1961 Oswestry by-election
UK Parliamentary by-election / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1961 Oswestry by-election was held on 9 November 1961. It was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, David Ormsby-Gore becoming the British Ambassador to Washington.[1] The by-election was won by the future Conservative cabinet minister John Biffen, then aged 31.