1960 Harrow West by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1960 Harrow West by-election was held on 17 March 1960 due to the suicide of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Albert Braithwaite. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Page.May 2021 Harrow West 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 Conservative Party (UK) John Page 18,526 55.77 -15.15 Liberal Party (UK) John M. Wallbridge 7,100 21.38 New Labour Party (UK) Philip J. Jenkins 6,030 18.15 -10.93 New Conservative John E. Dayton 1,560 4.70 New 11,426 34.39 -7.45 33,216 61.60 -17.64 53,756 Conservative Party (UK) The Liberal Party was said to be "much encouraged" by their share of the vote according to the acting chair of the Liberal standing committee Mark Bonham Carter who also noted his party had not contested the constituency for ten years. Liberal leader Jo Grimond said that "the result strengens our claim that what the nation wants is a Liberal alternative.Government wins Brighouse. Liberal Beats Labour for Second Place at Harrow https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19600318&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 2 April 2020 The Glasgow Herald 18 March 1960 1 The by-election took place on the same day as the Brighouse and Spenborough by-election which saw the Conservatives gain that seat from the opposition Labour Party. Morgan Phillips, Labour's General Secretary, blamed the poor results on negative press coverage arguing that "a tremendous effort" had been undertaken to develop "an unfavourable image of the party" adding that in his view "Newspaper space seems to have been allocated on political, rather than on news value." References Harrow West by-election Harrow West,1960 Harrow West by-election Harrow West by-election Harrow West,1960 Category:20th century in Middlesex