1957 Leicester South East by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1957 Leicester South East by-election was held on 28 November 1957. It was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Charles Waterhouse. The by-election was won by the Conservative candidate John Peel whose only opponent was the future Speaker, Betty Boothroyd standing for the first time for Labour. Leicester South East by-election, 1957Conservatives Hold Leicester The Times 29 November 1957 10 Londonhttp://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 Conservative Party (UK) John Peel 18,023 60.9 −3.3 Labour Party (UK) Betty Boothroyd 11,541 39.1 +3.3 6,482 21.8 -6.6 29,564 56.3 -22.2 Conservative Party (UK) −6.0 References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Leicestershire constituencies Leicester South East by-election Leicester South East by-election Leicester South East by-election Category:20th century in Leicester