UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
23 February 1950		41,628/49,685	83.78
Harry Morris	Labour Party	30,317	72.83
Andrew McTurk Cook	National Liberal and Conservative Party	11,311	27.17
Majority		19,006	45.66

20 March 1950 Resignation of Harry Morris. (Northstead)

Boundary Change
5 April 1950		31,174/49,586	62.87
Rt Hon Sir Frank Soskice	Labour Party	22,080	70.83
John Philip Hunt	National Liberal and Conservative Party	8,365	26.83
E L Moore	Communist Party	729	2.34
Majority		13,715	43.99

Rt Hon Sir Frank Soskice was the Solicitor-General at the time of the by-election.

25 October 1951		39,535/49,708	79.53
Rt Hon Sir Frank Soskice	Labour Party	28,880	73.05
Thomas Arthur Stobbs	National Liberal and Conservative Party	10,655	26.95
Majority		18,225	46.10