The Nuneaton by-election of 9 March 1967 was held after the resignation of Labour MP (MP) Frank Cousins. The seat was safe, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by over 11,000 votes Candidates Les Huckfield for Labour was selected at a time when he was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham David Knox was selected for the Conservatives. He later became an MP for Staffordshire Moorlands The local Liberal Party association nominated Alan Meredith who had stood in the seat previously John Creasey nominated himself as candidate for the All Party Alliance, which he had founded Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett, a former MP, was the nominee for the National Party Result of the previous general election Result of the by-election References 1967 elections in the United Kingdom 1967 in England 20th century in Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth By-election, 1966