The Brighton Pavilion by-election of 27 March 1969 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) William Teeling resigned from the House of Commons due to health problems.
[1] The successful Conservative candidate was Julian Amery, a former government minister who had lost his seat at Preston North at the last general election.
[2] The result was won of three Conservative wins in by-elections held that day, with the party also retaining Weston-super-Mare and gaining Walthamstow East from Labour.
Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Quintin Hogg noted this would give his party a comfortable majority in the House of Commons if it were repeated at the next general election.
[5] However the same article also noted that the low turnouts in Brighton and Walthamstow East had distorted the results and allowed Labour to claim that as its supporters had stayed at home and were reserving their judgement on the Government.