1973 Chester-le-Street by-election
The votes

1973 Chester-le-Street by-election

Section Title: The votes
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labour	Giles Radice	25,874	53.06	18.54

Liberal	George Booth Suggett	18,808	38.57	N/A

Conservative	Neil Balfour	4,092	8.39	20.01

Majority	7,066	14.49	28.71

Turnout	48,768	71.4

Labour hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Radice held the seat for the Labour with a majority of 7,066 over Suggett.

final_sentence: Radice held the seat for the Labour with a majority of 7,066 over Suggett.