Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1968

The Sheffield Brightside by-election of 15 June 1968 was held after the death of Labour MP (MP) Richard Winterbottom:
The seat was very safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1966 by over 19,000 votes
Candidates

Labour chose Edward Griffiths to defend their seat, who was an industrial chemist and a worker director at the British Steel Corporation
Colin Renfrew, for the Conservatives, was lecturer in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Sheffield
Robert Wilkinson was chosen as the candidate for the Communists
Ronald Guest, and Lt-Col H L Lambert, stood as independents.

Result of the previous general election
Result of the by-election
References
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