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1957 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
August 2019
August 2019
The 1957 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North by-election of 21 March 1957 was held after the elevation to the Peerage of National Liberal and Conservative MP (MP) Gwilym Lloyd George.
The seat was safe, having been won by Lloyd George at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by nearly 11,000 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20131211014922/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i15.htm 11 December 2013 PoliticsResources.net
Result of the previous general election
General election 1955: Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
Conservative and National Liberal
Gwilym Lloyd George
25,236
63.83
Labour Party (UK)
Basil Chisholm
14,303
36.17
10,933
27.66
39,539
Conservative and National Liberal
Result of the by-election
By-election 1957: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Northhttp://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)
William Elliott
19,107
60.35
-3.48
Labour Party (UK)
T. McDonald
12,555
39.65
+3.48
6,462
20.70
-6.95
31,662
Conservative Party (UK)
References
Category:1957 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:1957 in England
Category:20th century in Newcastle upon Tyne
By-election, 1957
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies