1963 Leeds South by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

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20 June 1963

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	First party	Second party	Third party
		Con	Lib
Candidate	Merlyn Rees	John Udal	Brian Walsh
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Popular vote	18,785	5,996	4,399
Percentage	62.93%	20.09%	14.74%
Swing	4.37%	10.95%	4.34%

MP before election

Hugh Gaitskell
Labour

Subsequent MP

Merlyn Rees
Labour

The 1963 Leeds South by-election was held on Thursday 20 June 1963. It was held due to the death of the incumbent MP and Leader of the Labour Party, Hugh Gaitskell. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate, Merlyn Rees who would later become a Cabinet minister.

Leeds South by-election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Merlyn Rees	18,785	62.93	+4.37
	Conservative	John Udal	5,996	20.09	−10.95
	Liberal	Brian Walsh	4,399	14.74	+4.34
	Communist	Bert Ramelson	670	2.24	New
Majority			12,789	42.84	+15.32
Turnout			29,850
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"1963 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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