1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election
The Cities of London and Westminster by-election of 4 November 1965 was held after the death of Conservative MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Harry Hylton-Foster.
The seat was safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 10,000 votes.[1]
Labour's by-election candidate Alexander Pringle was a Chelsea borough councillor and Head of English at Westminster City School.[2] He was the son of William Pringle, who had been a Liberal MP from 1910 to 1918 and 1922 to 1924.
Result of the previous general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | Harry Hylton-Foster | 21,588 | 58.37 | -6.73 | |
Labour | Ronald Wallace | 11,309 | 30.58 | +6.18 | |
Liberal | John W Derry | 4,087 | 11.05 | +0.55 | |
Majority | 10,279 | 27.79 | -12.91 | ||
Turnout | 36,984 | 59.66 | -1.64 | ||
Registered electors | 61,988 | ||||
Speaker gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Result of the by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Smith | 15,037 | 59.33 | +1.16 | |
Labour | Alexander Pringle | 8,300 | 32.86 | +2.28 | |
Liberal | Stephen Jakobi | 1,595 | 6.31 | -4.74 | |
Independent | Desmond Burgess | 326 | 6.71 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,737 | 26.47 | -1.32 | ||
Turnout | 25,258 | 41.80 | -17.86 | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Speaker | Swing | -0.6 | |||
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References
- Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
- "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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