Ormskirk by-election, 1951
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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 United Kingdom general election, 1950
by over 14,000 votes
Ormskirk (UK Parliament constituency)
Ormskirk was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as a division of the parliamentary county of...
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 5 April 1951 was held after the appointment of Conservative
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...
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Member of Parliament
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Ronald Cross as Governor of Tasmania:
The seat was safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1950
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
by over 14,000 votes