Chichester by-election, 1958

The Chichester by-election was held on 6 November 1958 when the incumbent Conservative MP Lancelot Joynson-Hicks succeeded to a peerage. It was won by the Conservative candidate, Walter Loveys.^[1]

By Election 6 November 1958: Chichester^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Harris Loveys	23,158
	Labour	W Edgar Simpkins	9,504
Majority			13,654
Turnout			32,662
	Conservative hold		Swing

« 40th Parliament « By-elections to the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom » 42nd Parliament »

1956	February: Blaydon Leeds North East Hereford Gainsborough Taunton March: Walthamstow West May: Mid Ulster June: Tonbridge July: Newport September: Chester-le-Street November: City of Chester December: Melton

1957	February: Lewisham North Wednesbury Carmarthen March: Bristol West Warwick and Leamington Beckenham Newcastle-upon-Tyne North May: Edinburgh South East Ham North Hornsey June: North Dorset September: Gloucester October: Ipswich November: Leicester South East December: Liverpool Garston

1958	February: Rochdale March: Glasgow Kelvingrove Torrington May: Islington North June: Argyll Ealing South St Helens Weston-super-Mare Wigan November: Morecambe and Lunesdale Chichester Pontypool East Aberdeenshire Shoreditch and Finsbury

1959	January: Southend West March: Belfast East Harrow East South West Norfolk April: Galloway June: Penistone Whitehaven

Lists of UK by-elections 1801–1806 1806–1818 1818–1832 1832–1847 1847–1857 1857–1868 1868–1885 1885–1900 1900–1918 1918–1931 1931–1950 1950–1979 1979–2010 2010–present

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons4.htm
↑ "1958 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2015-08-15.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, August 15, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.