Career
Buxton was the Conservative candidate in the safe Labour constituency of Leyton at the 1955 general election, losing by over 8,000 votes to the long-serving Labour Member of Parliament Reginald Sorensen. He was unsuccessful again at the 1959 election and at the 1964 general election, when Sorensen"s majority was nearly 8,000 votes. Shortly after the election in October, Sorensen was persuaded to accept a life peerage to make way in a safe seat for the Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker, who had lost his seat in Smethwick.
David Dimbleby, who would later become the anchor for the British Broadcasting Corporation Election results programmes from 1979 onwards, reported the result live from a snowy Leyton town hall for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Gordon Walker regained the seat for Labour at the 1966 general election, with a comfortable majority.
Buxton stood again at the 1970 election, but lost again, by over 5,000 votes. United Kingdom General Elections since 1832
British Parliamentary by-elections: Leyton
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