1958 Torrington by-election

1958 Torrington by-election

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal	Mark Bonham Carter	13,408	37.99	N/A

Conservative	Anthony Royle	13,189	37.37	27.68

Labour	Leonard Lamb	8,697	24.64	10.31

Majority	219	0.62	N/A

Turnout	35,294

Liberal gain from National Liberal and Conservative	Swing

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Bonham-Carter won a victory, by just 219 votes in the 1958 Torrington by-election.

final_sentence: Bonham-Carter won a victory, by just 219 votes in the 1958 Torrington by-election.