West Derbyshire by-election, 1962

The 1962 West Derbyshire by-election was held on 6 June 1962 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Wakefield, was appointed as Commissioner for Malta. It was retained by the Conservative candidate Aidan Crawley.

It is the largest loss of share of the vote suffered by the Conservative candidate, when the Conservative has still managed to retain the seat.

West Derbyshire by-election, 1962[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aidan Crawley	12,455	36.0	-25.3
	Liberal	Ronald Laurence Gardner-Thorpe	11,235	32.5	+32.5
	Labour	J. Dilks	9,431	27.2	-11.5
	Independent	Raymond Gregory	1,433	4.1	+4.1
Majority			1,220
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Previous election

General Election 1959: West Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Birkbeck Wakefield	22,034	61.3
	Labour	Albert E. Kitts	13,925	38.7
Majority			8,109	22.6
Turnout				82.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "1962 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2015-08-17.