Wakefield by-election, 1954
The 1954 Wakefield by-election was held on 21 October 1954 after the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Arthur Greenwood. It was retained by the Labour candidate Arthur Creech Jones.[1]
The Conservative candidate, Maurice Macmillan, was the son of then-Minister of Defence and future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He would subsequently be a Cabinet Minister himself.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 21,822 | |||
Conservative | Maurice Victor Macmillan | 15,714 | |||
Majority | 6,108 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons1.htm
- ↑ "1954 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
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