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1956 Taunton by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
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The 1956 Taunton by-election was held on 14 February 1956. It was held due to the elevation to a hereditary peerage of the Conservative MP, Henry Hopkinson. The seat was retained by the Conservative candidate Edward du Cann, albeit with a narrow majority of 657 votes.
By-election 14 February 1956: Tauntonhttp://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) Edward du Cann 19,820 50.84 -1.27
Labour Party (UK) Reginald Alfred Pestell 19,163 49.16 +9.63
657 1.68 -10.90
38,983
Conservative Party (UK)
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