1956 City of Chester by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2017 November 2017 The 1956 City of Chester by-election of 15 November 1956 was held after the appointment of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Basil NieldFull results https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071845/http://by-elections.co.uk/56.html 2012-10-10 as Recorder of Manchester. The seat was safe, having been won at the 1955 general election by over 11,000 votesElection results https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165556/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i05.htm 11 August 2011 PoliticsResources.net Result of the previous general election General election 1955: City of Chester Conservative Party (UK) Basil Nield 24,905 56.66 Labour Party (UK) John M. Forrester 13,903 31.63 Liberal Party (UK) John Seys-Llewellyn 5,145 11.71 11,002 25.03 43,953 Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election The Conservative Party held the seat with a reduced vote share and majority. City of Chester by-election, 15 November 1956http://by-elections.co.uk/56.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071845/http://by-elections.co.uk/56.html 1956 By Election Results 2012-10-10 dead 2015-08-14 Conservative Party (UK) John Temple 21,137 51.72 -4.94 Labour Party (UK) Lewis Carter-Jones 14,789 36.19 +4.56 Liberal Party (UK) John Seys-Llewellyn 4,942 12.09 +0.38 6,348 15.53 -9.50 40,868 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1956 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1956 in England Category:November 1956 in the United Kingdom Category:20th century in Cheshire By-election, 1966 Category:Politics of Chester Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cheshire constituencies