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1957 Beckenham by-election
The
Beckenham
by-election
was held on
21 March
1957
. It was held when the
incumbent
Conservative MP
,
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
was
elevated
to a
hereditary peerage
. It was won by the
Conservative
candidate
Philip Goodhart
.
Margaret Thatcher
was one of the unsuccessful
candidates
for the Conservative
nomination
.