Colchester by-election, 1961

The Colchester by-election was held on 16 March 1961. It was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Cuthbert Alport becoming British High Commissioner to Rhodesia and so getting a Life Peerage on appointment. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate Antony Buck.

By Election 1961: Colchester^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Antony Fyson Buck	17,891
	Labour	John Wilson Fear	12,547
	Liberal	Howard L Fry	7,487
Majority			5,344
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "1961 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2015-08-15.

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1960	March: Brighouse and Spenborough Harrow West May: Edinburgh North November: Mid Bedfordshire Bolton East Carshalton Ludlow Petersfield Tiverton Ebbw Vale Blyth

1961	March: Cambridgeshire Colchester High Peak Worcester Birmingham Small Heath April: Paisley Warrington May: Bristol South East November: Manchester Moss Side East Fife Oswestry Glasgow Bridgeton

1962	March: Lincoln Blackpool North Middlesbrough East Orpington Pontefract April: Stockton-on-Tees Derby North May: Montgomeryshire June: Middlesbrough West West Derbyshire July: West Lothian Leicester North East November: Chippenham South Dorset Glasgow Woodside Central Norfolk South Northamptonshire

1963	March: Colne Valley Rotherham Swansea East June: Leeds South July: Deptford West Bromwich August: Stratford Bristol South East Belfast South November: Kinross and West Perthshire Luton December: Manchester Openshaw St Marylebone Sudbury and Woodbridge Dumfriesshire Dundee West

1964	May: Bury St Edmunds Devizes Faversham Rutherglen Winchester June: Liverpool Scotland

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