The 1957 Liverpool Garston by-election of 5 December 1957 was held after the resignation of Conservative Party MP Sir Victor Raikes.
The seat was safe for the Conservatives, having been won at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by nearly 12,000 votes.[1]
Result of the previous general election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Victor Raikes | 28,130 | 63.51 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Edward Nixon | 16,161 | 36.49 | ||
| Majority | 11,969 | 27.02 | |||
| Turnout | 44,291 | 71.0 | −1.7 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Result of the by-election
editThe Conservative Party held the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Bingham | 15,521 | 49.20 | −14.31 | |
| Labour | Ian Isidore Levin | 11,217 | 35.56 | −0.93 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Donald Dennis | 4,807 | 15.24 | New | |
| Majority | 3,131 | 13.64 | −13.38 | ||
| Turnout | 31,545 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
References
edit- ^ [1] Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
- ^ "1957 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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