Wigan by-election, 1958
Encyclopedia
The Wigan
by-election
of 12 June 1958 was held after the death of Labour
MP
(MP) Ronald Williams:
The seat was very safe, having been won by Labour at the United Kingdom general election, 1955
by nearly 15,000 votes
Wigan (UK Parliament constituency)
Wigan is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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 12 June 1958 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...
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,...
(MP) Ronald Williams:
The seat was very safe, having been won by Labour 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 nearly 15,000 votes