The Ormskirk by-election of 5 April 1951 was held after the appointment of Conservative MP Ronald Cross as Governor of Tasmania.
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Constituency of Ormskirk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The seat was safe, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by over 14,000 votes[1]
Result of the previous general election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Cross | 28,654 | 66.27 | ||
Labour | L.C. Edwards | 14,853 | 33.73 | ||
Majority | 14,071 | 23.86 | |||
Turnout | 43,507 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Result of the by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Salter | 24,190 | 71.47 | +5.20 | |
Labour | H. A. Kelly | 8,969 | 26.50 | −7.23 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fred Barton | 689 | 2.04 | New | |
Majority | 15,221 | 44.97 | +21.12 | ||
Turnout | 33,848 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
References
edit- ^ [1] Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
- ^ "1951 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.