hˌævɪŋ mˌeɪd hɪz mˈeɪdən spˈiːtʃ ˌɔn θɹˈiː ˈeɪpɹəl, dʒˈʌst bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə hˈaʊs ɹˈoʊz fɚðɪ ᵻlˈɛkʃən, hiː wʌz ɹˌiːᵻlˈɛktᵻd ɐ fjˈuː wˈiːks lˈeɪɾɚ ænd fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː hˈɛld ðə mˈɔsli hˈɪl sˈiːt ʌntˈɪl hiː stˈʊd dˌaʊn fɹʌmðə kˈɑːmənz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən, ˈeɪtiːn jˈɪɹz ˈæftɚ ðə baɪᵻlˈɛkʃən.
Having made his maiden speech on 3 April, just before the house rose for the election, he was re-elected a few weeks later and from 1983 held the Mossley Hill seat until he stood down from the commons in 1997, 18 years after the by-election.