Whitehaven by-election, 1959

The Whitehaven by-election of June 18, 1959 was held after the death of Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Frank Anderson on April 25 of the same year. The seat was retained by the Labour.

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1956	February: Blaydon • Leeds North East • Hereford • Gainsborough • Taunton • March: Walthamstow West • May: Mid Ulster • June: Tonbridge • July: Newport • September: Chester-le-Street • November: City of Chester • December: Melton

1957	February: Lewisham North • Wednesbury • Carmarthen • March: Bristol West • Warwick and Leamington • Beckenham • Newcastle-upon-Tyne North • May: Edinburgh North • East Ham South • Hornsey • June: North Dorset • September: Gloucester • October: Ipswich • November: Leicester South East • Decemeber: Liverpool Garston

1958	February: Rochdale • March: Glasgow Kelvingrove • Torrington • May: Islington North • June: Argyll • Ealing South • St Helens • Weston-super-Mare • Wigan • November: Morecambe and Lunesdale • Chichester • Pontypool • East Aberdeenshire • Shoreditch and Finsbury

1959	January: Southend West • March: Belfast East • Harrow East • South West Norfolk • April: Galloway • June: Penistone • Whitehaven

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