Westminster Parliamentary By-Elections 1951-1955


saltire shield'I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.'
Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde.
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Dundee East: 17 th July 1952

Candidate Logo Party Vote % % change since GE
George M. Thomson Labour 22,161 56.2 % + 2.4 %
P.T. Cowcher National Liberal & Conservative 14,035 35.6 % - 10.6 %
D. Stewart Scottish National Party 2,931 7.4 % (+ 7.4 %)
E.G. Macfarlane
World Parliament Party 290 0.7 % (+ 0.7 %)
Labour hold Labour majority 8,126 20.6 %

Edinburgh East: 8 th April 1954

Candidate Logo Party Vote % % change since GE
E.G. Willis Labour 18,950 57.6 % + 3.6 %
W. Grant Conservative & Unionist 13,922 42.4 % - 3.6 %
Labour hold Labour majority 5,028 15.3 %

Motherwell: 14 th April 1954

Candidate Logo Party Vote % % change since GE
George M. Lawson Labour 19,163 56.4 % - 0.8 %
N.A. Sloan National Liberal & Conservative 13,334 39.3 % - 3.5 %
J. Gollan Communist 1,457 4.3 % (+ 4.3 %)
Labour hold Labour majority 5,829 17.2 %

Inverness: 21 th December 1954

Candidate Logo Party Vote % % change since GE
Neil L.D. McLean Conservative & Unionist 10,329 41.4 % - 23.2 %
John Bannerman Liberal 8,998 36.0 % (+ 36.0 %)
W. Paterson Labour 5,642 22.60 % - 12.9 %
Conservative & Unionist hold Conservative & Unionist majority 1,331 5.6 %

Edinburgh North: 27 th January 1955

Candidate Logo Party Vote % % change since GE
W.R. Milligan Conservative & Unionist 11,413 59.4 % + 0.6 %
G. Scott Labour 7,799 40.6 % - 0.6 %
Conservative & Unionist hold Conservative & Unionist majority 3,614 18.8 %


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