South West Norfolk by-election, 1959

The South West Norfolk by-election of March 25, 1959 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Sidney Dye died on December 9, 1958. The seat was retained by Labour. The third candidate, Andrew Fountaine, ran as an Independent Nationalist, adopting a far right platform immediately before being appointed President of the National Labour Party.^[1]

[edit] Results

^ John Bean, Many Shades of Black – Inside Britain’s Far Right, London: New Millennium, 1999, pp. 119-121

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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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