Bristol South East by-election, 1963
- Bristol South East by-election, 1963
The Bristol South East by-election, 1963 was a by-election held on 20 August 1963 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the city of Bristol.
The seat had become vacant in 1961 when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Tony Benn had inherited from his father an hereditary peerage as Viscount Stansgate, thus making him ineligible to serve in the House of Commons. He had been elected at a by-election in 1950.
Benn stood in the 1961 by-election anyway, but due to his ineligibility, the Conservative Party candidate Malcolm St. Clair was declared the winner.
When the law was later changed to allow Benn to renounce his peerage, St Clair resigned his seat, triggering the 1963 by-election. Benn won again, with nearly 80% of the votes. The Conservatives did not nominate an official candidate, the last by-election in Great Britain to date that there has been no Conservative candidate. An independent conservative candidate finished in second place.
Votes
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Benn
votes = 20,313
percentage = 79.7
change = +10.2Election box candidate
party = National Fellowship Conservative
candidate = Edward Martell
votes = 4,834
percentage = 19.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = M. P. Lloyd
votes = 287
percentage = 1.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = G. Pearl*
votes = 44
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 15,479
percentage = 60.7
change = +21.7Election box turnout
votes = 25,478
percentage = 42.2
change = −14.5Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =
* Pearl withdrew on the eve of poll, to support Martell
ee also
* Tony Benn
* Bristol South East constituency
* Bristol South East by-election, 1950
* Bristol South East by-election, 1961
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/63.html#bristol British Parliamentary by-elections, 1963: Bristol South East]
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