1955 Twickenham by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2020 June 2014 The 1955 Twickenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 25 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, a director of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. He held the seat until his death shortly before the 1970 general election. Result 1955 Twickenham by-electionBritish Parliament by-election: 1955 Conservative Party (UK) Gresham Cooke 23,075 64.0 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) R. P. Pitman 12,953 36.0 -1.9 10,122 28.0 +3.8 36,028 47.3 -38.4 76,147 Conservative Party (UK) -1.9 See also Twickenham constituency Twickenham 1929 Twickenham by-election 1932 Twickenham by-election 1934 Twickenham by-election Lists of United Kingdom by-elections References British Parliamentary by-elections, 1955 Richard Kimber's political science resources: UK General Election results October 1951 https://web.archive.org/web/20070319204616/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i20.htm 19 March 2007 February 2012 Category:Elections in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Category:1955 in London Category:1955 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies Category:Twickenham Category:20th century in Middlesex Category:January 1955 in the United Kingdom