Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A by-election was held for the British House of Commons in the marginal constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough on 4 May 1950. The seat became vacant following the death of Member of Parliament Frederick Arthur Cobb. The result was a hold for the Labour Party. The winning candidate, Lewis John Edwards, held the seat until his own death in 1959, when the resulting by-election in 1960 was narrowly won by the Conservative candidate Michael Shaw.