It was called following the death on 16 December 1957 of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament, Wentworth Schofield.
[1] This was the first British by-election to be televised[2] and Liberal candidate Ludovic Kennedy used his media experience to increase coverage of his campaign.
Granada Television broadcast two debates between the candidates as well as the election count, and the BBC conducted many interviews with voters.
The Conservative candidate, John Parkinson, was squeezed into third place with fewer than 10,000 votes.
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