1965 Cities of London and Westminster by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The Cities of London and Westminster by-election of 4 November 1965 was held after the death of Conservative MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Harry Hylton-Foster.

The seat was safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 10,000 votes.^[1]

Labour's by-election candidate Alexander Pringle was a Chelsea borough councillor and Head of English at Westminster City School.^[2] He was the son of William Pringle, who had been a Liberal MP from 1910 to 1918 and 1922 to 1924.

Result of the previous general election

General election 1964: Cities of London and Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Speaker	Harry Hylton-Foster	21,588	58.37	-6.73
	Labour	Ronald Wallace	11,309	30.58	+6.18
	Liberal	John W Derry	4,087	11.05	+0.55
Majority			10,279	27.79	-12.91
Turnout			36,984	59.66	-1.64
Registered electors			61,988
	Speaker gain from Conservative		Swing

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Cities of London and Westminster^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Smith	15,037	59.53	+1.16
	Labour	Alexander Pringle	8,300	32.86	+2.28
	Liberal	Stephen Jakobi	1,595	6.32	-4.73
	Independent	Desmond Burgess	326	1.29	New
Majority			6,737	26.47	-1.32
Turnout			25,258	41.80	-17.86
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Speaker		Swing	-0.6

References

^ [1] Archived 11 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
^ Labour
^ "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

By-elections caused by the Speaker's resignation

Carlisle (Gully)
Penrith & Cockermouth (Lowther)
Halifax (Whitley)
Cities of London & Westminster (Hylton-Foster)
Southampton Itchen (King)
Wirral (Lloyd)
West Bromwich West (Boothroyd)
Glasgow North East (Martin)

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