The East Ham North by-election of 30 May 1957 was held after the death of Labour Party MP Percy Daines.

The seat was safe, having been won at the 1955 United Kingdom general election by over 5,500 votes[1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1955: East Ham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Percy Daines 17,961 59.13
Conservative A Silverstone 12,416 40.87
Majority 5,545 18.26
Turnout 30,377
Conservative hold Swing

Result of the by-election

By-election 1957: East Ham North[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reg Prentice 12,546 56.26 -2.87
Conservative John Henry Samuel Bangay 6,567 29.45 -11.42
People's League Edward Martell 2,730 12.24 New
Ind. Labour Party William Henry Christopher 458 2.05 New
Majority 5,979 26.81 +8.56
Turnout 22,301
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. ↑ "1957 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.


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