Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960
- Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960
A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough on 17th March 1960. The seat became vacant following the death on 23 November 1959 of the Labour Party Member of Parliament Lewis John Edwards, who had held the seat since a by-election in 1950, but whose majority had been cut to only 47 votes at the 1959 general election.
The result was a narrow gain for the Conservative and National Liberal candidate, Michael Shaw, who had been the defeated candidate in 1959. However, the Colin Jackson (the Labour candidate at the by-election) regained the seat for his party at the 1964 general election.
This was the first seat gained by an incumbent government at a by-election since the Sunderland South by-election, 1953. Other than the special circumstances of the Bristol South-East by-election, 1961, awarded to the Conservatives by an Election Court, this feat was not repeated until the Mitcham and Morden by-election, 1982.
Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Shaw
votes = 22,472
percentage = 50.8
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Jackson
votes = 21,806
percentage = 49.2
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 666
percentage = 1.5%
change =Election box turnout
votes = 44,278
percentage =
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = National Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 0.8
ee also
*Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950
*Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)
*List of United Kingdom by-elections
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