Bournemouth East and Christchurch by-election, 1952

The Bournemouth East and Christchurch
Bournemouth East and Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)
Bournemouth East and Christchurch is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament, using the first past the post electoral system from the United Kingdom general election, 1950 until the constituency was abolished in 1974.The seat was based upon the...

by-election
By-election
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of 6 February 1952 was held after Conservative

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Member of Parliament

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(MP) Brendan Bracken

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was elevated to the House of Lords

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. The seat was retained by the Conservatives.

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