1950 Bristol South East by-election

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1950 Bristol South East by-election
  1950 30 November 19501951 

Bristol South East constituency
Turnout61.2% (Decrease2.svg23.9 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Tony Benn 1967.jpg
Con
LIB
Candidate Tony Benn James Lindsay Doreen Gorsky
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Popular vote19,36712,0182,752
Percentage54.6%35.2%8.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.9 pp Increase2.svg8.4 pp Decrease2.svg1.4 pp

MP before election

Stafford Cripps
Labour

Elected MP

Tony Benn
Labour

The 1950 Bristol South East by-election was a by-election held on 30 November 1950 for the House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the city of Bristol. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Stafford Cripps had resigned from Parliament due to ill-health.

Contents

The Labour candidate Tony Benn held the seat for his party. [1] It was the first of four by-election victories for Benn in the course of his 45-year career in Parliament, the others being Bristol South East in 1961, the same seat in 1963 and Chesterfield in 1984.

Result

Bristol South East by-election, 30th November 1950 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Benn 19,367 56.7 −5.9
Conservative James Lindsay 12,01835.2+8.4
Liberal Doreen Gorsky 2,7528.1−1.4
Majority 7,34921.5−14.3
Turnout 34,13761.1−23.9
Labour hold Swing −7.2

See also

References

  1. Benn, Tony (2012). Years Of Hope: Diaries,Letters and Papers 1940–1962. Random House. ISBN   9781446493366.
  2. "1950 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.