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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==