January 1965
Election
Labour loses with an 8.7 percent swing to the Conservatives, produces political instability
Historical place archive
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Labour loses with an 8.7 percent swing to the Conservatives, produces political instability
Loses the Leyton by-election, considerred a safe Labour seat
The Government majority falls to 4 when Labour loses the Leyton by-election
Created a life peer as Baron Gordon-Walker, of Leyton in Greater London
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