Bristol South East by-election, 1950

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The Bristol South East by-election, 1950 was a by-election held on 30th November 1950 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the city of Bristol. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Stafford Cripps had resigned from Parliament due to ill-health.

The Labour candidate Tony Benn held the seat for his party, with a reduced majority. It was the first of four by-election victories for Benn in the course of his 45-year career in Parliament, the others being Bristol South East 1961, Bristol South East 1963 and Chesterfield 1984.

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Bristol South East by-election, 30th Nov. 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	19,367	56.7	−5.9
	Conservative	J. L. Lindsay	12,018	35.2	+8.4
	Liberal	D. M. Gorsky	2,752	8.1	−1.4
Majority			7,349	21.5	−14.3
Turnout			34,137	61.1	−23.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.2

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1950	April: Sheffield Neepsend • Dunbartonshire West • May: Brighouse and Spenborough • September: Leicester North East • October: Glasgow Scotstoun • November: Oxford • Birmingham Handsworth • Belfast West • Bristol South East • Abertillery

1951	February: Bristol West • April: Ormskirk • Harrow West • May: Londonderry • June: Woolwich East • Westhoughton

Lists of UK by-elections: 1885–1900 • 1900–1918 • 1918–1931 • 1931–1950 • 1950–1979 • 1979–present

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