1977 Ashfield by-election
Results

1977 Ashfield by-election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative	Tim Smith	19,616	43.1	+20.3

Labour	Michael Cowan	19,352	42.5	20.2

Liberal	Hampton Flint	4,380	9.6	4.7

National Front	George Herrod	1,734	3.8

Socialist Workers	June Hall	453	1.0

Majority	264	0.6

Conservative gain from Labour	Swing	20.8

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In the 1977 Ashfield by-election, Tim Smith won by 264 votes over Labour's Michael Cowan.

final_sentence: In the 1977 Ashfield by-election, Tim Smith won by 264 votes over Labour's Michael Cowan.