Edinburgh South by-election, 1957
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The Edinburgh South
by-election
of 29 March 1957 was held after the resignation of Conservative Party
MP
William Darling
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The seat was safe, having been won by Lloyd George at the United Kingdom general election, 1955
by over 13,000 votes
Edinburgh South (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh South is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, first used in the general election of 1885. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
of 29 March 1957 was held after the resignation of Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
William Darling
William Darling
Sir William Young Darling, CBE, MC was the Unionist Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons for the Edinburgh South constituency from 1945 to 1957. He was a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland 1942-57....
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The seat was safe, having been won by Lloyd George at the United Kingdom general election, 1955
United Kingdom general election, 1955
The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year...
by over 13,000 votes