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1950 Bristol South East by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

FieldValue
election_name1950 Bristol South East by-election
typeparliamentary
turnout61.2% ( 23.9 pp)
seats_for_electionBristol South East constituency
ongoingno
previous_election1950 United Kingdom general election
previous_year1950
next_election1951 United Kingdom General Election
next_year1951
election_date30 November 1950
candidate1**Tony Benn**
image1Tony Benn 1967.jpg
party1Labour Party (UK)
popular_vote1**19,367**
percentage1**54.6%**
swing1**5.9** pp
image2
candidate2James Lindsay
party2Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote212,018
percentage235.2%
swing28.4 pp
image3
candidate3Doreen Gorsky
party3Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote32,752
percentage38.1%
swing31.4 pp
titleMP
before_electionStafford Cripps
before_partyLabour Party (UK)
after_electionTony Benn
after_partyLabour Party (UK)

The 1950 Bristol South East by-election was a by-election held on 30 November 1950 for the UK 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) Sir Stafford Cripps had resigned from Parliament due to ill-health.

The Labour candidate Tony Benn held the seat for his party. 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 in 1961, the same seat in 1963 and Chesterfield in 1984.

Result

References

References

  1. (2012). "Years Of Hope: Diaries,Letters and Papers 1940–1962". Random House.
  2. "1950 By Election Results".
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