Bolton East by-election, 1960

Bolton East by-election, 1960

The Bolton East by-election, 1960 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bolton East in Lancashire on 16 November1960. It was won by the Conservative Party candidate Edwin Taylor.

Vacancy

The seat became vacant when the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament Philip Bell, QC, was appointed as a County Court Judge. He had held the seat since the 1951 general election.

The by-election saw the decision of the Liberal Party to field a candidate, which broke a local pact which had held for 10 years whereby the Liberals left the Bolton East seat alone, and in return the Conservatives did not stand in Bolton West; the pact had achieved its objective of preventing the Labour Party from winning either.

Result

Taylor was elected by a margin of 641 votes over Labour candidate Robert Howarth, with the Liberal candidate Frank Byers securing a quarter of the vote. Dissension within the Labour Party over nuclear disarmament was thought to have helped Taylor win.

At the 1964 general election, a more organised Labour campaign in Bolton East saw Taylor voted out by a margin of more than 3,000 votes (with the Liberals simultaneously losing Bolton West by roughly the same margin).

Votes

Election box begin
title= Bolton East by-election, 1960Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Edwin Taylor
votes = 15,499
percentage = 37.8
change = -15.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Howarth
votes = 14,858
percentage = 36.2
change = -11.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Frank Byers
votes = 10,173
percentage = 24.8
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = J.E. Dayton
votes = 493
percentage = 1.2
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 641
percentage = 1.6
change = -4.0Election box turnout
votes = 41,023
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -2.0

Election box begin
title= 1959 General Election: Bolton EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Bell
votes = 25,885
percentage = 52.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = R. Hains
votes = 23,153
percentage = 47.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 2,732
percentage = 5.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 49,038
percentage = 80.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/60.html#bolton British Parliamentary by-elections: Bolton East 1960]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge59/i03.htm 1959 general election results] at Richard Kimber's political science resources
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