1954 Wakefield by-election - Misplaced Pages

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1954 Wakefield by-election was held on 21 October 1954 after the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Greenwood. It was retained by the Labour candidate Arthur Creech Jones.

The Conservative candidate, Maurice Macmillan, was the son of then-Minister of Defence and future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He would subsequently be a Cabinet Minister himself.

By-election 21 October 1954: Wakefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Creech Jones	21,822	58.14	−0.14
	Conservative	Maurice Macmillan	15,714	41.86	+0.14
Majority			6,108	16.28	−0.28
Turnout			37,536
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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"1954 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 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
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