Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election, 1952

The Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election of 6 February 1952 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brendan Bracken was elevated to the House of Lords. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.^[1]^[2]

Results

Bournemouth East and Christchurch, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Nicolson	22,480	61.85	-1.46
	Labour	R. D. Rees	8,498	23.38	-1.71
	Liberal	James C. Holland	3,673	10.11	-1.49
	Independent	S. Kermode	1,693	4.66	N/A
Turnout			36,334
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bournemouth East and Christchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brendan Bracken	29,138	63.31
	Labour	H.J. Barnes	11,550	25.09
	Liberal	James C. Holland	5,338	11.6
Majority			17,588	38.21
Turnout				80.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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1952	February: Bournemouth East and Christchurch Southport Leeds South East July: Dundee East October: Cleveland Antrim North November: Belfast South Wycombe Birmingham Small Heath Farnworth

1953	February: Canterbury March: Isle of Thanet Barnsley Stoke-on-Trent North April: Hayes and Harlington Down North Sunderland South June: Abingdon July: Birmingham Edgbaston September: Broxtowe November: Crosby Ormskirk Holborn and St Pancras South December: Paddington North

1954	February: Ilford North Haltemprice Harwich Bournemouth West March: Arundel and Shoreham Harrogate April: Edinburgh East Motherwell September: Croydon East October: Shoreditch and Finsbury Wakefield Aberdare Aldershot November: Morpeth Sutton and Cheam Liverpool West Derby Armagh December: Inverness

1955	January: South Norfolk Orpington Twickenham Edinburgh North February: Stockport South March: Wrexham

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