1956 Walthamstow West by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1956 Walthamstow West by-election of 1 March 1956 was held after the elevation to the Peerage of former Prime Minister, Labour MP (MP) Clement Attlee. The seat was safe, having been won by Attlee at the 1955 general election by over 9,000 votes.Election results PoliticsResources.net The Labour Party held the seat. Candidates Edward Redhead for Labour was a councillor and Alderman The Conservatives nominated Richard Hornby, who at the time was a copywriter for JWT The Liberal Party chose Oliver Smedley, who in 1955 had helped found the Institute of Economic Affairs Perennial candidate Bill Boaks stood as an independent, which was one of his earliest parliamentary candidacies. Result of the previous general election General election 1955: Walthamstow West Labour Party (UK) Clement Attlee 19,327 65.73 -1.06 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Hornby 10,077 34.27 +1.06 9,250 31.46 -2.12 29,404 72.48 -9.46 Labour Party (UK) -1.06 Result of the by-election Walthamstow West by-election, 1 March 1956http://by-elections.co.uk/56.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071845/http://by-elections.co.uk/56.html 1956 By Election Results 2012-10-10 dead 2015-08-14 Labour Party (UK) Edward Redhead 13,388 64.68 -1.05 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Hornby 4,184 20.21 -14.06 Liberal Party (UK) Oliver Smedley 3,037 14.67 New Independent Bill Boaks 89 0.43 New 9,204 44.47 +13.01 20,698 Labour Party (UK) References Category:1956 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1956 in England Category:1950s in Essex Category:March 1956 in the United Kingdom Category:Elections in the London Borough of Waltham Forest By-election, 1956 Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies West by-election, 1956