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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2019}} The '''1961 Worcester by-election~~, 1961~~''' was a [[by-election]] held for the [[British House of Commons]] [[United Kingdom constituencies\|constituency]] of '''[[Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)\|Worcester]]''' on 16 March 1961. It was won by the [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] candidate [[Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester\|Peter Walker]]. ==Candidates== The local [[Liberal Party (UK)\|Liberals]] selected 40 -year -old journalist Robert Glenton as their candidate. He was ~~born~~an ininternational ~~June~~rally ~~1920~~driver, and ~~educated~~a atmotoring correspondent for the ''[[~~Scarborough~~Sunday ~~College~~Express]]''. HeBorn ~~was~~in anJune ~~international rally driver~~1920 and ~~motoring~~educated ~~correspondent for the~~at [[~~Sunday~~Scarborough ~~Express~~College]]., Hehe had previously stood ~~before,~~ as Liberal candidate for [[Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency)\|Hitchin]] at the [[1959 United Kingdom general election\|1959 general election]].<ref>The Times House of Commons, 1966</ref> {{Election box begin \| \|title= Worcester by-election, 1961<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.by-elections.co.uk/61.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095631/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/61.html \|title=1961 By Election Results\|archive-date=2012-03-25 \|url-status=dead \|access-date=2015-08-15}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link\| \|party = Conservative Party (UK) \|candidate = [[Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester\|Peter Walker]] Line 14 ⟶ 15: \|change = -18.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link\| \|party = Labour Party (UK) \|candidate = [[Bryan Stanley]] Line 21 ⟶ 22: \|change = -12.1 }} {{Election box candidate with party link\| \|party = Liberal Party (UK) \|candidate = Robert Glenton \|votes = 11,435 \|percentage = 30.1 \|change = ~~n/a~~''New'' }} {{Election box majority\| \|votes = 3,597 \|percentage = 9.5 \|change = -5.98 }} {{Election box turnout\| \|votes = 38,012 \|percentage = 64.2 \|change = -15.1 }} {{Election box hold with party link\| \|winner = Conservative Party (UK) \|swing = -3.0 }} {{Election box end}} Line 46 ⟶ 47: ==See also== [[Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)]] [[Worcester, England\|Worcester]] *[[List of United Kingdom by-elections]] {{By-elections to the 42nd UK Parliament}}▼ ==References== {{~~Reflist~~reflist}} ▲{{By-elections to the 42nd UK Parliament}} [[Category:1961 elections in the United Kingdom\|Worcester by-election]] [[Category:Politics of Worcester, England]] [[Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Worcestershire constituencies]] [[Category:1961 in England\|Worcester by-election]] [[Category:March 1961 events in the United Kingdom\|Worcester by-election]] [[Category:20th century in Worcestershire]]