Cities of London and Westminster by-election, 1965

The Cities of London and Westminster by-election of 4 November 1965 was held after the death of Conservative MP and Speaker of the House of Commons Harry Hylton-Foster.

The seat was safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1964 by over 10,000 votes.^[1]

Labour's by-election candidate Alexander Pringle was a Chelsea borough councillor and Head of English at Westminster City School.^[2] He was the son of William Pringle, who had been a Liberal MP from 1910 to 1918 and 1922 to 1924.

Result of the previous general election

General Election 1964: Cities of London and Westminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Speaker	Harry Hylton-Foster	21,588	58.37
	Labour	R Wallace	11,309	30.58
	Liberal	JW Derry	4,087	11.05
Majority			10,279	27.79	–

Result of the by-election

By-election 1965: Cities of London and Westminster^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Lindsay Smith	15,037	59.33	+1.16
	Labour	Alexander Pringle	8,300	32.86	+2.28
	Liberal	Stephen Jakobi	1,595	6.31	-4.74
	Independent	Desmond Burgess	326	1.29	N/A
Majority			6,737	26.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. PoliticsResources.net
3. "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2015-08-19.