1965 Hove by-election

The 1965 Hove by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Hove held on 22 July 1965.

## Vacancy[edit]

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Conservative MP Anthony Marlowe. Marlowe had had a heart attack in June 1965. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1950.

## Election history[edit]

Hove had been won by the Conservatives at every election since 1950 when the seat was created. The result at the last General election was as follows;

General election 1964: Hove [1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Anthony Marlowe | 32,923  | 68.4  | -6.4
| Labour | Thomas James Marsh  | 15,214  | 32.3  | +6.4
Majority  | 17,709  | 36.8  | –12.8
Turnout | 48,137  | 69.6  | -2.6
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.4  |

## Candidates[edit]

* The Conservatives selected 44-year-old former MP Martin Maddan. He had sat for Hitchin, Hertfordshire from 1955-64. He had been defeated at the general election the previous year.
* Labour re-selected 50-year-old Thomas James Marsh who had stood here at the previous general election when he came second. Marsh was a company secretary and accountant. He had been educated at Worthing High School, West Sussex. He had been a member of Southwick Urban Council since 1948 and of West Sussex County Council from 1952–55 and since 1958. He was a member of the executive committee of the Southern Regional Labour Party.[2]
* The Liberals selected 43-year-old Oliver Moxon. He had been educated at Gresham's School, Holt. He was an author[1] who was standing for parliament for the first time. The Liberals had not fielded a candidate since 1950 when their candidate polled just 9.7%. Moxon was the brother of actor Timothy Moxon with whom, after the war, he founded the New Torch Theatre in London.
* An Independent candidate, 64-year-old Max Cossman, put himself forward. He was a Company secretary who had been raised in Austria where he became a graduate in law and economics at Vienna University.[1]

## Campaign[edit]

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## Result[edit]

It was won by the Conservatives' Martin Maddan. There was a 6.2% swing against the Conservatives;

1965 Hove by-election [1][3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Francis Martin Maddan | 25,339  | 62.0  | -6.4
| Labour | Thomas James Marsh  | 8,387  | 21.0  | -10.6
| Liberal | Oliver Charles Napier Moxon | 6,867  | 16.7  | New
| Independent | Max Cossman  | 121  | 0.3  | New
Majority  | 16,952  | 41.0  | +4.2
Turnout | 40,714  | 58.2  | -11.4
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1  |

## Aftermath[edit]

The result at the 1966 general election;

General election 1966: Hove [1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | William Francis Martin Maddan | 28,799  | 57.2  | -4.8
| Labour | Trevor Williams  | 12,909  | 25.7  | +4.7
| Liberal | Oliver Charles Napier Moxon | 8,037  | 16.0  | -0.7
| Independent | Max Cossmann  | 574  | 1.1  | +0.8
Majority  | 15,890  | 31.6  | -9.5
Turnout | 50,319  | 72.1  | +13.9
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7  |

Moxon contested Brighton Kemptown in 1970[4] Sidcup, against Prime Minister Edward Heath, before moving to Jamaica. Marsh did not stand again.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e The Times House of Commons, 1966
2. ^ The Times House of Commons, 1964
3. ^ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
4. ^ The Times House of Commons, 1970

## See also[edit]

* List of United Kingdom by-elections

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