1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election
The 1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election was held on 20 November 1958 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Robert Boothby was elevated to a life peerage. The by-election was retained by the Conservative candidate Patrick Wolrige-Gordon. Wolrige-Gordon was still an undergraduate at Oxford and at the time of his election the youngest MP.[1]
In 1955 Boothby had won the seat with a majority of just over 10,000 votes. While that contest had been a straight fight between the Conservatives and Labour, the by-election saw the Liberal Party also field a candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Patrick Wolrige-Gordon | 14,314 | 48.5 | -20.0 | |
| Labour | John B Urquhart | 7,986 | 27.1 | -4.4 | |
| Liberal | Maitland Mackie | 7,153 | 24.3 | New | |
| Majority | 6,328 | 21.4 | -15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 29,485 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 629. ISBN 0 900178 02 7.
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ "1958 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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