Bristol South East by-election, 1950
- Bristol South East by-election, 1950
The Bristol South East by-election, 1950 was a by-election held on 30th November 1950 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the city of Bristol. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Stafford Cripps had resigned from Parliament due to ill-health.
The Labour candidate Tony Benn held the seat for his party, with a reduced majority. It was the first of four by-election victories for Benn in the course of his 45-year career in Parliament, the others being Bristol South East 1961, Bristol South East 1963 and Chesterfield 1984.
Votes
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Benn
votes = 19,367
percentage = 56.7
change = −5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J. L. Lindsay
votes = 12,018
percentage = 35.2
change = +8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = D. M. Gorsky
votes = 2,752
percentage = 8.1
change = −1.4Election box majority
votes = 7,349
percentage = 21.5
change = −14.3Election box turnout
votes = 34,137
percentage = 61.1
change = −23.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = −7.2
ee also
* Tony Benn
* Bristol South East constituency
* Bristol South East by-election, 1961
* Bristol South East by-election, 1963
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/50.html#bristolse British Parliamentary by-elections, 1950: Bristol South East]
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