1954 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election

The 1954 Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election was held on 21 October 1954 after the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Ernest Thurtle. It was retained by the Labour candidate, Victor Collins.[1]

Shoreditch and Finsbury by-election, 1954: Shoreditch and Finsbury[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Victor Collins	18,082	78.19	+5.6
	Conservative	Malcolm Bowden Agnew	5,043	21.81	-5.6
Majority			13,039	56.38	+11.3
Turnout			23,125
	Labour hold		Swing

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"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
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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