appointment of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Maurice Foley to the European Commission...
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Roy Jenkins (category Life peers created by Elizabeth II)
uninspired British public". After Dick Taverne's victory in the 1973 Lincoln by-election, where he stood as "Democratic Labour" in opposition to the official...
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2000". The Elections Centre. "Council by Council - Lincoln". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections...
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Douglas. Former U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln was also the Republican candidate in this election, but he received the lowest support for any Republican...
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Garrett and Billy the Kid in 1973 and Young Guns in 1988. Ron Hansen’s novel The Kid (2016) is also inspired by the Lincoln County War. During November...
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Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019. "City of Lincoln Council - Your council". City of Lincoln Council....
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