1961 Bristol South East by-election
The 1961 Bristol South East by-election was a by-election held on 4 May 1961 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the city of Bristol.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Tony Benn had inherited from his father a hereditary peerage as Viscount Stansgate, thus making him ineligible to serve in the House of Commons. He had been elected at a by-election in 1950.
Benn stood in the by-election anyway, but due to his ineligibility, the Conservative Party candidate Malcolm St Clair was declared the winner.
When the law was later changed to allow Benn to renounce his peerage, St Clair resigned his seat, and Benn was returned to the House of Commons at the 1963 Bristol South East by-election.
Votes[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Viscount Stansgate (Tony Benn) (disqualified) | 23,275 | 69.5 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Malcolm St Clair | 10,231 | 30.5 | −13.3 | |
Majority | -13,044 | -39.0 | |||
Turnout | 33,506 | 56.7 | −24.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | −13.3 |
See also[]
- Tony Benn
- Bristol South East constituency
- 1950 Bristol South East by-election
- 1963 Bristol South East by-election
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- Re Bristol South-East Parliamentary Election
References[]
- ^ "1961 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- 1961 in England
- Tony Benn
- 1961 elections in the United Kingdom
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Bristol constituencies
- 1960s in Bristol
- May 1961 events in the United Kingdom
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituency stubs