1956 City of Chester by-election

The City of Chester by-election of 15 November 1956 was held after the appointment of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Basil Nield[1] as Recorder of Manchester.

The seat was safe, having been won at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by over 11,000 votes[2]

Result of the previous general election
General election 1955: City of Chester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Basil Nield 24,905 56.66
Labour John M. Forrester 13,903 31.63
Liberal John Seys-Llewellyn 5,145 11.71
Majority 11,002 25.03
Turnout 43,953
Conservative hold Swing

Result of the by-election
City of Chester by-election, 15 November 1956[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Temple 21,137 51.72 -4.94
Labour Lewis Carter-Jones 14,789 36.19 +4.56
Liberal John Seys-Llewellyn 4,942 12.09 +0.38
Majority 6,348 15.53 -9.50
Turnout 40,868
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. Full results Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Election results Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  3. "1956 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.


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