1961 Colchester by-election

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The Colchester by-election, 1961 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Colchester on 16 March 1961.

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Vacancy

It was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Cuthbert Alport becoming British High Commissioner to Rhodesia and so getting a Life Peerage on appointment. He had been MP here since gaining the seat in 1950.

Election history

Colchester had been won by the Conservatives at every election since 1950 when they gained the seat from Labour. The result at the last General election was as follows;

1959 general election: Colchester [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cuthbert Alport 24,59251.63
Labour Joan I. Edmonson17,09635.89
Liberal Peter M Linfoot5,94212.48
Majority7,49615.74
Turnout 82.44
Conservative hold Swing

Candidates

Result

Colchester by-election, 1961 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Buck 17,89147.17-4.46
Labour John Wilson Fear12,54733.08-2.81
Liberal Howard Levett Fry7,48719.74+7.26
Majority5,34414.09-1.65
Turnout 37,92564.90
Conservative hold Swing -0.8

Aftermath

The result at the 1964 general election;

General election 1964: Colchester [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Buck 23,319 46.0 -1.2
Labour Charles Williams 19,78039.0+5.9
Liberal Eric W Rodnight7,56614.9-4.7
Majority3,5397.0-7.1
Turnout 50,66582.1+17.2
Conservative hold Swing -3.5

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References

  1. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  2. The Times House of Commons, 1950-1964
  3. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  4. "1961 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig