Devizes by-election, 1964

The 1964 Devizes by-election was held on 14 May 1964 after the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Percivall Pott. It was won by the Conservative candidate Charles Morrison a member of Wiltshire County Council and chair of its Education Committee.^[1] Opinion poll forecasts and against the trend in the three other by-elections held on the same day were predicting a Labour win. The surprise victory was attributed to Morrison being well-known, popular and active in the constituency. His campaign had the support of Ian Fleming, a relation by marriage of Morrison's wife Sara, who wrote an article called To Westminster with Love beginning with the words "Charles Morrison - Licensed to Kill."^[1]

Devizes By-Election, 1964^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Morrison	19,554
	Labour	IHH Rogers	17,884
	Liberal	Michael Patrick Fogarty	4,281
Majority			1,670
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1 2 Charles Morrison obituary, telegraph.co.uk
↑ "1964 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2015-09-19.

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