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1961 By Election Results

 

 

 

Cambridgeshire

  DATE:       16th March 1961
Mr F L Pym Conservative 17,643
Mr R M D Davies Labour 11,566
Mr R Moore Liberal 9,219
Majority 6,077

Conservative hold

 

 

Colchester

  DATE:       16th March 1961
Mr P A F Buck Conservative 17,891
Mr J W Fear Labour 12,547
Capt. H Fry Liberal 7,487
Majority 5,344

Conservative hold

 

 

High Peak

  DATE:       16th March 1961
Mr A D Walder Conservative 13,069
Mr W M Halsall Labour 11,201
Mr D Wrigley Liberal 10,674
Majority 1,868

Conservative hold

 

 

Worcester

  DATE:       16th March 1961
Mr P E Walker Conservative 15,087
Mr B C Stanley Labour 11,490
Mr R Glenton Liberal 11,435
Majority 3,597

Conservative hold

 

 

Birmingham Small Heath

  DATE:       23rd March 1961
Mr D H Howell Labour 12,182
Mr B C Owen Conservative 5,923
Mr W Kirk Liberal 2,476
Majority 6,259

Labour hold

 

 

Paisley

  DATE:       20th April 1961
Mr J Robertson Labour 19,200
Mr J M Bannerman Liberal 17,542
Mr G R Rickman Conservative 5,597
Majority 1,658

Labour hold

 

 

Warrington

  DATE:       20th April 1961
Mr W T Williams Labour 16,149
Mrs B A Arnold Conservative 9,149
Mr F R Tetlow Liberal 3,623
Majority 7,000

Labour hold

 

 

Bristol South East

  DATE:       4th May 1961
Visct. Stansgate (A N W Benn) Labour 23,275
Mr M A J St Clair Conservative 10,231
Majority 13,044

Labour hold *(Election Court awarded the seat to Mr St Clair)

 

 

Manchester Moss Side

  DATE:       8th November 1961
Mr F H Taylor Conservative 9,533
Mr R H Hargreaves Liberal 6,447
Mr G J Oakes Labour 5,980
Mr W Hesketh Union Movement 1,212
Majority 3,086

Conservative hold

 

 

Fife East 

  DATE:       9th November 1961
Sir J E Gilmour Conservative 15,948
Mr J Smith Labour 8,882
Mr D Leach Liberal 8,786
Majority 7,066

Conservative hold

 

 

Oswestry

  DATE:       9th November 1961
Mr W J Biffen Conservative 12,428
Mr J Buchanan Liberal 8,647
Mr B A Walden Labour 8,519
Mr J E Dayton Patriotic Front 839
Majority 3,781

Conservative hold

 

 

Glasgow Bridgeton

  DATE:       9th November 1961
Mr J Bennett Labour 10,930
Mr M McNeill Conservative 3,935
Mr I MacDonald Scottish Nationalist 3,549
Mr G Stone I.L.P 586
Majority 6,995

Labour hold