1953 Paddington North by-election

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The 1953 Paddington North by-election was held on 3 December 1953, after the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP Bill Field, who had failed to overturn a conviction for "importuning for immoral purposes". The seat was retained by the Labour candidate, Ben Parkin, [1] a left-wing former MP for Stroud.

By-election on 3 December 1953: Paddington North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Parkin 14,274 53.8 -1.9
Conservative John Eden 12,01445.3+1.0
Socialist (GB) W.E. Waters2420.9New
Majority2,2608.5-2.9
Turnout 26,53060.3-20.7
Labour hold Swing

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "1953 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.