1962 By Elections

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1962 By Election Results

DATE: 8th March 1962

Mr D Taverne	Labour	19,038
Mr W P Grieve	Conservative	11,386
Mr P Furnell	Liberal	6,856
Capt. A Taylor	Independent	412

Majority

7,652

Labour hold

Blackpool North

DATE: 13th March 1962

Mr N A Miscampbell	Conservative	12,711
Mr H Hague	Liberal	11,738
Miss S Summerskill	Labour	8,776

Majority

973

Conservative hold

Middlesbrough East

DATE: 14th March 1962

Rt. Hon. A G Bottomley	Labour	18,928
Mr G Scott	Liberal	7,145
Mr F A S Wood	Conservative	4,613
Mr J Hamm	Union Movement	550

Majority

11,783

Labour hold

Orpington

DATE: 14th March 1962

Mr E R Lubbock	Liberal	22,846
Mr P Goldman	Conservative	14,991
Mr A Jinkinson	Labour	5,350

Majority

7,855

Liberal gain from Conservative

CREDITS:

Many thanks to Orpington Liberal Democrats for providing the election leaflets from Orpington.

Pontefract

DATE: 22nd March 1962

Mr J Harper	Labour	26,461
Mr P Dean	Conservative	6,633
Mr R E Eckley	Independent	1,146

Majority

19,828

Labour hold

Stockton-on Tees

DATE: 5th April 1962

Mr W T Rodgers	Labour	19,694
Mr G J K Coles	Conservative	12,112
Mr J H Mulholland	Liberal	11,722

Majority

7,582

Labour hold

Derby North

DATE: 17th April 1962

Mr N MacDermot	Labour	16,497
Mr I Irving	Liberal	8,479
Mr T M Wray	Conservative	7,502
Mr T Lynch	Independent	886

Majority

8,018

Labour hold

Montgomeryshire

DATE: 15th May 1962

Mr H E Hooson	Liberal	13,181
Mr R H Dawson	Conservative	5,632
Mr T Davies	Labour	5,299
Mr I F Elis	Welsh Nationalist	1,594

Majority

7,549

Liberal hold

CREDITS:

Many thanks to Micheal Main for providing the Hooson leaflets.

Middlesbrough West

DATE: 6th June 1962

Dr J W Bray	Labour	15,095
Mr B Connelly	Conservative	12,825
Mr G Scott	Liberal	9,829
Mr R E Eckley	Independent	189
Mr M Thompson	Independent	117

Majority

2,270

Labour gain from Conservative

Derbyshire West

DATE: 6th June 1962

Mr A M Crawley	Conservative	12,455
Lt. Col. R Gardner-Thorpe	Liberal	11,235
Mr J Dilks	Labour	9,431
Mr R E Gregory	Independent	1,433

Majority

1,220

Conservative hold

West Lothian

DATE: 14th June 1962

Mr T Dalyell	Labour	21,266
Mr W C Wolfe	Scottish Nationalist	9,750
Mr W I Stewart	Conservative	4,784
Mr D Bryce	Liberal	4,537
Mr G McLennan	Communist	1,511

Majority

11,516

Labour hold

Leicester North East

DATE: 12th July 1962

Mr T G Bradley	Labour	11,274
Mr D Bond	Liberal	9,326
Mr R G Marlar	Conservative	6,578

Majority

1,948

Labour hold

Chippenham

DATE: 22nd November 1962

Mr D E Awdry	Conservative	13,439
Hon. C W Layton	Liberal	11,851
Mr R W Portus	Labour	10,633
Mr K Jerrome	Independent	260
Mr J P Naylor	Independent	237
Mr M J A Smith	Independent	88

Majority

1,588

Conservative hold

Dorset South

DATE: 22nd November 1962

Mr N G Barnett	Labour	13,783
Mr A E U Maude	Conservative	13,079
Mr L I Norbury-Williams	Liberal	8,910
Sir P K Debenham	Anti-Common Market	5,057
Mr P Burn	Independent	181
Mr M Fudge	Independent	82
Mr J C O'Connor	Independent	45

Majority

704

Labour gain from Conservative

Glasgow Woodside

DATE: 22nd November 1962

Mr N G Carmichael	Labour	8,303
Mr N M Glen	Conservative	6,935
Mr J House	Liberal	5,000
Mr A Niven	Scottish Nationalist	2,562
Mr G A A Aldred	Independent Socialist	134
Mr R Vallar	Socialist Party of GB	83

Majority

1,368

Labour gain from Conservative

Norfolk Central

DATE: 22nd November 1962

Mr I H J Gilmour	Conservative & National Liberal	13,268
Mr G Bennett	Labour	13,048
Mr G M Goode	Liberal	7,915
Mr K Coleman	Independent Liberal	909
Mr J Andrews	Independent	79

Majority

220

Conservative & National Liberal hold

Northamptonshire South

DATE: 22nd November 1962

Mr A A Jones	Conservative	14,921
Mr I Wilde	Labour	14,004
Mr N Picarda	Liberal	7,002
Mr P Buchan	Independent	332

Majority

917

Conservative hold