1955 South Norfolk by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1955 South Norfolk by-election was a by-election held on 13 January 1955, for the British House of Commons constituency of South Norfolk. The by-election was triggered by the expulsion of the serving Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Peter Baker, who had been expelled from the House of Commons after being convicted of uttering, forgery and fraud and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. In the early 1920s, South Norfolk had been a marginal seat which alternated between Conservative and Labour MPs, before the Conservative James Christie held it from the 1924 election until Labour's Christopher Mayhew won the seat at the 1945 general election. Baker had recaptured South Norfolk for the Conservatives in 1950 and held it in 1951;http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i15.htm Richard Kimber's political science resources: UK General Election results October 1951 10 February 2007 29 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121955/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i15.htm dead but with majorities of 6.8% and 9.0%, it was far from being a safe seat for the Conservative Party. The result was a narrow win for the Conservative candidate John Hill, with a majority of only 865 votes (2.9%) over his sole opponent, the Labour candidate J. M. Stewart. At the general election in May 1955, Hill again faced Stewart, and on a much higher turnout held the seat with a majority of 1,475 (4.1%).http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge55/i15.htm Richard Kimber's political science resources: UK General Election results May 1955 10 February 2007 25 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060925064146/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge55/i15.htm dead He remained South Norfolk's MP until his retirement from Parliament at the February 1974 general election. Result South Norfolk by-election, 1955British Parliament by-election: 1955Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X Conservative Party (UK) John Hill 15,119 51.5 −3.0 Labour Party (UK) J.M. Stewart 14,254 48.5 +3.0 865 3.0 −6.0 29,373 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) −3.0 References See also 1898 South Norfolk by-election 1920 South Norfolk by-election List of United Kingdom by-elections South Norfolk constituency South Norfolk,1955 South Norfolk by-election South Norfolk by-election 1955 South Norfolk by-election South Norfolk by-election