1956 Hereford by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1956 Hereford by-election of 14 February 1956 was held after the resignation of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Jim Thomas.Full results https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071845/http://by-elections.co.uk/56.html 2012-10-10 The seat was safe, having been won by Thomas at the 1955 United Kingdom general election albeit with a reduced majority of over 2,000 votes.Election results https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165803/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i11.htm 11 August 2011 PoliticsResources.net The Liberals, who had already polled nearly one-quarter of the vote in 1955, increased their share to 36.4%. Candidates David Gibson-Watt was the Conservative candidate to hold the seat. He had served in the Welsh Guards and was a former local councillor. Frank Owen: A local man who had served in his youth as the Liberal MP for Hereford between 1929 and 1931. At the 1955 general election, he had contested the seat for the first time since losing it in 1931, and polled a good second place. Labour candidate Bryan Stanley was, at the time, a technical engineer and member of the Labour National Executive Committee. Result of the previous general election General election 1955: Hereford Conservative Party (UK) James Thomas 18,058 51.79 Liberal Party (UK) Frank Owen 8,658 24.83 Labour Party (UK) E.L.P. Seers 8,154 23.38 9,400 26.96 34,870 Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election The Conservative Party held the seat with a reduced majority. Hereford by-election, 14 February 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) David Gibson-Watt 12,129 44.29 -7.50 Liberal Party (UK) Frank Owen 9,979 36.44 +11.61 Labour Party (UK) Bryan Stanley 5,277 19.27 -4.11 2,150 7.85 -19.11 27,385 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1956 in England By-election, 1956 Category:February 1956 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Herefordshire constituencies Category:1956 elections in the United Kingdom Category:20th century in Herefordshire