1957 Edinburgh South by-election

The Edinburgh South by-election of 29 May 1957 was held after the resignation of Unionist Party MP William Darling.

The seat was safe, having been won for the Unionists by Darling at the 1955 general election by a majority of nearly 13,000 votes^[1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1955: Edinburgh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Darling	24,836	67.52	-5.06
	Labour	James A. Forsyth	11,949	32.48	+5.06
Majority			12,887	35.04	-10.18
Turnout			36,785	77.24	-4.19
	Unionist hold		Swing

Result of the by-election

By-election 1957: Edinburgh South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Michael Hutchison	14,421	45.58	-21.94
	Labour	James A. Forsyth	9,781	30.91	-1.57
	Liberal	William Douglas-Home	7,439	23.51	New
Majority			4,640	14.67	-20.41
Turnout			31,641
	Unionist hold		Swing

References

^ [1] Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
^ "1957 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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