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UK Parliament - Bristol South East - By-election
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| Office | Parliament |
| Type | By-election |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 0000 - 12:00am |
| Polls Open | May 04, 1961 - 01:00am |
| Polls Close | May 04, 1961 - 05:00am |
| Term Start | May 04, 1961 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | August 20, 1963 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Modified | RBH November 17, 2021 05:49pm |
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| Description | The seat became vacant when Benn inherited his fathers hereditary peerage and became ineligable to sit in the Commons. Benn stood in the subsequent by-election but, as he was still ineligable to sit in the Commons, St Clair was declared to be the winner despite polling fewer votes than Benn.
St Clair resigned his seat in 1963 after Benn had succesfully renounced his peerage, sparking another by-election. |
| LAST GENERAL ELECTION |
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Party | Labour |
Won | 10/08/1959 |
| Name | Tony Benn |
Votes | 26,273 (56.24%) |
| Term | 10/09/1959 - 11/17/1960 |
Margin | 5,827 (+12.47%) |
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