East Aberdeenshire by-election, 1958

The 1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election was held on 20 November 1958 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Robert Boothby was elevated to a life peerage. The by-election was retained by the Conservative candidate Patrick Wolrige-Gordon. Wolrige-Gordon was still an undergraduate at Oxford and at the time of his election the youngest MP.


Aberdeenshire East by-election, 1958[1][2]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Patrick Wolrige-Gordon 14,314 48.5
Labour John B Urquhart 7,986 27.1
Liberal Maitland Mackie 7,153 24.3
Majority 6,328 21.5
Turnout 29,485
Unionist hold Swing

References

  1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. "1958 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
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