1960 Blyth by-election

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The 1960 Blyth by-election was held in the constituency of Blyth, now Blyth Valley, on 24 November 1960, following the appointment of Alfred Robens, who had served as Member of Parliament since the constituency's establishment in 1950, as chair of the National Coal Board.

Blyth Valley (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards

Blyth Valley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Ronnie Campbell of the Labour Party.

National Coal Board organization

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the United Kingdom's collieries on "vesting day", 1 January 1947. In 1987, the NCB was renamed the British Coal Corporation, and its assets were subsequently privatised.

Three candidates stood: Eddie Milne of the Labour Party, Dennis Walters MBE for the Conservatives and Mr. C. Pym as an independent. The seat was considered a safe Labour hold, Robens having won the seat in the 1959 general election with a majority of 25,000. [1]

Edward James Milne was a British Labour politician, who was elected as independent candidate after deselection by his party.

Sir Dennis Murray Walters was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Westbury from 1964 to 1992.

Order of the British Empire British order of chivalry

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order.

This proved to be the case, and Milne was elected with a reduced majority of 16,072 over the other two candidates. He would serve as MP for Blyth until 1974.

Results

Polling took place on 24 November 1960.

Blyth by-election, 1960 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Eddie Milne 23,43868.9%-5.7%
Conservative Dennis Walters 21.6%-3.8%
Independent C. Pym3,2239.5%N/A
Majority16,07247.3-2.0
Turnout
Labour hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. ↑ "1959 general election result - Blyth". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. ↑ F. W. S. Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973" (Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, second edition 1983), p. 586.


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