1955 Stockport South by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1955 Stockport South by-election was held on 3 February 1955. It was held due to the elevation to a hereditary peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Arnold Gridley. It was retained by the Conservative candidate, Harold Macdonald Steward.

Result and votes

By-election 1955: Stockport South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Steward	16,321	54.26	+0.09
	Labour	H Davies	13,758	45.73	−0.09
Majority			2,563	8.53	+0.19
Turnout			30,079
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.09

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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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1955	January: South Norfolk Orpington Twickenham Edinburgh North February: Stockport South March: Wrexham
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