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1953 By Election Results

 

Kent - Canterbury

  DATE:       12th February 1953
Mr L M Thomas Conservative 19,400
Mr J A E Jones Labour 9,560
Majority 9,930

Conservative hold

 

 

Kent - Isle of Thanet

  DATE:       12th March 1953
Mr W R Rees-Davies Conservative 25,261
Mr F Woodbridge Labour 15,935
Majority 9,326

Conservative hold

 

 

Barnsley

  DATE:       31st March 1953
Mr R Mason Labour 29,283
Mr G Whitaker Conservative 10,905
Majority 18,378

Labour hold

 

 

Stoke on Trent North

  DATE:       31st March 1953
Mrs H Slater Labour 23,103
Mr S F Middup Conservative 7,502
Majority 15,601

Labour hold

 

 

Hayes & Harlington

  DATE:       1st April 1953
Mr A M Skeffington Labour 12,797
Mr A J Sumption Conservative 7,221
Majority 5,576

Labour hold

 

 

Down North

  DATE:       15th April 1953
Mrs P Ford Ulster Unionist UNOPPOSED

Ulster Unionist hold

 

 

 Sunderland South 

  DATE:       13th May 1953
Mr P G Williams Conservative 23,114
Mr A G S Whipp Labour 21,939
Mr R F Leslie Liberal 2,524
Majority 1,175

Conservative gain from Labour

 

 

Berkshire - Abingdon

  DATE:       30th June 1953
Mr A M S Neave Conservative 22,986
Mr E Castle Labour 17,126
Mr G R Allen Liberal 3,060
Majority 5,860

Conservative hold

 

 

Birmingham Edgbaston

  DATE:       2nd July 1953
Miss E M Pitt Conservative 20,142
Mr F B Watson Labour 9,635
Majority 10,507

Conservative hold

 

 

Nottinghamshire - Broxtowe

  DATE:       17th September 1953
Mr W N Warbey Labour 27,356
Mr A J Gorman Conservative 9,559
Majority 17,797

Labour hold

 

 

Crosby

  DATE:       12th November 1953
Mr R G Page Conservative 18,614
Mr E J Adams Labour 7,545
Mr J A Freeman Independent Conservative 1,180
Majority 17,797

Conservative hold

 

 

Lancashire - Ormskirk

  DATE:       12th November 1953
Col. D Glover Conservative 17,984
Mrs M Ferguson Labour 9,512
Majority 8,472

Conservative hold

 

 

Holborn & St Pancras South

  DATE:       19th November 1953
Mrs L M Jeger Labour 15,784
Mr W T Donovan Conservative 13,808
Mr I J Hyam Liberal 695
Majority 1,976

Labour hold

 

 

Paddington North

  DATE:       3rd December 1953
Mr B T Parkin Labour 14,274
Mr J B Eden Conservative 12,014
Mr W E Waters Socialist Party of GB 242
Majority 2,260

Labour hold