1962 Lincoln by-election

By-election outcomes January 2024 May 2013 There was a 1962 by-election in the Lincoln constituency on 8 March 1962By-elections.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20090820184800/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/62.html 20 August 2009 following the resignation of the sitting member, Sir Geoffrey de Freitas, on 20 December 1961 to take up the appointment of High Commissioner to Ghana. The by-election was won by Dick Taverne of the Labour Party. Taverne came to wider attention after he fell out with the Labour Party in 1973, winning a second controversial by-election. Electoral history General election 1959: Lincoln Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey de Freitas 23,629 55.1 -1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Herbert Priestley 19,240 44.9 +1.1 4,389 10.2 -2.2 42,869 84.1 -1.8 Labour Party (UK) Candidates The local Liberal Party selected 35-year-old Patrick Furnell to contest the seat. He was a lecturer and tutor in economics and the British constitution.The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1959 He was educated at Godalming County Grammar School and Trinity College, Oxford (where he was Kitchener Scholar). He joined the R.A.F. in 1948, was commissioned three months later, and served at the R.A.F. station near Cardiff. His earliest political activity came while he was at Oxford University; in 1947 he was President of Oxford University Liberal Club for the Michaelmas term. He first contested Cardiff South East at the 1950 general election while only 22 years of age. In a bad election for the Liberals nationwide, he polled 8% and came third.The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1950 At the 1959 general election he contested East Grinstead. On this occasion he polled 18% and came third.The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1959 Result The Labour Party held the seat with an increased majority. 1962 Lincoln by-electionhttp://by-elections.co.uk/62.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120205100601/http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html 1962 By Election Results 2012-02-05 dead 2015-08-15 Labour Party (UK) Dick Taverne 19,038 50.51 -4.59 Conservative Party (UK) Percy Grieve 11,386 30.21 -14.69 Liberal Party (UK) Patrick Arthur Thomas Furnell 6,856 18.19 New Independent Capt. A. Taylor 412 1.09 New 7,652 20.30 +10.10 37,692 Labour Party (UK) References Category:1962 in England Category:Elections in Lincoln, England Lincoln Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lincolnshire constituencies Lincoln