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1957 Hornsey by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
August 2019
August 2019
The 1957 Hornsey by-election of 30 May 1957 was held after the death of Conservative Party MP David Gammans.
The seat was safe, having been won at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by over 12,500 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20110811165803/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i11.htm 11 August 2011 PoliticsResources.net
Result of the previous general election
General election 1955: Hornsey
Conservative Party (UK)
David Gammans
33,294
60.20
+1.5
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Evelyn Mostyn
20,568
37.19
-4.1
Communist Party of Great Britain
George John Jones
1,442
2.61
New
12,726
23.01
+5.6
55,304
Conservative Party (UK)
Result of the by-election
The Conservative Party held the seat with a reduced majority.
By-election 1957: Hornseyhttp://by-elections.co.uk/57.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120329041134/http://by-elections.co.uk/57.html 1957 By Election Results 2012-03-29 dead 2015-08-14
Conservative Party (UK)
Muriel Gammans
24,169
53.46
-6.74
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Evelyn Mostyn
21,038
46.54
+9.35
3,131
6.92
-16.09
45,207
Conservative Party (UK)
-8.0
References
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