1961 Cambridgeshire by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1961 Cambridgeshire by-election was held on 16 March 1961. The by-election was triggered by the appointment of the incumbent Conservative, Gerald Howard, as a High Court Judge on the Queen's Bench Division. It was won by the Conservative candidate Francis Pym. Candidates The local Liberal association selected Richard Gillachrist Moore, a former journalist on the News Chronicle. He was born on 20 February 1931.The Times House of Commons, 1959 He was a son of Sir Alan Hilary Moore and Hilda Mary Burrows. He was educated at Highfield School, Liphook and Radley College, Berkshire, gaining an exhibition to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1949. In 1955 he was President of Cambridge Union. He was also Chairman of the Union of University Liberal Societies.The Times House of Commons, 1955 He was a member of the Liberal Party Council and the executive and the Colonial Affairs committee. He contested Tavistock at the general elections of 1955 and 1959.The Times House of Commons, 1959 Result Cambridgeshire by-election, 1961F. W. S. Craig (1971), British Parliamentary Election Results, 1950-1970. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.http://www.by-elections.co.uk/61.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095631/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/61.html 1961 By Election Results 2012-03-25 dead 2015-08-15 Conservative Party (UK) Francis Pym 17,643 45.9 −12.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert M D Davies 11,566 30.1 −12.0 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Moore 9,219 24.0 New 6,077 15.8 0.0 38,428 62.4 −15.6 Conservative Party (UK) 0.0 References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cambridgeshire constituencies Cambridgeshire by-election Category:20th century in Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire by-election Cambridgeshire by-election