1956 City of Chester by-election

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The City of Chester by-election of 15 November 1956 was held after the appointment of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Basil Nield [1] as Recorder of Manchester.

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The seat was safe, having been won at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by over 11,000 votes [2]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1955: City of Chester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Basil Nield 24,90556.66
Labour John M. Forrester13,90331.63
Liberal John Seys-Llewellyn 5,14511.71
Majority11,00225.03
Turnout 43,953
Conservative hold Swing

Result of the by-election

City of Chester by-election, 15 November 1956 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Temple 21,13751.72-4.94
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 14,78936.19+4.56
Liberal John Seys-Llewellyn 4,94212.09+0.38
Majority6,34815.53-9.50
Turnout 40,868
Conservative hold Swing

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The Hereford by-election of 14 February 1956 was held after the resignation of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Jim Thomas.

References

  1. Full results Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Election results Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  3. "1956 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.