1960 Blyth by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1960 Blyth by-election was held in the constituency of Blyth, now Blyth Valley, on 24 November 1960, following the appointment of Alfred Robens, who had served as Member of Parliament since the constituency's establishment in 1950, as chair of the National Coal Board. Three candidates stood: Eddie Milne of the Labour Party, Dennis Walters MBE for the Conservatives and Mr. C. Pym as an independent. The seat was considered a safe Labour hold, Robens having won the seat in the 1959 general election with a majority of 25,000.http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i03.htm 1959 general election result - Blyth 16 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130623213718/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i03.htm 23 June 2013 dead This proved to be the case, and Milne was elected with a reduced majority of 16,072 over the other two candidates. He would serve as MP for Blyth until 1974. Result Polling took place on 24 November 1960. Blyth by-election, 1960F. W. S. Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973" (Parliamentary Research Services, Chichester, second edition 1983), p. 586. Labour Party (UK) Eddie Milne 23,438 68.9 -5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Dennis Walters 7,366 21.6 -3.8 Independent (politician) C. Pym 3,223 9.5 New 16,072 47.3 -1.9 34,027 Labour Party (UK) References Category:1960 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1960 in England Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies Category:20th century in Northumberland