1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election on 4 November 1965 was held after the death of Conservative MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Harry Hylton-Foster. The seat was safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 10,000 votes. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811164536/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i13.htm 11 August 2011 PoliticsResources.net The Conservative Party held the seat. Labour's by-election candidate Alexander Pringle was a Chelsea borough councillor and Head of English at Westminster City School.Labour He was the son of William Pringle, who had been a Liberal MP from 1910 to 1918 and 1922 to 1924. Result of the previous general election General election 1964: Cities of London and Westminster Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) Harry Hylton-Foster 21,588 58.37 -6.73 Labour Party (UK) Ronald Wallace 11,309 30.58 +6.18 Liberal Party (UK) John W Derry 4,087 11.05 +0.55 10,279 27.79 -12.91 36,984 59.66 -1.64 61,988 Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1965: Cities of London and Westminsterhttp://by-elections.co.uk/65.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205408/http://by-elections.co.uk/65.html 1965 By Election Results 2013-10-29 dead 2015-08-19 Conservative Party (UK) John Smith 15,037 59.53 +1.16 Labour Party (UK) Alexander Pringle 8,300 32.86 +2.28 Liberal Party (UK) Stephen Jakobi 1,595 6.32 -4.73 Independent Desmond Burgess 326 1.29 New 6,737 26.47 -1.32 25,258 41.80 -17.86 Conservative Party (UK) Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom) -0.6 References Cities of London and Westminster by-election Cities of London and Westminster by-election, 1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election, 1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election Cities of London and Westminster, 1965