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The 1950 Bristol South East by-election was a
by-election held on 30 November 1950 for the
British House of Commons
constituency of
Bristol South East in the city of
Bristol. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's
Labour
Member of Parliament (MP) Sir
Stafford Cripps had
resigntion from Parliament due to ill-health.
The Labour candidate
Tony Benn held the seat for his party.
[1] It was the first of four by-election victories for Benn in the course of his 45-year career in
Parliament, the others being
Bristol South East in 1961, the same seat in
1963 and
Chesterfield in 1984.
Result
See also
References