1951 Woolwich East by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The Woolwich East by-election of 14 June 1951 was held after the death of Labour MP Ernest Bevin. The seat was safe, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by over 12,000 votes^[1]

The by-election was easily won by Labour's Christopher Mayhew.

Result of the previous general election

General election 1950: Woolwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ernest Bevin	26,604	61.59
	Conservative	J. D. Campbell	14,234	32.95
	Liberal	A. M. Sage	1,504	3.48
	Communist	Rajani Palme Dutt	601	1.39
	Independent	F. Hancock	252	0.58
Majority			12,370	28.64
Turnout			42,948
	Labour win (new seat)

Result of the by-election

By-election 1951: Woolwich East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Mayhew	20,801	60.73	−0.86
	Conservative	Richard Harvey	13,449	39.27	+6.32
Majority			7,352	21.46	−7.18
Turnout			34,250
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ [1] Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
^ "1951 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

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1951

February: Bristol West
April: Ormskirk
Harrow West
May: Londonderry
June: Woolwich East
Westhoughton

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