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Constituency of Ormskirk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ormskirk by-election of 5 April 1951 was held after the appointment of Conservative MP Ronald Cross as Governor of Tasmania.
The seat was safe, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by over 14,000 votes [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald Cross | 28,654 | 66.27 | ||
Labour | L.C. Edwards | 14,853 | 33.73 | ||
Majority | 14,071 | 23.86 | |||
Turnout | 43,507 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Salter | 24,190 | 71.47 | +5.20 | |
Labour | H. A. Kelly | 8,969 | 26.50 | -7.23 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fred Barton | 689 | 2.04 | New | |
Majority | 15,221 | 44.97 | +21.12 | ||
Turnout | 33,848 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |