1960 Tiverton by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1960 Tiverton by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Tiverton on 16 November 1960. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the elevation of the sitting Conservative MP, Rt Hon. Derick Heathcoat-Amory to the House of Lords on 1 September 1960. He had been MP here since holding the seat in 1945. Election history Tiverton had been won by the Conservatives at every election since 1924 when they gained the seat from the Liberals. The result at the last General Election was as follows; 1959 general election Electorate 48,416 F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973 Conservative Party (UK) Derick Heathcoat-Amory 21,714 55.6 -8.7 Labour Party (UK) John Dunwoody 9,836 25.2 -10.5 Liberal Party (UK) James J Collier 7,504 19.2 New 11,878 30.4 +1.9 39,054 80.7 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Candidates The Conservatives selected 29-year-old Robin Maxwell-Hyslop. He contested the Derby North constituency at the 1959 general election. He was Personal Assistant to the director and general manager of the aero engine division of Rolls-Royce from 1954 to 1960.Independent obituary, 20 January 2010 Labour selected a new candidate in 35-year-old Raymond Dobson. At the last General election he was Labour candidate for Torrington. The Liberals re-selected 42-year-old James Collier who contested the constituency in 1959. He was a local farmer, his family had farmed in the parish of Culmstock since 1600. Main Issues and Campaign September 2013 Result The Conservatives held the seat with a reduced majority. Tiverton by-election, 1960http://www.by-elections.co.uk/60.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131016154925/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/60.html 1960 By Election Results 2013-10-16 dead 2015-08-15 Electorate 48,956 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Maxwell-Hyslop 15,308 45.7 -9.9 Liberal Party (UK) James J Collier 12,268 36.7 +17.5 Labour Party (UK) Raymond F H Dobson 5,895 17.6 -7.6 3,040 9.0 -21.4 33,471 68.4 -12.3 Conservative Party (UK) Aftermath Maxwell-Hyslop and Collier faced each other again at the following General Election while Dobson moved to contest Bristol North East, where he came second. The result at the 1964 general election; General election 1964 Electorate 50,854 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Maxwell-Hyslop 19,280 47.3 -8.3 Liberal Party (UK) James J Collier 14,053 34.5 +15.3 Labour Party (UK) John T Mitchard 7,393 18.2 -7.6 5,227 12.8 -17.6 40,726 80.1 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Maxwell-Hyslop retained the seat until he retired at the 1992 general election. References Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com By-Elections in British Politics by Cook and Ramsden See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records Tiverton Tiverton 1960 Tiverton by Category:Tiverton, Devon Category:1960s in Devon