The 1955 Gateshead West by-election of 7 December 1955 was held after the death of Labour MP John Hall:[1]
The seat had been won by Labour at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by over 10,000 votes[2]
Candidates
[edit]- Labour chose Harry Randall who had been the Member of Parliament for Clitheroe between 1945 and 1950.
Result of the previous general election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hall | 22,040 | 65.32 | ||
Conservative | J Quigley | 11,071 | 34.68 | ||
Majority | 10,339 | 30.64 | |||
Turnout | 33,111 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Result of the by-election
[edit]The Labour Party held the seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harry Randall | 13,196 | 66.46 | +1.14 | |
Conservative | David A Wright | 6,661 | 33.54 | −1.14 | |
Majority | 6,535 | 32.92 | +2.28 | ||
Turnout | 19,857 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Full results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net