List of MPs elected in the 1959 United Kingdom general election
1959–1964 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||||
Term | 8 October 1959 | – 9 October 1964||||
Election | 1959 United Kingdom general election | ||||
Government | Second Macmillan ministry Douglas-Home ministry | ||||
House of Commons | |||||
Members | 630 | ||||
Speaker | Harry Hylton-Foster | ||||
Leader | R. A. Butler Iain Macleod Selwyn Lloyd | ||||
Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Hugh Gaitskell George Brown Harold Wilson | ||||
Third-party leader | Jo Grimond | ||||
House of Lords | |||||
Lord Chancellor | Viscount Kilmuir Baron Dilhorne |
This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1959 general election, held on 8 October 1959.
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Margaret Thatcher, Nicholas Ridley, Jim Prior, Peter Tapsell, John Morris and Jeremy Thorpe. It was also the final election in which Winston Churchill, then aged 84, stood as a candidate. Tapsell retired from Parliament 56 years later, at the 2015 general election.
Composition[]
These representative diagrams show the composition of the parties at the 1959 general election.
Note: This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
Affiliation | Members | |
Conservative Party | 365 | |
Labour Party | 258 | |
Liberal Party | 6 | |
Independent Conservative | 1 | |
Total | 630 | |
Effective Government Majority | 49 |
A[] | ||
Constituency | MP | Party |
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Aberavon | John Morris | Labour |
Aberdare | Arthur Probert | Labour |
Aberdeen North | Hector Hughes | Labour |
Aberdeen South | Lady Tweedsmuir | Conservative |
Aberdeenshire East | Patrick Wolrige-Gordon | Conservative |
Aberdeenshire West | Forbes Hendry | Conservative |
Abertillery | Llywelyn Williams | Labour |
Abingdon | Airey Neave | Conservative |
Accrington | Henry Hynd | Labour |
Acton | Philip Holland | Conservative |
Aldershot | Eric Errington | Conservative |
Altrincham and Sale | FJ Errol | Conservative |
Anglesey | Cledwyn Hughes | Labour |
Angus North and Mearns | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | Liberal and Conservative |
Angus South | Sir James Duncan, Bt. | Liberal and Conservative |
Antrim North | Henry Clark | Ulster Unionist |
Antrim South | Knox Cunningham | Ulster Unionist |
Argyll | Michael Noble | Conservative |
Armagh | John Maginnis | Ulster Unionist |
Arundel and Shoreham | Henry Kerby | Conservative |
Ashfield | William Warbey | Labour |
Ashford | Bill Deedes | Conservative |
Ashton-under-Lyne | Hervey Rhodes | Labour |
Aylesbury | Spencer Summers | Conservative |
Ayr | Sir Thomas Moore, Bt. | Conservative |
Ayrshire Central | Archie Manuel | Labour |
Ayrshire, North, and Bute | Fitzroy Maclean | Conservative |
Ayrshire South | Emrys Hughes | Labour |
B[] | ||
Banbury | Neil Marten | Conservative |
Banffshire | William Duthie | Conservative |
Barking | Tom Driberg | Labour |
Barkston Ash | Leonard Ropner | Conservative |
Barnet | Reginald Maudling | Conservative |
Barnsley | Roy Mason | Labour |
Barons Court | Bill Carr | Conservative |
Barrow-in-Furness | Walter Monslow | Labour |
Barry | Raymond Gower | Conservative |
Basingstoke | Denzil Freeth | Conservative |
Bassetlaw | Fred Bellenger | Labour |
Bath | James Pitman | Conservative |
Batley and Morley | Alfred Broughton | Labour |
Battersea North | Douglas Jay | Labour |
Battersea South | Ernest Partridge | Conservative |
Bebington | Hendrie Oakshott | Conservative |
Beckenham | Philip Goodhart | Conservative |
Bedford | Christopher Soames | Conservative |
Bedfordshire, Mid | Alan Lennox-Boyd | Conservative |
Bedfordshire South | Norman Cole | Liberal and Conservative |
Bedwellty | Harold Finch | Labour |
Belfast East | Stanley McMaster | Ulster Unionist |
Belfast North | Stratton Mills | Ulster Unionist |
Belfast South | Sir David Campbell | Ulster Unionist |
Belfast West | Patricia McLaughlin | Ulster Unionist |
Belper | George Brown | Labour |
Bermondsey | Bob Mellish | Labour |
Berwick and East Lothian | William Anstruther-Gray | Conservative |
Berwick upon Tweed | Antony Lambton | Conservative |
Bethnal Green | Percy Holman | Labour |
Bexley | Edward Heath | Conservative |
Billericay | Edward Gardner | Conservative |
Bilston | Robert Edwards | Labour |
Birkenhead | Percy Collick | Labour |
Birmingham All Saints | John Hollingworth | Conservative |
Birmingham Aston | Julius Silverman | Labour |
Birmingham Edgbaston | Edith Pitt | Conservative |
Birmingham Hall Green | Aubrey Jones | Conservative |
Birmingham Handsworth | Sir Edward Boyle | Conservative |
Birmingham Ladywood | Victor Yates | Labour |
Birmingham Northfield | Donald Chapman | Labour |
Birmingham Perry Barr | Charles Howell | Labour |
Birmingham Selly Oak | Harold Gurden | Conservative |
Birmingham Small Heath | William Wheeldon | Labour |
Birmingham Sparkbrook | Leslie Seymour | Conservative |
Birmingham Stechford | Roy Jenkins | Labour |
Birmingham Yardley | Leonard Cleaver | Conservative |
Bishop Auckland | James Boyden | Labour |
Blackburn | Barbara Castle | Labour |
Blackpool North | Toby Low | Conservative |
Blackpool South | Roland Robinson | Conservative |
Blaydon | Robert Woof | Labour |
Blyth | Alfred Robens | Labour |
Bodmin | Douglas Marshall | Conservative |
Bolsover | Harold Neal | Labour |
Bolton East | Philip Bell | Conservative |
Bolton West | Arthur Holt | Liberal |
Bootle | Simon Mahon | Labour |
Bosworth | Woodrow Wyatt | Labour |
Bothwell | John Timmons | Labour |
Bournemouth East and Christchurch | John Cordle | Conservative |
Bournemouth West | John Eden | Conservative |
Bradford East | Frank McLeavy | Labour |
Bradford North | William Taylor | Conservative & National Liberal |
Bradford South | George Craddock | Labour |
Bradford West | Arthur Tiley | Conservative & National Liberal |
Brecon and Radnor | Tudor Watkins | Labour |
Brentford and Chiswick | Dudley Smith | Conservative |
Bridgwater | Gerald Wills | Conservative |
Bridlington | Hon. Richard Wood | Conservative |
Brierley Hill | J. E. Talbot | Conservative |
Brigg | Lance Mallalieu | Labour |
Brighouse and Spenborough | John Edwards | Labour |
Brighton Kemptown | David James | Conservative |
Brighton Pavilion | William Teeling | Conservative |
Bristol Central | Stan Awbery | Labour |
Bristol North East | Alan Hopkins | Conservative & National Liberal |
Bristol North West | Martin McLaren | Conservative |
Bristol South | William A. Wilkins | Labour |
Bristol South East | Tony Benn | Labour |
Bristol West | Robert Cooke | Conservative |
Brixton | Marcus Lipton | Labour |
Bromley | Harold Macmillan | Conservative |
Bromsgrove | James Dance | Conservative |
Buckingham | Frank Markham | Conservative |
Buckinghamshire South | Ronald Bell | Conservative |
Burnley | Daniel Jones | Labour |
Burton | John Jennings | Conservative |
Bury and Radcliffe | John Bidgood | Conservative |
Bury St Edmunds | William Aitken | Conservative |
C[] | ||
Caernarfon | Goronwy Roberts | Labour |
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | Labour |
Caithness and Sutherland | David Robertson | Independent Conservative |
Cambridge | Hamilton Kerr | Conservative |
Cambridgeshire | Gerald Howard | Conservative |
Cannock | Jennie Lee | Labour |
Canterbury | Leslie Thomas | Conservative |
Cardiff North | Donald Box | Conservative |
Cardiff South East | James Callaghan | Labour |
Cardiff West | George Thomas | Labour |
Cardiganshire | Roderic Bowen | Liberal |
Carlisle | Donald Johnson | Conservative |
Carlton | Kenneth Pickthorn | Conservative |
Carmarthen | Lady Megan Lloyd George | Labour |
Carshalton | Antony Head | Conservative |
Cheadle | William Shepherd | Conservative |
Chelmsford | Hubert Ashton | Conservative |
Chelsea | John Litchfield | Conservative |
Cheltenham | W. W. Hicks Beach | Conservative |
Chertsey | Lionel Heald | Conservative |
Chester, City of | John Temple | Conservative |
Chesterfield | George Benson | Labour |
Chester-le-Street | Norman Pentland | Labour |
Chichester | Walter Loveys | Conservative |
Chigwell | John Biggs-Davison | Conservative |
Chippenham | David Eccles | Conservative |
Chislehurst | Patricia Hornsby-Smith | Conservative |
Chorley | Clifford Kenyon | Labour |
Cirencester and Tewkesbury | Hon. Nicholas Ridley | Conservative |
Cities of London and Westminster | Harry Hylton-Foster | Conservative |
Clapham | Alan Glyn | Conservative |
Cleveland | Wilfred Proudfoot | Conservative |
Clitheroe | Francis Pearson | Conservative |
Coatbridge and Airdrie | James Dempsey | Labour |
Colchester | Cuthbert Alport | Conservative |
Colne Valley | Glenvil Hall | Labour |
Consett | William Stones | Labour |
Conway | Peter Thomas | Conservative |
Cornwall, North | James Scott-Hopkins | Conservative |
Coventry East | Richard Crossman | Labour |
Coventry North | Maurice Edelman | Labour |
Coventry South | Philip Hocking | Conservative |
Crewe | Scholefield Allen | Labour |
Crosby | Graham Page | Conservative |
Croydon North-East | John Hughes-Hallett | Conservative |
Croydon North-West | Fred Harris | Conservative |
Croydon South | Richard Thompson | Conservative |
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Dagenham | John Parker | Labour |
Darlington | Anthony Bourne-Arton | Conservative |
Dartford | Sydney Irving | Labour |
Darwen | Charles Fletcher-Cooke | Conservative |
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | Labour |
Denbigh | Geraint Morgan | Conservative |
Deptford | Sir Leslie Plummer | Labour |
Derby North | Clifford Wilcock | Labour |
Derby South | Philip Noel-Baker | Labour |
Derbyshire North East | Thomas Swain | Labour |
Derbyshire South East | John Jackson | Conservative |
Derbyshire West | Edward Wakefield | Conservative |
Devizes | Percivall Pott | Conservative |
Devon, North | Jeremy Thorpe | Liberal |
Dewsbury | David Ginsburg | Labour |
Don Valley | Richard Kelley | Labour |
Doncaster | Anthony Barber | Conservative |
Dorking | Sir Gordon Touche | Conservative |
Dorset North | Sir Richard Glyn | Conservative |
Dorset South | Victor Montagu | Conservative |
Dorset West | Simon Wingfield Digby | Conservative |
Dover | John Arbuthnot | Conservative |
Down North | George Currie | Ulster Unionist |
Down South | Lawrence Orr | Ulster Unionist |
Dudley | George Wigg | Labour |
Dulwich | Robert Jenkins | Conservative |
Dumfriesshire | Major Niall Macpherson | National Liberal and Conservative |
Dunbartonshire East | Cyril Bence | Labour |
Dunbartonshire West | Tom Steele | Labour |
Dundee East | George Thomson | Labour |
Dundee West | John Strachey | Labour |
Dunfermline Burghs | Alan Thompson | Labour |
Durham | Charles Grey | Labour |
Durham North West | William Ainsley | Labour |
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Ealing North | John Barter | Conservative |
Ealing South | Brian Batsford | Conservative |
Easington | Manny Shinwell | Labour |
East Grinstead | Evelyn Emmet | Conservative |
East Ham North | Reg Prentice | Labour |
East Ham South | Albert Oram | Labour |
Eastbourne | Charles Taylor | Conservative |
Eastleigh | David Price | Conservative |
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | Labour |
Eccles | William Proctor | Labour |
Edinburgh Central | Thomas Oswald | Labour |
Edinburgh East | George Willis | Labour |
Edinburgh Leith | James Hoy | Labour |
Edinburgh North | William Milligan | Conservative |
Edinburgh Pentlands | John Hope | Conservative |
Edinburgh South | Michael Hutchison | Conservative |
Edinburgh West | Anthony Stodart | Conservative |
Edmonton | Austen Albu | Labour |
Enfield East | John Mackie | Labour |
Enfield West | Iain Macleod | Conservative |
Epping | Graeme Finlay | Conservative |
Epsom | Peter Rawlinson | Conservative |
Erith and Crayford | Norman Dodds | Labour |
Esher | William Robson Brown | Conservative |
Essex South East | Bernard Braine | Conservative |
Eton and Slough | Fenner Brockway | Labour |
Exeter | Rolf Dudley-Williams | Conservative |
Eye | Harwood Harrison | Conservative |
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Falmouth and Camborne | Frank Hayman | Labour |
Farnham | Godfrey Nicholson | Conservative |
Farnworth | Ernest Thornton | Labour |
Faversham | Percy Wells | Labour |
Feltham | Albert Hunter | Labour |
Fermanagh and South Tyrone | Robert Grosvenor | Ulster Unionist |
Fife East | Sir James Henderson-Stewart, Bt. | Liberal National |
Fife West | Willie Hamilton | Labour |
Finchley | Margaret Thatcher | Conservative |
Flint East | Eirene White | Labour |
Flint West | Nigel Birch | Conservative |
Folkestone and Hythe | Albert Costain | Conservative |
Fulham | Michael Stewart | Labour |
Fylde North | Hon. Richard Stanley | Conservative |
Fylde South | Claude Lancaster | Conservative |
G[] | ||
Gainsborough | Marcus Kimball | Conservative |
Galloway | John Brewis | Conservative |
Gateshead East | Arthur Moody | Labour |
Gateshead West | Harry Randall | Labour |
Gillingham | Frederick Burden | Conservative |
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Carmichael | Labour |
Glasgow Cathcart | John Henderson | Conservative |
Glasgow Central | James McInnes | Labour |
Glasgow Craigton | Bruce Millan | Labour |
Glasgow Gorbals | Alice Cullen | Labour |
Glasgow Govan | John Rankin | Labour |
Glasgow Hillhead | Tam Galbraith | Conservative |
Glasgow Kelvingrove | Frank Lilley | Conservative |
Glasgow Maryhill | William Hannan | Labour |
Glasgow Pollok | Sir John George | Conservative |
Glasgow Provan | William Reid | Labour |
Glasgow Scotstoun | William Small | Labour |
Glasgow Shettleston | Myer Galpern | Labour |
Glasgow Springburn | John Forman | Labour |
Glasgow Woodside | William Grant | Conservative |
Gloucester | Jack Diamond | Labour |
Gloucestershire South | Sir Frederick Corfield | Conservative |
Gloucestershire West | Charles Loughlin | Labour |
Goole | George Jeger | Labour |
Gosport and Fareham | Reginald Bennett | Conservative |
Gower | Ifor Davies | Labour |
Grantham | Joseph Godber | Conservative |
Gravesend | Peter Kirk | Conservative |
Greenock | Dickson Mabon | Labour |
Greenwich | Richard Marsh | Labour |
Grimsby | Anthony Crosland | Labour |
Guildford | Richard Nugent | Conservative |
H[] | ||
Hackney Central | Herbert Butler | Labour |
Hackney North and Stoke Newington | David Weitzman | Labour |
Halifax | Maurice Macmillan | Conservative |
Haltemprice | Patrick Wall | Conservative |
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | Labour |
Hammersmith North | Frank Tomney | Labour |
Hampstead | Henry Brooke | Conservative |
Harborough | John Farr | Conservative |
Harrogate | James Ramsden | Conservative |
Harrow Central | Patrick Bishop | Conservative |
Harrow East | Anthony Courtney | Conservative |
Harrow West | Sir Albert Braithwaite | Conservative |
The Hartlepools | John Kerans | Conservative |
Harwich | Julian Ridsdale | Conservative and Nat Lib |
Hastings | Neill Cooper-Key | Conservative |
Hayes and Harlington | Arthur Skeffington | Labour |
Hemel Hempstead | James Allason | Conservative |
Hemsworth | Alan Beaney | Labour |
Hendon North | Ian Orr-Ewing | Conservative |
Hendon South | Hugh Lucas-Tooth | Conservative |
Henley | John Hay | Conservative |
Hereford | David Gibson-Watt | Conservative |
Hertford | Lord Balniel | Conservative |
Hertfordshire East | Derek Walker-Smith | Conservative |
Hertfordshire South West | Gilbert Longden | Conservative |
Heston and Isleworth | Reader Harris | Conservative |
Hexham | Rupert Speir | Conservative |
Heywood and Royton | Tony Leavey | Conservative |
High Peak | Hugh Molson | Conservative |
Hitchin | Martin Maddan | Conservative |
Holborn and St Pancras South | Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | Conservative |
Holland with Boston | Herbert Butcher | Nat Lib & Conservative |
Honiton | Robert Mathew | Conservative |
Horncastle | John Maitland | Conservative |
Hornchurch | Godfrey Lagden | Conservative |
Hornsey | Muriel Gammans | Conservative |
Horsham | Frederick Gough | Conservative |
Houghton-le-Spring | Billy Blyton | Labour |
Hove | Anthony Marlowe | Conservative |
Howden | Paul Bryan | Conservative |
Huddersfield East | Joseph Mallalieu | Labour |
Huddersfield West | Donald Wade | Liberal |
Huntingdonshire | David Renton | Conservative and Nat Lib |
Huyton | Harold Wilson | Labour |
I[] | ||
Ilford North | Tom Iremonger | Conservative |
Ilford South | Albert Cooper | Conservative |
Ilkeston | George Oliver | Labour |
Ince | Tom Brown | Labour |
Inverness | Neil McLean | Conservative |
Ipswich | Dingle Foot | Labour |
Isle of Ely | Harry Legge-Bourke | Conservative |
Isle of Thanet | William Rees-Davies | Conservative |
Isle of Wight | Mark Woodnutt | Conservative |
Islington East | Sir Eric Fletcher | Labour |
Islington North | Gerald Reynolds | Labour |
Islington South West | Albert Evans | Labour |
J[] | ||
Jarrow | Ernest Fernyhough | Labour |
K[] | ||
Keighley | Marcus Worsley | Conservative |
Kensington North | George Rogers | Labour |
Kensington South | William Roots | Conservative |
Kettering | Dick Mitchison | Labour |
Kidderminster | Gerald Nabarro | Conservative |
Kilmarnock | Willie Ross | Labour |
King's Lynn | Denys Bullard | Conservative |
Kingston upon Hull East | Harry Pursey | Labour |
Kingston upon Hull North | Michael Coulson | Conservative |
Kingston upon Hull West | Mark Hewitson | Labour |
Kingston-upon-Thames | John Boyd-Carpenter | Conservative |
Kinross and West Perthshire | Gilmour Leburn | Conservative |
Kirkcaldy Burghs | Harry Gourlay | Labour |
Knutsford | Walter Bromley-Davenport | Conservative |
L[] | ||
Lanark | Judith Hart | Labour |
Lanarkshire North | Margaret Herbison | Labour |
Lancaster | Humphry Berkeley | Conservative |
Leeds East | Denis Healey | Labour |
Leeds North East | Keith Joseph | Conservative |
Leeds North West | Donald Kaberry | Conservative |
Leeds South | Hugh Gaitskell | Labour |
Leeds South East | Alice Bacon | Labour |
Leeds West | Charles Pannell | Labour |
Leek | Harold Davies | Labour |
Leicester North East | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | Labour |
Leicester North West | Barnett Janner | Labour |
Leicester South East | John Peel | Conservative |
Leicester South West | Herbert Bowden | Labour |
Leigh | Harold Boardman | Labour |
Leominster | Clive Bossom | Conservative |
Lewes | Tufton Beamish | Conservative |
Lewisham North | Christopher Chataway | Conservative |
Lewisham South | Carol Johnson | Labour |
Lewisham West | Henry Price | Conservative |
Leyton | Reginald Sorensen | Labour |
Lichfield and Tamworth | Julian Snow | Labour |
Lincoln | Geoffrey de Freitas | Labour |
Liverpool Edge Hill | Arthur Irvine | Labour |
Liverpool Exchange | Bessie Braddock | Labour |
Liverpool Garston | Richard Bingham | Conservative |
Liverpool Kirkdale | Norman Pannell | Conservative |
Liverpool Scotland | David Logan | Labour |
Liverpool Toxteth | Reginald Bevins | Conservative |
Liverpool Walton | Kenneth Thompson | Conservative |
Liverpool Wavertree | Sir John Tilney | Conservative |
Liverpool West Derby | John Woollam | Conservative |
Llanelli | Jim Griffiths | Labour |
Londonderry | Robin Chichester-Clark | Ulster Unionist |
Loughborough | John Cronin | Labour |
Louth | Sir Cyril Osborne | Conservative |
Lowestoft | Jim Prior | Conservative |
Ludlow | Christopher Holland-Martin | Conservative |
Luton | Charles Hill | Liberal and Conservative |
M[] | ||
Macclesfield | Arthur Vere Harvey | Conservative |
Maidstone | John Wells | Conservative |
Maldon | Alastair Harrison | Conservative |
Manchester Ardwick | Leslie Lever | Labour |
Manchester Blackley | Eric Johnson | Conservative |
Manchester Cheetham | Harold Lever | Labour |
Manchester Exchange | Will Griffiths | Labour |
Manchester Gorton | Konni Zilliacus | Labour |
Manchester Moss Side | James Watts | Conservative |
Manchester Openshaw | William Williams | Labour |
Manchester Withington | Sir Robert Cary, Bt. | Conservative |
Manchester Wythenshawe | Eveline Hill | Conservative |
Mansfield | Bernard Taylor | Labour |
Melton | Mervyn Pike | Conservative |
Meriden | Gordon Matthews | Conservative |
Merioneth | Thomas Jones | Labour |
Merthyr Tydfil | S.O. Davies | Labour |
Merton and Morden | Humphrey Atkins | Conservative |
Middlesbrough East | Hilary Marquand | Labour |
Middlesbrough West | Jocelyn Simon | Conservative |
Middleton and Prestwich | Sir John Barlow, Bt. | Conservative |
Midlothian | James Hill | Labour |
Mitcham | Robert Carr | Conservative |
Monmouth | Peter Thorneycroft | Conservative |
Montgomery | Clement Davies | Liberal |
Moray and Nairn | Gordon Campbell | Conservative |
Morecambe and Lonsdale | Basil de Ferranti | Conservative |
Morpeth | Will Owen | Labour |
Motherwell | George Lawson | Labour |
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Nantwich | Robert Grant-Ferris | Conservative |
Neath | D. J. Williams | Labour |
Nelson and Colne | Sydney Silverman | Labour |
New Forest | Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre | Conservative |
Newark | George Deer | Labour |
Newbury | Sir Anthony Hurd | Conservative |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | Stephen Swingler | Labour |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Ted Short | Labour |
Newcastle upon Tyne East | Fergus Montgomery | Conservative |
Newcastle upon Tyne North | William Elliott | Conservative |
Newcastle upon Tyne West | Ernest Popplewell | Labour |
Newport | Frank Soskice | Labour |
Newton | Frederick Lee | Labour |
Norfolk Central | Richard Collard | Conservative & National Liberal |
Norfolk North | Edwin Gooch | Labour |
Norfolk South | John Hill | Conservative |
Norfolk, South West | Albert Hilton | Labour |
Normanton | Albert Roberts | Labour |
Northampton | Reginald Paget | Labour |
Northamptonshire South | Reginald Manningham-Buller | Conservative |
Northwich | John Foster | Conservative |
Norwich North | John Paton | Labour |
Norwich South | Geoffrey Rippon | Conservative |
Norwood | John Smyth | Conservative |
Nottingham Central | John Cordeaux | Conservative |
Nottingham North | William Whitlock | Labour |
Nottingham South | William Clark | Conservative |
Nottingham West | Peter Tapsell | Conservative |
Nuneaton | Frank Bowles | Labour |
O[] | ||
Ogmore | Walter Padley | Labour |
Oldbury and Halesowen | Arthur Moyle | Labour |
Oldham East | Charles Mapp | Labour |
Oldham West | Leslie Hale | Labour |
Orkney and Shetland | Jo Grimond | Liberal |
Ormskirk | Douglas Glover | Conservative |
Orpington | Donald Sumner | Conservative |
Oswestry | Hon. David Ormsby-Gore | Conservative |
Oxford | Montague Woodhouse | Conservative |
P[] | ||
Paddington North | Ben Parkin | Labour |
Paddington South | Robert Allan | Conservative |
Paisley | Douglas Johnston | Labour |
Peckham | Freda Corbet | Labour |
Pembrokeshire | Desmond Donnelly | Labour |
Penistone | John Mendelson | Labour |
Penrith and the Border | William Whitelaw | Conservative |
Perth and East Perthshire | Ian MacArthur | Conservative |
Peterborough | Harmar Nicholls | Conservative |
Petersfield | Hon. Peter Legh | Conservative |
Plymouth Devonport | Joan Vickers | Conservative & Nat Liberal |
Plymouth Sutton | Ian Fraser | Conservative |
Pontefract | George Sylvester | Labour |
Pontypool | Leo Abse | Labour |
Pontypridd | Arthur Pearson | Labour |
Poole | Richard Pilkington | Conservative |
Poplar | Charles Key | Labour |
Portsmouth Langstone | Geoffrey Stevens | Conservative |
Portsmouth South | Jocelyn Lucas | Conservative |
Portsmouth West | Terence Clarke | Conservative |
Preston North | Julian Amery | Conservative |
Preston South | Alan Green | Conservative |
Pudsey | Joseph Hiley | Conservative |
Putney | Hugh Linstead | Conservative |
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Reading | Peter Emery | Conservative |
Reigate | John Vaughan-Morgan | Conservative |
Renfrewshire East | Betty Harvie Anderson | Conservative |
Renfrewshire West | John Maclay | Liberal and Conservative |
Rhondda East | Elfed Davies | Labour |
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | Labour |
Richmond (Surrey) | Anthony Royle | Conservative |
Richmond (Yorks) | Timothy Kitson | Conservative |
Ripon | Malcolm Stoddart-Scott | Conservative |
Rochdale | Jack McCann | Labour |
Rochester and Chatham | Julian Critchley | Conservative |
Romford | Ron Ledger | Labour |
Ross and Cromarty | Capt. John MacLeod | National Liberal |
Rossendale | Tony Greenwood | Labour |
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | Labour |
Rotherham | Jack Jones | Labour |
Rowley Regis and Tipton | Arthur Henderson | Labour |
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles | Charles Donaldson | Conservative |
Rugby | Roy Wise | Conservative |
Ruislip-Northwood | Petre Crowder | Conservative |
Runcorn | Dennis Vosper | Conservative |
Rushcliffe | Martin Redmayne | Conservative |
Rutherglen | Richard Brooman-White | Conservative |
Rutland and Stamford | Kenneth Lewis | Conservative |
Rye | Godman Irvine | Conservative |
S[] | ||
Saffron Walden | Rab Butler | Conservative |
St Albans | Victor Goodhew | Conservative |
St Helens | Leslie Spriggs | Labour |
St Ives | Hon. Greville Howard | Nat Lib and Conservative |
St Marylebone | Wavell Wakefield | Conservative |
St Pancras North | Kenneth Robinson | Labour |
Salford East | Frank Allaun | Labour |
Salford West | Charles Royle | Labour |
Salisbury | John Morrison | Conservative |
Scarborough and Whitby | Sir Alexander Spearman | Conservative |
Sedgefield | Joseph Slater | Labour |
Sevenoaks | Sir John Rodgers | Conservative |
Sheffield Attercliffe | John Hynd | Labour |
Sheffield Brightside | Richard Winterbottom | Labour |
Sheffield Hallam | John Osborn | Conservative & Liberal |
Sheffield Heeley | Peter Roberts | Conservative & Liberal |
Sheffield Hillsborough | George Darling | Labour |
Sheffield Park | Frederick Mulley | Labour |
Shipley | Geoffrey Hirst | Conservative |
Shoreditch and Finsbury | Michael Cliffe | Labour |
Shrewsbury | John Langford-Holt | Conservative |
Skipton | Burnaby Drayson | Conservative |
Smethwick | Patrick Gordon Walker | Labour |
Solihull | Martin Lindsay | Conservative |
Somerset North | Edwin Leather | Conservative |
South Shields | James Chuter Ede | Labour |
Southall | George Pargiter | Labour |
Southampton Itchen | Horace King | Labour |
Southampton Test | John Howard | Conservative |
Southend East | Stephen McAdden | Conservative |
Southend West | Paul Channon | Conservative |
Southgate | Beverley Baxter | Conservative |
Southport | Ian Percival | Conservative |
Southwark | Ray Gunter | Labour |
Sowerby | Douglas Houghton | Labour |
Spelthorne | Beresford Craddock | Conservative |
Stafford and Stone | Hon. Hugh Fraser | Conservative |
Stalybridge and Hyde | Fred Blackburn | Labour |
Stepney | Walter Edwards | Labour |
Stirling and Falkirk | Malcolm MacPherson | Labour |
Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan | Arthur Woodburn | Labour |
Stirlingshire West | William Baxter | Labour |
Stockport North | Norman Hulbert | Conservative |
Stockport South | Harold Steward | Conservative |
Stockton-on-Tees | George Chetwynd | Labour |
Stoke-on-Trent Central | Sir Barnett Stross | Labour |
Stoke-on-Trent North | Harriet Slater | Labour |
Stoke-on-Trent South | Ellis Smith | Labour |
Stratford-on-Avon | John Profumo | Conservative |
Streatham | Duncan Sandys | Conservative |
Stretford | Samuel Storey | Conservative |
Stroud | Anthony Kershaw | Conservative |
Sudbury and Woodbridge | John Hare | Conservative |
Sunderland North | Fred Willey | Labour |
Sunderland South | Paul Williams | Conservative |
Surbiton | Nigel Fisher | Conservative |
Surrey East | Charles Doughty | Conservative |
Sutton and Cheam | Richard Sharples | Conservative |
Sutton Coldfield | Geoffrey Lloyd | Conservative |
Swansea East | David Mort | Labour |
Swansea West | Hugh Rees | Conservative |
Swindon | Francis Noel-Baker | Labour |
T[] | ||
Taunton | Edward du Cann | Conservative |
Tavistock | Sir Henry Studholme, Bt. | Conservative |
Thirsk and Malton | Robin Turton | Conservative |
Thurrock | Hugh Delargy | Labour |
Tiverton | Derick Heathcoat-Amory | Conservative |
Tonbridge | Richard Hornby | Conservative |
Torquay | Frederic Bennett | Conservative |
Torrington | Percy Browne | Conservative |
Totnes | Ray Mawby | Conservative |
Tottenham | Alan Grahame Brown | Labour |
Truro | Geoffrey Wilson | Conservative |
Twickenham | Gresham Cooke | Conservative |
Tynemouth | Irene Ward | Conservative |
U[] | ||
Ulster, Mid | George Forrest | Ulster Unionist |
Uxbridge | Charles Curran | Conservative |
V[] | ||
Vauxhall | George Strauss | Labour |
W[] | ||
Wakefield | Arthur Creech Jones | Labour |
Wallasey | Ernest Marples | Conservative |
Wallsend | John McKay | Labour |
Walsall North | William Wells | Labour |
Walsall South | Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid | Conservative |
Walthamstow East | John Harvey | Conservative |
Walthamstow West | Edward Redhead | Labour |
Wandsworth Central | Michael Hughes-Young | Conservative |
Warrington | Edith Summerskill | Labour |
Warwick and Leamington | John Hobson | Conservative |
Watford | Frederick Farey-Jones | Conservative |
Wednesbury | John Stonehouse | Labour |
Wellingborough | Michael Hamilton | Conservative |
Wells | Lynch Maydon | Conservative |
Wembley North | Eric Bullus | Conservative |
Wembley South | Ronald Russell | Conservative |
West Bromwich | John Dugdale | Labour |
West Ham North | Arthur Lewis | Labour |
West Ham South | Elwyn Jones | Labour |
West Lothian | John Taylor | Labour |
Westbury | Robert Grimston | Conservative |
Western Isles | Malcolm MacMillan | Labour |
Westhoughton | Tom Price | Labour |
Westmorland | William Fletcher-Vane | Conservative |
Weston-super-Mare | David Webster | Conservative |
Whitehaven | Joseph Symonds | Labour |
Widnes | James MacColl | Labour |
Wigan | Alan Fitch | Labour |
Willesden East | Trevor Skeet | Conservative |
Willesden West | Laurence Pavitt | Labour |
Wimbledon | Sir Cyril Black | Conservative |
Winchester | Peter Smithers | Conservative |
Windsor | Sir Charles Mott-Radclyffe | Conservative |
Wirral | Selwyn Lloyd | Conservative |
Woking | Harold Watkinson | Conservative |
Wokingham | William van Straubenzee | Conservative |
Wolverhampton North East | John Baird | Labour |
Wolverhampton South West | Enoch Powell | Conservative |
Wood Green | Joyce Butler | Labour Co-operative |
Woodford | Sir Winston Churchill | Conservative |
Woolwich East | Christopher Mayhew | Labour |
Woolwich West | Colin Turner | Conservative |
Worcester | Hon. George Ward | Conservative |
Worcestershire, South | Sir Peter Agnew | Conservative |
Workington | Fred Peart | Labour |
Worthing | Otho Prior-Palmer | Conservative |
The Wrekin | William Yates | Conservative |
Wrexham | James Idwal Jones | Labour |
Wycombe | John Hall | Conservative |
Y[] | ||
Yarmouth | Anthony Fell | Conservative |
Yeovil | John Peyton | Conservative |
York | Charles Longbottom | Conservative |
By-elections[]
See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.
See also[]
- List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom
- UK general election, 1959
- Category:UK MPs 1959-1964
- Lists of MPs elected in United Kingdom general elections
- 1959 United Kingdom general election
- UK MPs 1959–1964
- 1959-related lists