The High Court held that 54 votes declared void for want of the official mark would have changed the result if counted.

The Independent wrote, "Although careful not to articulate it themselves, their unofficial campaign slogan is: 'When the umpire gives you out, you should walk'",[4] alluding to the unseated Malone.

The Labour Party obtained their worst ever results in a parliamentary election at the time, in part because they hardly campaigned at all and instead focused their priorities on the by-election in Beckenham held on the same day, which they also failed to win.

Both the original and rerun election involved an incidence of a candidate using an attempted confusing description.

[5] This was also the last election in which Screaming Lord Sutch, founder of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, ran for a parliamentary seat.