1962 Middlesbrough East by-election

The 1962 by-election to the British House of Commons constituency of Middlesbrough East was held on 14 March 1962, following the resignation of the seat by Hilary Marquand in the previous year.

Result

The seat was a hold for the Labour Party.

**1962 Middlesbrough East by-election**^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Bottomley	18,928	60.60	-0.94
	Liberal	George Scott	7,145	22.87	New
	Conservative	Frederick A. S. Wood	4,613	14.77	-23.69
	Union Movement	Jeffrey Hamm	550	1.76	New
Majority			11,783	37.72	+14.63
Turnout			31,236	52.1	-24.1
	Labour hold		Swing

^ The Times House of Commons, 1964
^ "1962 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.

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