1953 Ormskirk by-election

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

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The seat was safe, having been won at the 1951 United Kingdom general election by almost 14,000 votes [1]

Result of the previous general election

General election 1951: Ormskirk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Salter 26,75967.24
Labour Ernest Kavanagh12,90832.57
Majority13,82134.87
Turnout 39,667
Conservative hold Swing

Result of the by-election

By-election 1953: Ormskirk [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Glover 17,98465.41−2.02
Labour Muriel Ferguson9,51234.59+2.02
Majority8,47230.76−4.11
Turnout 27,496
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. ↑ "1953 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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