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1956 Gainsborough by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
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The 1956 Gainsborough by-election was held on 14 February 1956. It was held due to the elevation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Harry Crookshank to a hereditary peerage. It was won by the Conservative candidate Marcus Kimball. The Liberals polled over 20% of the vote, having not fielded a candidate in 1955. After the by-election Kimball was Baby of the House.
Gainsborough by-election, 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)
Marcus Kimball
12,836
40.8
−15.0
Labour Party (UK)
Henry Walston
11,830
37.6
−6.6
Liberal Party (UK)
Henry Ivan Spence
6,806
21.6
New
1,006
3.2
−8.4
31,472
Conservative Party (UK)
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Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lincolnshire constituencies