1950 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2019 The 1950 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 4 May 1950 for the House of Commons in the marginal constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough. The seat became vacant on the death of Frederick Cobb, who had been the local Member of Parliament (MP) for only 3 months, since the general election in February 1950. He had previously been the MP for Elland from 1945. The result was a narrow hold for the Labour Party. The winning candidate was John Edwards, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, who had lost his seat in the general election. He went on to hold Brighouse and Spenborough until his death in 1959, when the resulting by-election in 1960 was narrowly won by the Conservative and National Liberal candidate Michael Shaw. Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950http://www.by-elections.co.uk/50.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095636/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/50.html 1950 By Election Results 2012-03-25 dead 2015-08-12 Labour Party (UK) John Edwards 24,004 50.5 −1.71 National Liberal Party (UK, 1947) William Woolley 23,567 49.5 +1.71 437 0.91 −3.43 47,571 85.4 −2.6 Labour Party (UK) National Liberal Party (UK, 1947) −1.71 References See also 1960 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections Brighouse and Spenborough by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies Brighouse and Spenborough by-election Category:Elections in Calderdale Category:Elections in Kirklees Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950 Brighouse and Spenborough by-election