1951 Ormskirk by-election

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1951 Ormskirk by-election
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  1950 5 April 1951 1951 (GE)  

Constituency of Ormskirk
 First partySecond party
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Lab
Candidate Arthur Salter H. A. Kelly
Party Conservative Labour
Popular vote24,1908,969
Percentage71.47%26.50%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.20%Decrease2.svg 7.23%

MP before election

Ronald Cross
Conservative

Elected MP

Arthur Salter
Conservative

The Ormskirk by-election of 5 April 1951 was held after the appointment of Conservative MP Ronald Cross as Governor of Tasmania.

Contents

The seat was safe, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by over 14,000 votes [1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1950: Ormskirk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Cross 28,65466.27
Labour L.C. Edwards14,85333.73
Majority14,07123.86
Turnout 43,507
Conservative win (new seat)

Result of the by-election

By-election 1951: Ormskirk [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Salter 24,19071.47+5.20
Labour H. A. Kelly8,96926.50-7.23
Ind. Labour Party Fred Barton 6892.04New
Majority15,22144.97+21.12
Turnout 33,848
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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References

  1. Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. "1951 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.