1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election

The 1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election was held on 20 November 1958 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Robert Boothby was elevated to a life peerage. The by-election was retained by the Conservative candidate Patrick Wolrige-Gordon. Wolrige-Gordon was still an undergraduate at Oxford and at the time of his election the youngest MP.[1]

In 1955 Boothby had won the seat with a majority of just over 10,000 votes. While that contest had been a straight fight between the Conservatives and Labour, the by-election saw the Liberal Party also field a candidate.

Aberdeenshire East by-election, 1958[2][3] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Patrick Wolrige-Gordon 14,314 48.5 -20.0
Labour John B Urquhart 7,986 27.1 -4.4
Liberal Maitland Mackie 7,153 24.3 New
Majority 6,328 21.4 -15.7
Turnout 29,485
Unionist hold Swing

References

  1. Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. p. 629. ISBN 0 900178 02 7.
  2. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. "1958 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.


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