Twickenham by-election, 1955
- Twickenham by-election, 1955
The Twickenham by-election, 1955 was a parliamentary by-election held on 25th January 1955 for the British House of Commons constituency of Twickenham in Middlesex.
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Edward Keeling, had died on 23 November 1954. He had held the seat since the 1935 general election.
The result was a comfortable victory for the Conservative candidate Gresham Cooke, who held the seat until his death shortly before the House of Commons at the 1970 general election.
Votes
Election box begin
title=Twickenham by-election, 25th January 1955Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gresham Cooke
votes = 23,075
percentage = 64.0
change = −1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = R. P. Pitman
votes = 12,953
percentage = 36.0
change = −1.9Election box majority
votes = 10,122
percentage = 28.1
change = −3.9Election box turnout
votes = 36,028
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −1.9
See also
* Twickenham constituency
* Twickenham
* Twickenham by-election, 1929
* Twickenham by-election, 1932
* Twickenham by-election, 1934
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html British Parliamentary by-elections, 1955]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i20.htm Richard Kimber's political science resources: UK General Election results October 1951]
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