1953 Ormskirk by-election - Misplaced Pages

The Ormskirk by-election of 12 November 1953 was held after the elevation to the Peerage of Conservative MP Arthur Salter.

The seat was safe, having been won at the 1951 United Kingdom general election by almost 14,000 votes

Result of the previous general election

General election 1951: Ormskirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Salter	26,759	67.24
	Labour	Ernest Kavanagh	12,908	32.57
Majority			13,821	34.87
Turnout			39,667
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 1953: Ormskirk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Glover	17,984	65.41	−2.02
	Labour	Muriel Ferguson	9,512	34.59	+2.02
Majority			8,472	30.76	−4.11
Turnout			27,496
	Conservative hold		Swing

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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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