1953 Isle of Thanet by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1953 Isle of Thanet by-election was held on 12 March 1953. It was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Hon. Edward Carson. It was retained by the Conservative candidate, William Rees-Davies.

1953 Isle of Thanet by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Rees-Davies	25,261	61.3	−0.3
	Labour	F. Woodbridge	15,935	38.7	+0.3
Majority			9,326	22.6	−0.6
Turnout			41,196	58.7	−19.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"1953 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

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1952	February: Bournemouth East and Christchurch Southport Leeds South East July: Dundee East October: Cleveland North Antrim November: Belfast South Wycombe Birmingham Small Heath Farnworth
1953	February: Canterbury March: Isle of Thanet Barnsley Stoke-on-Trent North April: Hayes and Harlington North Down Sunderland South June: Abingdon July: Birmingham Edgbaston September: Broxtowe November: Crosby Ormskirk Holborn and St Pancras South December: Paddington North
1954	February: Ilford North Haltemprice Harwich Bournemouth West March: Arundel and Shoreham Harrogate April: Edinburgh East Motherwell September: Croydon East October: Shoreditch and Finsbury Wakefield Aberdare Aldershot November: Morpeth Sutton and Cheam Liverpool West Derby Armagh December: Inverness
1955	January: South Norfolk Orpington Twickenham Edinburgh North February: Stockport South March: Wrexham
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