1957 East Ham North by-election

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The 1957 East Ham North by-election of 30 May 1957 was held following the death of Labour Party MP Percy Daines.

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The seat was safe, having been won at the 1955 general election by over 5,500 votes [1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1955: East Ham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Percy Daines 17,961 59.13 −1.23
Conservative A Silverstone12,41640.87+1.23
Majority 5,54518.26−2.45
Turnout 30,37774.92−8.36
Conservative hold Swing -1.23

Result of the by-election

By-election 1957: East Ham North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reg Prentice 12,546 56.26 −2.87
Conservative John Henry Samuel Bangay6,56729.45−11.42
People's League Edward Martell 2,73012.24New
Ind. Labour Party William Henry Christopher4582.05New
Majority 5,97926.81+8.56
Turnout 22,30157.30−17.62
Labour hold Swing +4.28

References

  1. ↑ Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. ↑ "1957 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.


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