- Cities of London and Westminster by-election, 1965
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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:[1]
The seat was safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1964 by over 10,000 votes[2]
Result of the previous general election
General Election 1950: Cities of London and Westminster Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative H Hylton-Foster 21,588 58.37 Labour R Wallace 11,309 30.58 Liberal JW Derry 4,087 11.05 Majority 10,279 27.79 – Result of the by-election
By-election 1965: Cities of London and Westminster Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Lindsay Smith 15,037 59.33 +1.16 Labour Alexander Pringle 8,300 32.86 +2.28 Liberal Stephen Jakobi 1,595 6.31 -4.74 Independent Desmond Burgess 326 6.71 N/A Majority 6,737 Conservative hold Swing References
- ^ Full results
- ^ [1] PoliticsResources.net
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