1955 Gateshead West by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1955 Gateshead West by-election of 7 December 1955 was held after the death of Labour MP John Hall:http://by-elections.co.uk/55b.html#gateshead Full results 2011-08-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071845/http://by-elections.co.uk/55b.html#gateshead#gateshead 2012-10-10 dead The seat had been won by Labour at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by over 10,000 votes1955-05-26 UK General Election results May 1955 http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i09.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165659/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i09.htm 2011-08-11 2026-02-23 Politics Science Resources en-US Candidates Labour chose Harry Randall who had been the Member of Parliament for Clitheroe between 1945 and 1950. Result of the previous general election General election 1955: Gateshead West Labour Party (UK) John Hall 22,040 65.32 Conservative Party (UK) J Quigley 11,071 34.68 10,339 30.64 33,111 Labour Party (UK) Result of the by-election The Labour Party held the seat. By-election 1955: Gateshead Labour Party (UK) Harry Randall 13,196 66.46 +1.14 Conservative Party (UK) David A Wright 6,661 33.54 -1.14 6,535 32.92 +2.28 19,857 Labour Party (UK) References Category:1955 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1955 in England Category:20th century in County Durham By-election, 1955 Category:Elections in Tyne and Wear Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Durham constituencies Category:December 1955 in the United Kingdom