| 词条 | 1959 Harrow East by-election |
| 释义 |
A by-election for the United Kingdom House of Commons was held in the constituency of Harrow East on 19 March 1959, following the resignation of sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Ian Harvey. BackgroundIn November 1958, Harvey and a Guardsman from the Coldstream Guards were found in the bushes in St James's Park and arrested; Harvey tried to escape, and attempted to give a false name on arrest. Both were charged with gross indecency and breach of the park regulations; when tried on 10 December, the indecency charge was dropped and both were fined £5.[1] Harvey subsequently resigned his ministerial post and his seat, forcing the by-election; he paid the guardsman's fine as well as his own.[2] CandidatesThe by-election saw the seat held by the Conservative candidate, Anthony Courtney, with a small swing to Labour, whose candidate, the future Home Secretary Merlyn Rees, had contested the seat in 1955, and would do so again in the General Election later in 1959. A minor candidate also stood, representing the National Union of Small Shopkeepers, but he lost his deposit. Result{{Election box begin ||title= Harrow East by-election, 1959[3][4]}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Anthony T. Courtney |votes = 17,776 |percentage = 52.8 |change = -1.63 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Merlyn Rees |votes = 15,546 |percentage = 46.2 |change = +0.63 }}{{Election box candidate| |party = National Union of Small Shopkeepers |candidate = Thomas Lynch |votes = 348 |percentage = 1.0 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 2,220 |percentage = 6.6 |change = -2.2 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 28,795 |percentage = 68.96 |change = -13.64 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 48,820 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = -1.1 }}{{Election box end}} Previous Result{{Election box begin ||title=General Election 1955: Harrow East [5]}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Ian Harvey |votes = 22,243 |percentage = 54.43 |change = +4.58 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Merlyn Rees |votes = 18,621 |percentage = 45.57 |change = +1.59 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,622 |percentage = 8.86 |change = +2.98 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 40,864 |percentage = 82.62 |change = -5.24 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 49,460 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }}{{Election box end}} See also
References1. ^BBC News, A history of Christmas scandal past, BBC News Online, 22 December 1998 {{By-elections to the 41st UK Parliament}}2. ^Alan Doig, "Westminster Babylon: Sex, money and scandal in British politics" (Allison and Busby, 1990), page 57. 3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.harrow-elections.co.uk/resources/1954AppendJ.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226210759/http://www.harrow-elections.co.uk/resources/1954AppendJ.pdf |archive-date=26 December 2014 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://by-elections.co.uk/59.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071857/http://by-elections.co.uk/59.html|title=1959 By Election Results|archive-date=2012-10-10|dead-url=yes|access-date=2015-08-15}} 5. ^{{Cite book|title=The Times' Guide to the House of Commons|last=|first=|publisher=|year=1955|isbn=|location=|pages=}} 5 : 1959 elections in the United Kingdom|By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies|1959 in London|20th century in Middlesex|Elections in the London Borough of Harrow |
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