1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election

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The Cities of London and Westminster by-election of 4 November 1965 was held after the death of Conservative MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Harry Hylton-Foster.

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The seat was safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 10,000 votes. [1]

Labour's by-election candidate Alexander Pringle was a Chelsea borough councillor and Head of English at Westminster City School. [2] He was the son of William Pringle, who had been a Liberal MP from 1910 to 1918 and 1922 to 1924.

Result of the previous general election

General election 1964: Cities of London and Westminster
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker Harry Hylton-Foster 21,588 58.37 -6.73
Labour Ronald Wallace11,30930.58+6.18
Liberal John W Derry4,08711.05+0.55
Majority10,27927.79-12.91
Turnout 36,98459.66-1.64
Registered electors 61,988
Speaker gain from Conservative Swing

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Cities of London and Westminster [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Smith 15,037 59.53 +1.16
Labour Alexander Pringle8,30032.86+2.28
Liberal Stephen Jakobi1,5956.32-4.73
IndependentDesmond Burgess3261.29New
Majority6,73726.47-1.32
Turnout 25,25841.80-17.86
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Speaker Swing -0.6

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References

  1. Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.