Whitehaven by-election, 1959
Encyclopedia
The Whitehaven
by-election
of 18 June 1959 was held after the death of Labour
Member of Parliament
(MP) Frank Anderson on 25 April the same year. The seat was retained by Labour.
Whitehaven (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitehaven was a constituency centred on the town of Whitehaven in Cumberland , which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was created in 1832 and renamed Copeland at the 1983 general 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 18 June 1959 was held after the death of Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament
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,...
(MP) Frank Anderson on 25 April the same year. The seat was retained by Labour.