Orpington by-election, 1955
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The Orpington by-election, 1955 was a parliamentary by-election held on 20 January 1955 for the British House of Commons constituency of Orpington in Kent, England. It followed the death of the incumbent Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Waldron Smithers. The seat was held by the Conservatives.
The by-election was notable in that sumner as the incumbent chairman of the divisional Conservative Association defeated Margaret Thatcher to be adopted prospective candidate for the local constituency.[1] The Liberal Party announced that it would not contest the by-election.[2]
Result
References
- ^ Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
- ^ The Times, Orpington Polling Day 20 January 5 Jan 1955
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February: Canterbury • March: Isle of Thanet • Barnsley • Stoke-on-Trent North • April: Hayes and Harlington • Down North • Sunderland South • June: Abingdon • July: Birmingham Edgbaston • September: Broxtowe • November: Crosby • Ormskirk • Holborn and St Pancras South • December: Paddington North |
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February: Ilford North • Haltemprice • Harwich • Bournemouth West • March: Arundel and Shoreham • Harrogate • April: Edinburgh East • Motherwell • September: Croydon East • October: Shoreditch and Finsbury • Wakefield • Aberdare • Aldershot • November: Morpeth • Sutton and Cheam • Liverpool West Derby • Armagh • December: Inverness |
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