833:
106:
Robert Cooke kept the seat in the
Conservative column but suffered a substantial reduction in the majority, which fell from 22,001 to 14,162. Labour retained almost all of their 1955 vote. Cooke became the
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357:
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529:
64:
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661:
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519:
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36:
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112:
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451:
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615:
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115:. William Rodgers was not disillusioned and later became Labour Member of Parliament for
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By-elections to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom in Bristol constituencies
63:, a schoolteacher who was only 26 years old. Cooke had been President of the
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Council the next year; he had been the Conservative candidate for
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65:Oxford University Conservative Association
43:. Sir Walter had first been elected at a
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94:, who was 28 at the time. There was no
362:41st Parliament of the United Kingdom
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136:
7:
824:1957 elections in the United Kingdom
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187:
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90:, then General Secretary of the
132:Bristol West by-election, 1957
28:which saw the constituency of
1:
67:in 1953, and was elected to
855:
290:"1957 By Election Results"
720:
530:Newcastle-upon-Tyne North
241:
211:
148:
145:
142:
139:
724:Lists of UK by-elections
662:Shoreditch and Finsbury
18:Bristol West byelection
642:Morecambe and Lonsdale
520:Warwick and Leamington
20:of 7 March 1957 was a
113:1979 general election
77:1955 general election
570:Leicester South East
37:Member of Parliament
599:Glasgow Kelvingrove
133:
45:previous byelection
41:Sir Walter Monckton
695:South West Norfolk
657:East Aberdeenshire
131:
73:Bristol South East
57:Conservative Party
34:Conservative Party
811:
810:
631:Weston-super-Mare
576:Liverpool Garston
470:Chester-le-Street
261:
260:
109:Baby of the House
846:
839:1950s in Bristol
803:Hereditary peers
798:Northern Ireland
446:Walthamstow West
425:Leeds North East
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685:Belfast East
621:Ealing South
552:North Dorset
515:Bristol West
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435:Gainsborough
367:
358:By-elections
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298:. Retrieved
294:the original
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245:
243:Conservative
182:
177:
172:
167:Robert Cooke
165:
160:Conservative
158:
105:
84:Labour Party
81:
61:Robert Cooke
54:
32:elect a new
30:Bristol West
17:
15:
690:Harrow East
556:September:
468:September:
98:candidate.
39:to replace
22:by-election
818:Categories
712:Whitehaven
647:Chichester
640:November:
604:Torrington
591:February:
574:December:
568:November:
558:Gloucester
509:Carmarthen
504:Wednesbury
497:February:
480:December:
474:November:
452:Mid Ulster
418:February:
391:December:
387:Mid Ulster
276:References
140:Candidate
51:Candidates
788:1979–2010
783:1950–1979
778:1931–1950
773:1918–1931
768:1900–1918
763:1885–1900
758:1868–1885
753:1857–1868
748:1847–1857
743:1832–1847
738:1818–1832
733:1806–1818
728:1801–1806
707:Penistone
677:January:
652:Pontypool
626:St Helens
562:October:
525:Beckenham
458:Tonbridge
300:14 August
212:Majority
47:in 1951.
701:Galloway
593:Rochdale
430:Hereford
398:Greenock
385:August:
264:See also
699:April:
683:March:
597:March:
564:Ipswich
546:Hornsey
513:March:
464:Newport
444:March:
440:Taunton
420:Blaydon
403:Torquay
366:»
360:to the
348:«
231:35,008
227:Turnout
215:14,162
201:10,423
173:24,585
102:Results
75:in the
69:Bristol
24:to the
705:June:
616:Argyll
614:June:
550:June:
482:Melton
462:July:
456:June:
372:»
354:«
221:−10.2
192:Labour
143:Votes
137:Party
86:chose
59:chose
636:Wigan
608:May:
534:May:
450:May:
255:-5.1
251:Swing
218:40.4
207:+5.1
204:29.8
183:−5.1
178:70.2
127:Votes
119:in a
671:1959
585:1958
491:1957
412:1956
379:1955
302:2015
246:hold
82:The
55:The
16:The
820::
150:±%
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