The 1960 Ebbw Vale by-election on 17 November 1960 was a by-election for a single seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Caused by the death...
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Ebbw Vale (/ˈɛbuː veɪl/; Welsh: Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the...
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Ebbw Vale was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and returned one Member of Parliament...
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Spenborough by-election 1960 Ebbw Vale by-election 1960 Labour Party leadership election 1960 New Zealand general election 1960 Queensland state election...
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District). The then-Labour party leader Michael Foot, who had won Ebbw Vale in the by-election following Bevan's death, was the seat's first MP. Until 2005...
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Michael Foot (category Men's association football players not categorized by position)
Foot returned to parliament at a by-election in Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, in 1960, the seat having been left vacant by Bevan's death. He had the Labour...
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Evan Davies (1875 – 22 December 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament MP for Ebbw Vale. Born in Beaufort, Davies began...
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parliamentary elections, without ever being elected: the 1956 Newport by-election, Cardiff North at the 1959 general election, the 1960 Ebbw Vale by-election, then...
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Gordon Parry, Baron Parry (category Life peers created by Elizabeth II)
the Labour nomination for the 1960 Ebbw Vale by-election by Michael Foot, and he contested three very close elections at Pembrokeshire in 1970, February...
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Aneurin Bevan (category Ebbw Vale)
founding of the British welfare state. He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential...
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by Grimond. Future Labour leader Michael Foot lost his seat of Plymouth Devonport at this election; he returned for Ebbw Vale at a 1960 by-election....
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Ogmore by-election 1946 Ogmore by-election 2016 Ogmore by-election Ogmore constituency List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records...
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The 1960 Petersfield by election took place during the 1959 to 1964 parliament of the United Kingdom. It was called when the sitting MP for Petersfield...
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The 1960 Carshalton by-election was held on 16 November 1960 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Antony Head, was elevated to the peerage on appointment...
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and Howden by-election: Former Vale of Glamorgan MP Walter Sweeney stands as an independent, winning 1% of the votes. 2005 Cheadle by-election: Stephen...
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for Ebbw Vale (1960–1983) Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent (1983–1992) Shadow Cabinet elections 1970 1971 1972 1973 Party leadership elections 1976...
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The 1960 Blyth by-election was held in the constituency of Blyth, now Blyth Valley, on 24 November 1960, following the appointment of Alfred Robens, who...
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The 1960 Tiverton by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Tiverton on 16 November 1960. The by-election...
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The 1960 Mid Bedfordshire by-election was held on 16 November 1960 after the incumbent Conservative MP, Alan Lennox-Boyd became an hereditary peer. It...
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Harrow West by-election was held on 17 March 1960 due to the suicide of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Albert Braithwaite. It was won by the Conservative...
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There were three by-elections during this period: 1960 Ebbw Vale was won by Labour MP Michael Foot 1962 Montgomeryshire was won by Liberal MP Emlyn Hooson...
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1960 Ludlow by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Ludlow on 16 November 1960. The by-election was...
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A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Vale of Glamorgan on 4 May 1989 following the death of Conservative MP Sir Raymond...
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A 1960 by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough on 17 March 1960. The seat became vacant following...
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election, chose a local social worker, Maria Battle. The election campaign was dominated by the issue of European Objective 1 funding. The constituency...
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and Ebbw Vale in the 1960 by-election following the death of Aneurin Bevan as well as the same constituency in the following general election. He was...
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The 1961 Bristol South East by-election was a by-election held on 4 May 1961 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the...
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Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987 F. W. S. Craig, British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary...
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The 1960 Edinburgh North by-election was held on 19 May 1960. It was held due to the appointment of the incumbent Conservative MP, William Rankine Milligan...
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incumbent Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale Denis Healey, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Member of Parliament...
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