1954 Wakefield by-election

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.

By-election 21 October 1954: Wakefield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Creech Jones	21,822	58.14	−0.14
	Conservative	Maurice Macmillan	15,714	41.86	+0.14
Majority			6,108	16.28	−0.28
Turnout			37,536
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "1954 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "1954 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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