The Hornsey by-election of 30 May 1957 was held after the death of Conservative Party MP

David Gammans Sir Leonard David Gammans, 1st Baronet (10 November 1895 – 8 February 1957), known as David Gammans, was a British Conservative Party politician. Gammans was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School. He served with the Royal Field Artillery 1914� ...

. The seat was safe, having been won at the

1955 United Kingdom general election The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election in 1951. It was a snap election: after Winston Churchill retired in April 1955, Anthony Eden took over and immediately ca ...

by over 12,500 votes
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Result of the previous general election

Result of the by-election

References

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