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1958 By Election Results

 

 

 Rochdale 

  DATE:       12th February 1958
Mr J McCann Labour 22,133
Mr L H C Kennedy Liberal 17,603
Mr J E Parkinson Conservative 9,827
Majority 4,530

Labour gain from Conservative

 

 

 Glasgow Kelvingrove 

  DATE:       13th March 1958
Mrs M McAlister Labour 10,210
Mrs K Elliot Conservative 8,850
Mr D Murray Independent Liberal 1,622
Mr W Park I.L.P 587
Majority 1,360

Labour gain from Conservative

 

 

 Devon - Torrington 

  DATE:       27th March 1958
Mr M R Bonham-Carter Liberal 13,408
Mr A H F Royle Nat. Lib. & Conservative 13,189
Mr L Lamb Labour 8,697
Majority 219

Liberal gain from National Liberal & Conservative

 

 

Islington North

  DATE:       15th May 1958
Mr G W Reynolds Labour 13,159
Mr R Bartle Conservative 5,698
Mr J McKie I.L.P 576
Majority 7,461

Labour hold

 

 

Argyll

  DATE:       12th June 1958
Mr M A C Noble Conservative 12,541
Mr W D McKean Liberal 7,375
Mr R M Young Labour 6,884
Majority 5,166

Conservative hold

 

 

Ealing South

  DATE:       12th June 1958
Mr B C C Batsford Conservative 17,417
Mr H Garside Labour 11,258
Mr P Skelsey Liberal 5,956
Majority 6,159

* Conservative hold

(* Previous MP was Independent Conservative at resignation)

CREDITS:

Many thanks to Micheal Main for providing the Skelsey leaflets.

 

 

St Helens

  DATE:       12th June 1958
Mr L Spriggs Labour 26,405
Mr M Carlisle Conservative 14,411
Majority 11,994

Labour hold

 

 

Somerset - Weston-Super-Mare

  DATE:       12th June 1958
Mr D W E Webster Conservative 21,271
Mr E Hampton Labour 11,295
Mr E Taylor Liberal 10,588
Majority 9,976

Conservative hold

 

 

Wigan

  DATE:       12th June 1958
Mr E A Fitch Labour 27,415
Mr J J Hodgson Conservative 10,248
Mr M Weaver Communist 972
Majority 17,167

Labour hold

 

 

Lancashire - Morecambe & Lonsdale

  DATE:       6th November 1958
Mr B R V Z de Ferranti Conservative 23,923
Mr F R McManus Labour 12,692
Majority 11,231

Conservative hold

 

 

Sussex - Chichester

  DATE:       6th November 1958
Mr W H Loveys Conservative 23,158
Mr W E Simkins Labour 9,504
Majority 13,654

Conservative hold

 

 

Monmouthshire - Pontypool

  DATE:       10th November 1958
Mr L Abse Labour 20,000
Mr P S Thomas Conservative 6,273
Mr B C L Morgan Welsh Nationalist 2,927
Majority 13,727

Labour hold

 

 

Aberdeenshire East

  DATE:       20th November 1958
Mr P Wolrige-Gordon Conservative 14,314
Mr J B Urquhart Labour 7,986
Mr M MacKie Liberal 7,153
Majority 6,328

Conservative hold

 

 

Shoreditch & Finsbury

  DATE:       27th November 1958
Mr M Cliffe Labour 10,214
Mr T H N Whipham Conservative 3,219
Majority 6,995

Labour hold