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1956 By Election Results

 

 

Durham - Blaydon

  DATE:       2nd February 1956
Mr R E Woof Labour 18,791
Mr J M Reay-Smith Conservative 8,077
Majority 10,714

Labour hold

 

 

Leeds North East

  DATE:       9th February 1956
Sir K S Joseph Conservative 14,081
Mr H M Waterman Labour 8,212
Majority 5,869

Conservative hold

 

 

Herefordshire - Hereford

  DATE:       14th February 1956
Mr J D Gibson-Watt Conservative 12,129
Mr H F Owen Liberal 9,979
Mr B Stanley Labour 5,277
Majority 2,150

Conservative hold

 

 

Lincolnshire - Gainsborough

  DATE:       14th February 1956
Mr M R Kimball Conservative 12,836
Mr H D L G Walston Labour 11,830
Maj. I Spence Liberal 6,806
Majority 1,006

Conservative hold

 

 

Somerset - Taunton

  DATE:       14th February 1956
Mr E D L du Cann Conservative 19,820
Mr R A Pestell Labour 19,163
Majority 657

Conservative hold

 

 

Walthamstow West

  DATE:       1st March 1956
Mr E C Redhead Labour 13,388
Mr R P Hornby Conservative 4,184
Mr O Smedley Liberal 3,037
Lt. Cdr. W G Boaks Independent 89
Majority 9,204

Labour hold

 

 

 Mid-Ulster 

  DATE:       8th May 1956
Mr C Beattie Independent Unionist 28,605
Mr T J Mitchell Sinn Fein 24,124
Mr M O,Neill Anti Partitionist 6,421
Majority 4,481

Independent Unionist gain from Sinn Fein

 

 

Kent - Tonbridge

  DATE:       7th June 1956
Mr R P Hornby Conservative 20,515
Mr R L Fagg Labour 18,913
Majority 1,602

Conservative hold

 

 

Newport

  DATE:       6th July 1956
Rt. Hon. Sir F Soskice Labour 29,205
Mr D S Box Conservative 20,720
Mr E Roberts Welsh Nationalist 1,978
Majority 8,485

Labour hold

 

 

Durham - Chester Le Street 

  DATE:       27th September 1956
Mr N Pentland Labour 27,912
Mr W R Rees-Mogg Conservative 6,625
Majority 21,287

Labour hold

 

 

Cheshire - City of Chester

  DATE:       15th November 1956
Mr J M Temple Conservative 21,137
Mr L Carter-Jones Labour 14,789
Mr J D S Llewellyn Liberal 4,942
Majority 6,348

Conservative hold

 

 

Leicestershire - Melton

  DATE:       19th December 1956
Miss I M P Pike Conservative 19,133
Mr E J Masters Labour 16,771
Majority 2,362

Conservative hold