1951 Ormskirk by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 1951 Ormskirk by-election 71.47% 5.20% Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Salter Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Cross MP 26.50% 8,969 Labour Party (UK) H. A. Kelly Lab 24,190 United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) x160px Arthur Salter Constituency of Ormskirk 1951 United Kingdom general election 5 April 1951 1950 1950 United Kingdom general election no parliamentary 1951 (GE) 7.23% The 1951 Ormskirk by-election of 5 April 1951 was held after the appointment of Conservative MP Ronald Cross as Governor of Tasmania. The seat was safe, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by over 14,000 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095811/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge50/i16.htm 24 September 2015 PoliticsResources.net The Conservative Party held the seat. Result of the previous general election General election 1950: Ormskirk Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Cross 28,654 66.27 Labour Party (UK) L.C. Edwards 14,853 33.73 14,071 32.54 43,237 83.9 Conservative Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1951: Ormskirkhttp://www.by-elections.co.uk/51.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141850/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/51.html 1951 By Election Results 2012-02-25 dead 2015-08-12 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Salter 24,190 71.47 +5.20 Labour Party (UK) H. A. Kelly 8,969 26.50 -7.23 Independent Labour Party Fred Barton 689 2.04 New 15,221 44.97 +21.12 33,848 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1951 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1951 in England Category:1950s in Lancashire By-election, 1951 By-election, 1951 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies