1957 Edinburgh South by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2025 November 2013 The 1957 Edinburgh South by-election of 29 May 1957 was held after the resignation of Unionist Party MP William Darling. The seat was safe, having been won for the Unionists by Darling at the 1955 general election by a majority of nearly 13,000 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185024/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i08.htm 3 March 2016 PoliticsResources.net Result of the previous general election General election 1955: Edinburgh South Unionist Party (Scotland) William Darling 24,836 67.52 -5.06 Labour Party (UK) James A. Forsyth 11,949 32.48 +5.06 12,887 35.04 -10.12 36,785 77.24 -4.19 Unionist Party (Scotland) Result of the by-election The Unionist Party held the seat. By-election 1957: Edinburgh Southhttp://by-elections.co.uk/57.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120329041134/http://by-elections.co.uk/57.html 1957 By Election Results 2012-03-29 dead 2015-08-14 Unionist Party (Scotland) Michael Hutchison 14,421 45.58 -21.94 Labour Party (UK) James A. Forsyth 9,781 30.91 -1.57 Liberal Party (UK) William Douglas-Home 7,439 23.51 New 4,640 14.67 -20.37 31,641 Unionist Party (Scotland) See also February 1886 Edinburgh South by-election 1899 Edinburgh South by-election 1910 Edinburgh South by-election 1917 Edinburgh South by-election References Category:1957 in Scotland Category:1950s elections in Scotland Category:1957 elections in the United Kingdom South, 1957 Category:1950s in Edinburgh Category:May 1957 in the United Kingdom