Carshalton by-election, 1960

The 1960 Carshalton by-election was held on 16 November 1960 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Antony Head, was elevated to the peerage on appointment as British High Commissioner to Nigeria. It was retained by the Conservative candidate Walter Elliot.^[1]

Carshalton by-election, 1960^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter Elliot	19,175	51.66	-2.33
	Liberal	Jack Henry Gordon Browne	10,250	27.61	+12.11
	Labour	Brian Thomas	7,696	20.73	-9.78
Majority			8,925	24.04	+0.56
Turnout			37,121

References

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1960	March: Brighouse and Spenborough Harrow West May: Edinburgh North November: Mid Bedfordshire Bolton East Carshalton Ludlow Petersfield Tiverton Ebbw Vale Blyth
1961	March: Cambridgeshire Colchester High Peak Worcester Birmingham Small Heath April: Paisley Warrington May: Bristol South East November: Manchester Moss Side East Fife Oswestry Glasgow Bridgeton
1962	March: Lincoln Blackpool North Middlesbrough East Orpington Pontefract April: Stockton-on-Tees Derby North May: Montgomeryshire June: Middlesbrough West West Derbyshire July: West Lothian Leicester North East November: Chippenham South Dorset Glasgow Woodside Central Norfolk South Northamptonshire
1963	March: Colne Valley Rotherham Swansea East June: Leeds South July: Deptford West Bromwich August: Stratford Bristol South East Belfast South November: Kinross and West Perthshire Luton Dundee West December: Manchester Openshaw St Marylebone Sudbury and Woodbridge Dumfriesshire
1964	May: Bury St Edmunds Devizes Faversham Rutherglen Winchester June: Liverpool Scotland
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