1953 Paddington North by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1953 Paddington North by-election was held on 3 December 1953, following the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP Bill Field, who had failed to overturn a conviction for "importuning for immoral purposes". The seat was retained by the Labour candidate, Ben Parkin,http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons1.htm Archived copy 2014-09-01 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20101231171753/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons1.htm 2010-12-31 a left-wing former MP for Stroud. By-election on 3 December 1953: Paddington Northhttp://by-elections.co.uk/53.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071919/http://by-elections.co.uk/53.html 1953 By Election Results 2012-10-10 dead 2015-08-14 Labour Party (UK) Ben Parkin 14,274 53.8 -1.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Eden 12,014 45.3 +1.0 Socialist Party of Great Britain W.E. Waters 242 0.9 New 2,260 8.5 -2.9 26,530 60.3 -20.7 Labour Party (UK) References Paddington North by-election Paddington North by-election Paddington North,1953 Paddington North,1953 Category:Paddington