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.

By-election 21 October 1954: Wakefield^[2]
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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