The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden; the result remains the largest party share of the vote in a post-war general election.
Birmingham, Edgbaston is a constituency, created in 1885, in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Preet Gill MP of Labour Co-operative.
The Labour Party, was a South African political party formed in March 1910 in the newly created Union of South Africa following discussions between trade unions and the Independent Labour Party of Transvaal, was a professedly democratic socialist party representing the interests of the white working class.
The Labour Panel is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas. The Labour Panel elects eleven Senators, at least four of whom must come from the Oireachtas members' nominees and at least another four must come from the nominating bodies' nominees.
Arthur Massey Skeffington was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 23 years from 1945 until his death in 1971.
The Barnsley by-election, 1938 was a by-election held on 16 June 1938 for the British House of Commons constituency of Barnsley in what was then the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The Barnsley by-election, 1953 was a by-election held on 31 March 1953 for the British House of Commons constituency of Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Brendan Ryan is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since the 2011 general election, currently for the Dublin Fingal constituency. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency from 2011 until the 2016 general election. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2007 to 2011.
The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 7 May 1953, with one third of the council as well as a vacancy in Richmond Hill to be elected.
Michael Colgan was an Irish independent politician and trade union official. He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1943 to 1944 and from 1948 to 1953. He was first elected to the 4th Seanad in 1943 by the Labour Panel.
The 1953 Hayes and Harlington by-election was held on 1 April 1953 after the resignation of the Labour MP Walter Ayles. It was won by the Labour candidate Arthur Skeffington.
The Broxtowe by-election was held on 17 September 1953. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP Seymour Cocks. It was won by the Labour candidate William Warbey.
The 1953 Holborn and St Pancras South by-election was held on 19 November 1953. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Santo Jeger. The seat was retained by his wife, Lena Jeger, the Labour candidate and a Guardian journalist and councillor on St Pancras Borough Council and the London County Council.
The 1953 Paddington North by-election was held on 3 December 1953 following the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP Bill Field after failing to overturn a conviction for "importuning for immoral purposes". It was retained by the Labour candidate Ben Parkin a left wing former MP for Stroud.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 12 May 1955. After the election, the composition of the council was:
The Onehunga by-election 1953 was a by-election held in the Onehunga electorate in Auckland during the term of the 30th New Zealand Parliament, on 19 December 1953. The by-election was won by Hugh Watt of the Labour Party.
The 1953 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 29 October 1953, after sitting deputy leader Herbert Morrison was challenged by Aneurin Bevan.
Elections to the Labour Party's Shadow Cabinet occurred in 1953. In addition to the 12 members elected, the Leader, Deputy Leader, Labour Chief Whip, Labour Leader in the House of Lords were automatically members. All incumbent members of the Shadow Cabinet retained their seats.
