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1957 Beckenham by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
August 2019
August 2019
The 1957 Beckenham by-election was held on 21 March 1957. It was called when the incumbent Conservative MP Patrick Buchan-Hepburn was elevated to a hereditary peerage. The seat was held for the Conservatives by their candidate Philip Goodhart. Future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was one of the unsuccessful candidates for the Conservative nomination.
Beckenham by-election, 1957http://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)
Philip Goodhart
29,621
62.94
-6.02
Labour Party (UK)
Neville D. Sandelson
17,445
37.06
+6.02
12,176
25.87
-12.06
47,066
64.70
-11.81
72,786
Conservative Party (UK)
-6.0
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Category:1950s in Kent
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